Jim Bauwens
Postdoctoral Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolJim Bauwens is a Brussels-based postdoctoral researcher and software engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience spanning embedded systems, high- and low-level programming, and language runtime optimization. At the Software Languages Lab he progressed from software developer to PhD researcher and now postdoc, focusing on squeezing performance out of multi-paradigm interpreted languages (notably Lua) and designing language constructs for distributed CRDT-like data structures. He blends academic rigor with practical product experience—having built web frontends, ERP/CRM modules, and protocol clients across C#, PHP, Node.js and frontend stacks—so his research is grounded in real-world constraints. Jim is particularly skilled at getting the most out of constrained and embedded platforms, a recurring thread that informs both his research and engineering work.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
TSO Informatica, Computer Science, TSO Informatica, Computer Science at Home schoolingBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Science at AP Hogeschool AntwerpenDoctor of Science, Computer Science, Doctor of Science, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dutch, English, French, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (71)
ti-nspire10
esp826610
yaml9
python9
home-assistant9
act9
esp329
platformio9
esphome9
home-automation8
mqtt8
calculator8
encrypt8
ssl-certificate8
iot8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jimbauwens/ETK
Aug 2012 - Feb 2019
Contributions:27 commits, 5 pushes in 6 years 7 months
jimbauwens/PCspire
Mar 2012 - Aug 2012
Contributions:12 commits in 5 months
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