Ludvig Strigeus
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Early life and education
Strigeus was born in January 1981, and he graduated from Chalmers University of Technology with a master's degree in computer science and engineering.[1]
Career
He currently works as a software engineer at Spotify. In 2005, his development team won PuzzleCrack, a week-long puzzlehunt competition that combines problem-solving with computer hacking.
Ludvig Strigeus was awarded the 2006 John Ericsson (sv) Medal,[2] the 2011 Tenzingpriset,[3][4][5] 2015 honorary doctorate,[2] and the 2020 Polhem Prize.[6] In 2023 Ludvig was elected fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences[7]
Personal life
He currently resides in Gothenburg, Sweden. Due to a rare muscular disease, Strigeus uses a wheelchair.[8][9]
Software
- μTorrent - small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X (closed-source)[10]
- ScummVM - interpreter of adventure game engines, most notably LucasArts's SCUMM[11]
- OpenTTD - reverse engineered game engine of Transport Tycoon, led to many ports and game improvements over the original
- Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the TI-89 calculator[12]
- "The Idiot" - card game for Windows[13][14][15]
- WebWorks - a text HTML editor[16]
- Spotify - a commercial music streaming service
- TunSafe - VPN client for Windows using the WireGuard protocol[19]
References
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External links
- SourceForge profile
- Patents by Inventor Ludvig Strigeus at Justia Patents
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