I'm
Thorgeir
Karlsson.

MSc Computer science.

Hi, my name is Þorgeir Auðunn Karlsson.

I am passionate about computer science, teaching, and learning new tech. I aspire to work on challenging and intriguing projects that have a positive impact on people.

I am a proud dad, practice water polo, enjoy occasional dnd and video games.

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Projects

Starborne

An MMORTS 4X strategy game set in space.

Box Island

Award-winning coding. A fun logical puzzle game that teaches children the fundamentals of coding.

REX-Diagnostics

A Unity extension that enables expression evaluation at runtime to facilitate testing and debugging.

A laboratory sample for epidemic research

Predicting Epidemics

Improving epidemic surveillance with passively collected cellphone metadata as a near real-time source of behavioral markers, linking individuals’ phone data with verified diagnosis data.

Experience

2022–Present

Solid Clouds

Chief Technology Officer

Lead the technology organisation at Solid Clouds, an Icelandic game studio, overseeing engineering strategy and technical direction across all titles.
2021–Present

Montessori.is

Co-Founder

Co-founded Montessori.is, a family-run Icelandic online store offering quality wooden toys and furniture for children, inspired by Montessori pedagogy.
2018–Present

Starborne

Tech Lead

Lead the tech team behind Starborne, an MMORTS 4X strategy game set in space.
2017–2018

Emory University

Research scholar

CDR Project: Applying deep learning to predict epidemic outbreaks through cellphone metadata.

Atlanta, GA
2016–2018

MSc Computer Science

Reykjavik University

Honors: Alan Turing Scholarship

Independent study: Applied deep learning on predicting general game playing agents’ actions.
2015–2017

Box Island

Tech Lead & Co-Founder

The technical lead is responsible for all technical decisions and heads all programming efforts. Development of video games requires interdisciplinary work. As the technical lead, my work is focused on software development and integrating different fields into the game.
2012–2018

Teaching Assistant

Reykjavik University
- Software Design and Implementation 2018
- Programming Languages 2017
- Object Oriented Programing in C++ 2017
- Programming Languages 2015
- Compilers 2014
- Introduction to Machine Learning 2014
- Databases 2014
- Programming Languages 2014
- Algorithms 2013
- Web-Programming 2013
- Programming 2012
2014–Present

REX-Diagnostics

Unity Extension

I created a Unity extension that enables expression evaluation at runtime to facilitate testing and debugging.
2011–2014

BSc Computer Science

Reykjavik University

Honors: Dean’s List & Freshman’s grant

My final project was to create a general-purpose roleplaying rule set that spans many different roleplaying realms. I also took a 16 ECTS independent project to create an AI that could play any game built on this general ruleset.
2011–2013

Íslandsbanki

Software Developer

Worked on maintaining and supporting existing internal platforms within the company. I worked for four months during the summer, May to August, and in December during the holiday.
2008–2011

Technical College of Reykjavík

Computer Study Programme

Graduated with first-class honors