Carsten Ditzel Software Engineer · Radar Perception & Automotive Security

I am a software engineer working on radar perception and automotive security, based in Ulm, Germany.

I studied mechatronics at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (Dipl.-Ing. (FH), 2010) and computational engineering at Leibniz University Hannover, where I graduated with honors in 2015 after a research semester at KTH Stockholm. I then joined the Institute of Measurement, Control and Microtechnology at Ulm University as a research associate. My doctoral research focused on low-level radar–camera fusion with self-supervised deep learning for reliable environment perception in adverse weather.

Since late 2021 I have been working in industry on radar perception for automated driving. I took a probabilistic radar grid from a CPU prototype to a real-time CUDA implementation that now runs in series production vehicles, and co-developed a deep-learning model that detects obstacles and occupancy around the vehicle. Today I work on embedded and automotive security, from cryptographic key provisioning to secure vehicle communication and diagnostics.

You can reach me by email at c.ditzel@gmail.com.