M.Sc. Maron Schlemon

Expertise

With a strong High-Performance Computing (HPC) background, he has gained hands-on experience processing large-scale data from radar and other sensors. He has honed his skills in hardware-software co-design, align-ing complex algorithms with specific systems and architectures to enhance throughput, and specializing in crafting tailored solutions for resource-constrained systems. His understanding of server processing underscores my competence in designing and developing comprehensive systems to meet specific challenges and requirements.

Professional Experience

CEO - IT4Medic
Since Jan 2023
Executed various critical tasks, leveraging technological expertise and leadership skills. Responsibilities have included:
• Leading an STM32-based embedded software project to monitor vital signs like pulse, oxygen saturation, and body temperature.
• Implementing a complete IT infrastructure encompassing a LoRaWAN stack, Django back-end, REST API, and React front-end
• Managing essential talks with partners and customers, fostering collaboration, and ensuring alignment with project goals and expectation

Ph.D. Candidate - Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Since Dec 2021
Involved in various activities that span research, education, and collaboration with leading institutions:
• Authoring and contributing to papers demonstrating research findings
• Collaborating in delivering lectures and tutorials
• Supervising master’s theses, providing guidance and support to students
• HPC assessments of the large computer systems of the LRZ Munich

Graduate Research Assistant - German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Since Mar 2018
Research and implementation of procedures for processing multi-channel, aircraft-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data:
• Developing and optimizing SAR algorithms for real-time capability
• Conducting autonomous research on novel SAR algorithms
• Designing and implementing SAR algorithms on embedded systems
• Integrating highly efficient C/C++ routines within Python
• Documenting and publishing research results

Software Engineer - birkle IT AG
Since Mar 2018
In the software development department, I cooperated on:
• Developing algorithms for tracking and detecting aircraft
• Utilizing OpenCV for robot path planning
• Optimizing Python routines using the C API

Education

M. Sc. Industrial Engineering / Computer Science

Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
Braunschweig University of Technology
Final Grade: excellent, (GER: 1.5)
Specialization: Computers & Electronics
Master Thesis: Acceleration of financial computing routines on embedded processors

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Paper Award
Sep 2022
IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Virtual Conference
Title: Resource-Constrained Optimizations For Synthetic Aperture Radar On-Board Image Processing

Research Interests

• High-Performance Computing
• Parallel Programming
• Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Formation
• High-Performance Signal Processing
• Resource-Constraint Systems
• Hardware Software Co-Design
• LoRaWAN Applications
• Embedded Systems
• STM32 Micro-Controller Programming

Publications

[1] M. Schlemon and J. Naghmouchi, ”FFT Optimizations and Performance Assessment Targeted towards Satellite and Airborne Radar Processing,” 2020 IEEE 32nd International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD), Porto, Portugal, 2020, pp. 313-320, doi: 10.1109/SBAC-PAD49847.2020.00050
[2] M. Schlemon, M. Schulz and R. Scheiber, ”Resource-Constrained Optimizations For Synthetic Aperture Radar On-Board Image Processing,” 2022 IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference (HPEC), Waltham, MA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1109/HPEC55821.2022.9926327
[3] M. Schlemon, R. Scheiber, S. Baumgartner, S. K. Joshi, M. Jaeger and S. Pasch, ”On-board Processing Architecture of DLR’s DBFSAR / V-SAR System,” EUSAR 2022; 14th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Leipzig, Germany, 2022, pp. 1-5
[4] E. I. Baungarten-Leon, G. D. Martín-del-Campo-Becerra, S. Ortega-Cisneros, M. Schlemon, J. Rivera, A. Reigber, ”Towards On- Board SAR Processing with FPGA Accelerators and a PCIe Interface,” Electronics, 2023, 12(12):2558, doi: 10.3390/electronics12122558
[5] M. Schlemon, M. Schulz, R. Scheiber, M. Jäger, and J. A. Amao Oliva, ”Real-Time Capability of DLR’s Beamforming Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing Architecture,” IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Pasadena, USA, 2023-07-16 - 2023-07-21