Thorsten Behrens

Thorsten Behrens
Nationality German
Occupation Software engineer
Known for OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, odpdown[1]
Home town Hamburg, Germany
Website http://blog.thebehrens.net/

Thorsten Behrens is a software developer and is heavily involved in the creation of open source software, especially in the area of productivity suites. He was part of the OpenOffice.org project almost from the start, when he joined the Sun Microsystems development team in early 2001.[2] He completed his education as a computer scientist, and is an enthusiastic advocate for Free Software and open standards.

Research and software development

At the University of Hamburg, Behrens provided research on pattern recognition and 3D image processing.[3][4] Joining OpenOffice.org later and following that LibreOffice, he contributed to a wide range of code areas ranging from build system, platform abstraction libraries, LibreOffice Impress and LibreOffice Writer. During his time at OpenOffice.org, he was a co-lead of the late graphical system layer project. Since it was created in 2011, Behrens is a member of the Engineering Steering Committee for LibreOffice.[5] Thorsten Behrens is a frequent speaker at open source conferences, including the annual LibreOffice conference and FOSDEM.[6][7]

Open standards and executive work

Thorsten Behrens is a member of the OASIS ODF technical committee,[8] and he is a technical advisor on the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 working group 4. He has been a founding member of the Steering Committee of the Document Foundation which set up the Document Foundation, the Berlin-based Foundation that backs the development of LibreOffice.[9][10] Behrens emphasised that the creation of the Foundation strengthens the community aspect of the project.[11] He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation since the first election,[12] and he is the chairman of the Board since his reelection in 2013.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "odpdown". github. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Document Foundation » Board". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Robust segmentation of tubular structures in 3-D medical images by parametric object detection and tracking". IEEE. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Segmentation of Tubular Structures in 3D Images Using a Combination of the Hough Transform and a Kalman Filter". Springer Publishing. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Document Foundation appoints Engineering Steering Committee". h online(heise). Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "LibreOffice conference program, Sept. 23th.: Wednesday". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "FOSDEM 2015/Schedule/Speakers/Thorsten Behrens". FOSDEM. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC Technical Committee". OASIS. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Document Foundation Announces LibreOffice Updates and Fundraising Accomplishments". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Die Freiheit die ich meine (german)". heise. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Document Foundation gets corporate "Inc" status". zdnet. Retrieved 20 September 2015. The Document Foundation is the legal affirmation of the community spirit – an entity by the community, for the community, and an entity independent from any single vendor.
  12. ↑ "Document Foundation Board 2011: Final Results". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Results Elections TDF Board of Directors". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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