My name is Benjamin Rotendahl, I love programming, teaching and building silly things. I live in Copenhagen where I study computer science at DIKU. I spend some of my free time time being a part of Coding Pirates where I teach kids to code.
I’ve studied part time for a large part of my time at university, this has allowed me to try different development jobs, teaching gigs and side projects.
| Østervoldgade 20, V.114 | Benjamin@Rotendahl.dk |
| 1350 København K | Github |
| Denmark | 29866771 |
Education
- 2017-2020 (expected)
- Masters, Computer Science Data Science specialization University of Copenhagen
- 2013-2017
- Bachelor, Computer Science; University of Copenhagen
- 2009-2012
- STX, Math A, Kemi A, physics B Ribe Katedralskole
Work Experience
Data Scientist at Bolius: 2018-current
I’ve built an entire machine learning platform that maintains a list of data related to houses, energyClass, comfort, radon levels, etc. This data is then put into machine learning models and served through react projects that consume the api exposed. This allows house owners to get extra information about their house.
Backend Developer at CMP: 2017-2018
I wrote backends for iPhone/Android apps in elixir and frontends in react native.
Teaching assistant at University of Copenhagen: Feb 2017 - Juli 2017
I was a teaching assistant on the first year course software development for first year computer science students at the university of Copenhagen. I thought them software design patterns, good programming practices, how to implement it in C# and graded their assignments
Student Assistant at Coding Pirates : December 2015 - Jan 2017
I worked on the systems we use in Coding Pirates the main project was our CRM that is built in django. I also wrote code that automated some administrative processes.
Student Assistant at the Finsen Laboratory : Juli 2014 - Nov 2015
The job consisted of writing small scripts that performed simple data transformation tasks, automated setup, and IT-support
Various Teaching jobs I have had a large variety of teaching jobs, I have thought programming to people in all age groups, but mostly in the range 7-18 years. I’ve had paid teaching jobs attached to the coding Class project, the Copenhagen youth school, recruitment service at the university of Copenhagen, and various freelance jobs.
Technical Experience
My work experience has mainly been in web development and machine learning.
I am familiar with modern web practices such as graphQL, AJAX, REST, API’s, etc. For a list of some of the projects I made see either my github or my projects page. During my studies I have worked in a variety of languages both imperative and functional.
- Python
- C
- Haskell
- Erlang
- Elixir
- PHP
- C#
- C++
- SML
- Matlab
- Java
- Javascript
Volunteering, free time, awards
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I received the DIKU dissemination award which included a 20.000DKK cash prize.
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Vice Chair of the Board of Coding Pirates Denmark (2019-current): I was elected for a two year term on the board.
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Board of Coding Pirates Denmark (2017-2018): I was on the national board of Codingpirates.dk we have 80 departments across the country where we teach kids programming. I helped hire our first full time employe and manage an above 1 million DKK budget.
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Board of Coding Pirates Copenhagen (2016-2018): I was on the board of Codingpirates.dk Copenhagen. We went from 5 to 12 chapters during my time and held several events.
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Tutor at UCPH: We plan and execute activities for new students, including the RUS-trip and other social events.
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I have the blue belt in karate and will gladly use it if you claim emacs is better than vim
Human Languages
- Danish (Native)
- English (Fluent)
- German (Some)