Wolfgang Slany
Founder President And Head Of The Executive Board Of The Association
Austria
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Top SchoolWolfgang Slany is a founder and professor with 14+ years building scalable mobile-first educational software that empowers teens—especially girls, refugees, and youth in developing countries—to learn coding directly on their smartphones. As President of the International Catrobat Association and former CEO of related ventures, he has led a long-running open source project (Catrobat/Catroid and Paintroid) that adapts Scratch-style, constructionist learning to low-resource contexts and emphasizes UX and test automation. His academic work at Graz University of Technology spans algorithms, game-based learning, and sustainable large-scale agile development, linking rigorous research to practical tools used worldwide. Unusually, he also pursues interdisciplinary research into octopus cognition using generative AI and computer vision, reflecting a curious, experimental approach to applied AI.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Vienna University of TechnologyAssociate’s Degree, Computer Science, Associate’s Degree, Computer Science at Tokyo University
German, French, English, Japanese
Github Skills (11)
robot10
javas10
uitest10
android-ui10
ui-testing10
android10
java10
test-automation10
ui-design9
junit9
testing8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Catrobat/Catroid
Dec 2011 - Oct 2022
Writing programs on an Android device without prior knowledge.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android) & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Mobile Developer (Android) & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:28 releases, 448 reviews, 1016 commits in 10 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Wolfgang primarily focused on developing and testing the Android application's user interface and functionality within the Catroid project. Their work included writing UI tests for dialogs like Terms of Use and About, ensuring proper behavior and navigation of UI elements. The user also corrected button numbers and added Terms of Use menu and dialog. They modified code related to screen aspect ratio and implemented the view project URL on share feature.
knowledgeandroidkotlinprogramsjava
Catrobat/Paintroid
Feb 2014 - Aug 2022
The standard image manipulation app for Catroid.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:15 releases, 109 reviews, 278 commits in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Wolfgang primarily contributed to the Paintroid application by fixing bugs and implementing new features related to the UI and user experience. This included addressing a typo, adding a new terms of use and service menu entry, and fixing an issue in the test integration tests. The changes demonstrate a focus on improving the user interface and the functionality of the app. The user was also involved in test case management, and added more tests to integrate into the application.
manipulationimageimage-manipulationimage-processingthe-standard
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