Bjorn Regnell
Vice Head Of Department For Faculty Development And Career Advancement at Lund University
Greater Malmö Metropolitan Area Sweden
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Top SchoolBjorn Regnell is a Professor of Software Engineering and Vice Head of Department for Faculty Development and Career Advancement at Lund University, bringing 13+ years of senior academic leadership and over three decades in computing and research roles. He combines deep research credentials (PhD, long tenure at Lund) with practical industry experience as a former senior researcher at Sony Ericsson and founder of a consultancy, bridging requirements engineering, education strategy, and digitalisation. An active contributor to the Scala ecosystem, he has made notable back-end contributions to the high-profile Scala 3 compiler—improving REPL behavior, Unicode handling, and documentation internals. He co-founded and chairs the Swedish Requirements Engineering Network and serves on influential program and editorial committees, reflecting a rare blend of technical depth, community stewardship, and policy-level impact. Colleagues value him for translating rigorous research into usable tools and curricula that shape both industry practice and next-generation software engineers.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Software Engineering, PhD, Software Engineering at Lund University
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Github Skills (9)
scala10
dotty10
compiler10
compiler-compiler10
repr10
replit10
debug8
debugging8
coursier6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
scala/scala3
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
The Scala 3 compiler, also known as Dotty.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 27 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Bjorn primarily contributed to the Scala 3 compiler project, focusing on improvements to the REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) functionality. Their commits addressed issues related to output truncation, Unicode character handling, and error messages. The user also made contributions to the IArray library and the scaladoc component of the project, demonstrating a broad understanding of the project's internal structure.
compilerscala3scaladottyepfl
bjornregnell/lth-eda016-2015
Jun 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:327 commits, 2 PRs, 266 pushes in 2 years 2 months
lund-universitylth
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