Lars Becker

Aug – Nov 2026

NTNU · TTK4155

Embedded Ping Pong Game

In the NTNU course Industrial and Embedded Computer Systems Design, I built a distributed, computer-controlled ping pong game in a group of three. An ATmega162 on a hand-wired breadboard and an ARM Cortex-M3 on an Arduino Due communicate over a CAN bus to read joystick input, drive a servo, motor and solenoid, and detect goals with an infrared beam – with a closed-loop controller positioning the racket.

Jun – Aug 2025

CERN

Kubernetes Monitoring

As a Summer Student at CERN in the Communication Tools group (Communication Systems Section, IT Department), I am currently setting up a monitoring solution for the Kubernetes clusters that run on CERN's local OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure. My work involves deploying and configuring monitoring tools to collect metrics and logs, and ultimately providing a Grafana dashboard that visualizes key statistics and insights for the team.

Oct 2024 – Mar 2025

LLM-Powered Metadata Extraction

Bachelor Thesis

LLM-Powered Metadata Extraction GUI for DBpedia Databus. This thesis presents a custom benchmark to evaluate LLM performance in code generation for metadata extraction, implementing an interactive GUI that uses LLMs to support the creation of code snippets for Databus Mods, packaged into a Flask API for universal execution.

Mar – Nov 2024

Institute for Applied Computer Science

Digital Index

At the Institute for Applied Computer Science, I contributed to the development of the Digital Index platform. This tool enables companies to assess their AI-readiness and receive personalized, science-based recommendations for optimizing their digital strategy. The platform is continuously improved, human-centered, and aligned with the principles of Industry 5.0, combining AI with social and ecological goals.