Hi, I'm Ole Petersen
Founding Engineer @ Listen Labs
Founding engineer and ML researcher at Listen Labs in San Francisco, building the core agent behind Listen's platform along with its eval infrastructure, durable workflows, and statistical modeling. First-author ICLR 2026 paper (GraphBSI), with a background spanning scientific computing, HPC, ML, and game theory.
Experience
Founding Engineer
2025-10 – now · Listen Labs
Core agent development, agent eval infrastructure, and full-stack engineering for Listen's AI research platform.
Data Scientist (Working Student)
2024-08 – 2025-06 · Check24
Production machine learning in the Loans team of Germany's largest comparison platform.
DevOps & Software Engineer (Working Student)
2020-09 – 2023-09 · QAware / Telekom
Cloud-native platform engineering, DevOps, and full-stack tooling for the Telekom smart-speaker backend.
Intern
2018-01 – 2018-02 · DLR Braunschweig
Student internship at the German Aerospace Center, getting to know the basics of CFD
Education
Master of Science in Computational Science and Engineering (Honors)
2023-09 – 2025-10 · Technical University of Munich
GPA 3.9 / 1.1 — best program grade in 3 years
Honors program (best.in.tum), tutor for Advanced Programming. relAI and Check24 GenDev scholarships.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science
2020-09 – 2023-09 · Technical University of Munich
GPA 3.7 / 1.3 — top 3%, 135% of required credits
Thesis: Learning Predatory Pricing in Dynamic Oligopolies through Reinforcement Learning (grade 1.0), leading to a paper submission. Deutschlandstipendium; passed with distinction.
Term abroad
2022-09 – 2023-01 · University of Exeter
1.3 (1.0-5.0 scale)
Abitur
2011-08 – 2020-03 · Gymnasium Mainz-Oberstadt
GPA 4.0 / 1.0
Advanced courses in Mathematics, Physics, and English. Math Olympiad (federal level 2018 & 2020); BWINF — one of 10 final-round awardees in Germany.
Awards & Honors
BGCE Honors Program
2024-04 · Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering
Honors program participant, engaging in a collaborative scientific research project, summer academies, and soft-skill seminars.
relAI Scholarship
2023-10 · DAAD / Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI
Scholarship for outstanding students in reliable AI; also served as student representative.
Deutschlandstipendium
2021-09 · TUM
Scholarship awarded for academic excellence and social commitment (2021-23).
Top-10 Awardee, 38th BWINF (National CS Competition)
2020-09 · Bundeswettbewerb Informatik
Recognized as one of ten final-round awardees in Germany's prestigious computer science competition.
National Mathematics Olympiad (Federal Level)
2020-06 · Mathematik-Olympiaden e.V.
Qualified for the federal round of the national mathematics olympiad.
National Mathematics Olympiad (Federal Level)
2018-06 · Mathematik-Olympiaden e.V.
Qualified for the federal round of the national mathematics olympiad.
Leadership & Community
Scholarship Student Representative
2023-10 – 2026 · Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI
Built a community of 80+ scholarship holders together with the coordinators, hosting 10+ social and academic events, and created a wiki centralizing scholarship resources.
Dormitory Tutor
2023-10 – 2025-05 · Hochschulhaus Garching
Organized 40+ social events, fostering an inclusive community for over 100 residents.
Jury Member
2020-11 – now · Bundeswettbewerb Informatik
Part of the evaluation team for Germany's national computer science competition, twice a year.