Robert Ewald
Senior Research Engineer at IRIS AS
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Ewald is a Senior Research Engineer based in Stavanger with 13 years of experience designing and delivering complex systems, notably control systems for drilling rigs and research-grade software at IRIS AS. He brings deep systems engineering expertise and a polyglot programming background (C, C++, Java, Python, Lisp/Clojure, JavaScript, SQL and semantic web tech like RDF/OWL), enabling work across low-level control, tooling and higher-level data models. A pragmatic contributor to open-source—improving input handling and Alt-key behavior in the widely used Android Terminal Emulator—he balances user-facing refinements with robust architecture. Multilingual in English, German, Norwegian, Japanese and French, he pairs technical breadth with cross-cultural communication, a skill honed since co-founding a startup and consulting across industries.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Ingenieur, Computer Sience for Engineering, Diplom Ingenieur, Computer Sience for Engineering at Technische Universität Ilmenau
German, English, Norwegian, Japanese, French
Github Skills (6)
javas10
terminal-emulator10
terminal-application10
emulation10
android-development10
java10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator
Aug 2012 - Oct 2012
A VT-100 terminal emulator for the Android OS
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:19 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on enhancing the Android terminal emulator's input handling and key event processing. They implemented new features, such as the ability to configure Alt key behavior for sending escape sequences. Furthermore, the user addressed bugs and refactored the code related to key handling, which resulted in improved control and Alt key functionality. The contributions focused on improving the user experience and functionality of the terminal emulator.
androidterminal-emulator
robewald/pshazz
Aug 2019 - Mar 2022
Give your powershell some pizazz.
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 7 months
powershell
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