# Maximilian Wenk

I study computer science at [KIT](https://kit.edu/). I am interested in physics, geometric deep learning and GNNs.

## About

### Hello, World! (2016 – 2019)

I started coding in 2016, at 12, with a summer course on Arduino microcontrollers at the [Phaenovum Student Research Center](https://phaenovum.eu/) in Lörrach. After that I moved on to HTML, CSS and JavaScript, as far as the time limit on our family computer allowed.

### Overclocked (2019 – 2024)

In 2019 my [school](https://thg-schopfheim.de/) decommissioned its old computers and I took one home. With a friend’s help I upgraded and overclocked it to modern standards (ish). I learned Python and Java on it, took Machine Learning courses at Phaenovum and worked on personal projects. I also took part in JugendForscht and the selection rounds for the Physics Olympiad.

### Work in Progress (Since 2024)

In 2024 I started studying computer science, with physics as a minor, at the [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://kit.edu/), supported by a scholarship from the [Begabtenstiftung Informatik Karlsruhe](https://begabtenstiftung-informatik.de/).

During an internship at [eschbach](https://eschbach.com/) in 2025 I built an NLP proof of concept for search over industrial data. I went back in 2026, reworked it and brought it into production.

In 2025 I joined the perception team at [KITcar](https://kitcar-team.de/).

### Away From Keyboard

During school I worked as a cave guide. I do track and field, and play guitar.

## Projects

### TrackForge

2025 · Python, PyTorch, PyTorch Geometric

Particle track reconstruction with graph neural networks, framed as edge classification on detector hit graphs.

[GitHub](https://github.com/max-acc/trackforge)

### Number Recognition

2024 · Python, scikit-learn

My final high school thesis, on handwritten digit recognition with very small datasets. Awarded for Mathematics and Computer Science at JugendForscht 2024.

### Quantum Billiard

2024 · JavaScript

A billiard game in the browser where ball collisions are randomised using a probability distribution.

[GitHub](https://github.com/max-acc/quantum-billard) · [Demo](https://billiard.max-wenk.com/src/index.html)

### PDF Presenter

2026 · TypeScript

A browser-based control panel for presenting PDF slides, with next-slide preview and notes.

[GitHub](https://github.com/max-acc/pdf-presenter) · [Demo](https://max-acc.github.io/pdf-presenter/)

## Ping Me

Lowest latency on LinkedIn, highest throughput on GitHub.

[LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/wenk-maximilian) · [GitHub](https://github.com/max-acc)

All projects: [llms.txt](https://max-wenk.com/llms.txt)