Hi! I'm Roland Sauter.

I'm a software engineer, (data) scientist, and generally a nerd based in Oslo, Norway. This is my first attempt at a personal website, so expect it to evolve over time. These days I am a software engineer at Kongsberg Digital working on everything from optimizations that save customers millions of kroners, to work processes that improve maintenance and safety, to AI integrations that inform busy engineers.

Projects

Coming soon...

The VPS this website is hosted on serves as the staging ground for some projects. Currently these are still under development.

Work Experience

Core skills

Data scientist and software engineer with broad competences and a fast learner

Optimization approaches
End-to-end data science and data engineering
Collaboration across disciplines, backgrounds, and cultures

Software Engineer, Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer

Kongsberg Digital | 09/2021 - Present

Led efforts in diverse software engineering and data science projects
Led production optimization saving millions of kroners and powering thousands of additional UK households
Hired and mentored many junior developers, helping to build the team
Architected AI-enabled work process management system

Scientific Background

PhD in Natural Science (Bioinformatics)

GEMCAT

A modeling tool to predict metabolite concentrations.
Github

Thesis

I defended my PhD thesis titled Metabolites at Genome-Scale: Towards Genome-Scale Modeling Strategies for Metabolite Concentrations"in 2025 at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø.
Nasjonalt vitenarkiv
Code for the thesis or the contents can be shared upon request. The Github repository containing it all is currently private due to privacy concerns around some content.

Reading that left an impression on me

I enjoy reading about different topics, from technology to history, science to philosophy. A few books have left a lasting impression on me, and I'd like to share them here.

Thank you for arguing (Jay Heinrichs)

Beyond the obvious practice of rhetoric, this book taught me to see the world through the lens of persuasion more so than as having to be right. It changed how I communicate with others and how I understand them, helping me in a critical phase of my life.

Code (Charles Petzold)

My introduction to the world of computers and information technology.

Politics and the English Language (George Orwell)

Probably the most useful text on writing and language I've ever read.
Read the essay on the Orwell Foundation website.