Dominik Frey
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Beyond work

Where I'm from, what I do for fun, where I've lived, and a few photos from along the way.

I was born and grew up in Budapest, where I also studied and started working. Since 2024 I have lived in Linköping, where the PhD brought me.

The last few years have meant moving between places: an intensive week in Utrecht, a semester in Porto, a study trip to Singapore, and conference trips around Europe. I speak Hungarian (native), English (proficient) and some Swedish.

Interests

  • Building appsTurning ideas into apps in my spare time, for the joy of seeing them work.
  • Podcasts and techListening to podcasts and keeping up with the latest trends and advances in technology.
  • SportsAll kinds: running, football, boxing, bouldering, the gym, calisthenics, ping-pong, skiing, snowboarding and more.
    A snowboarder standing on a groomed piste under a clear blue sky, with snowy mountain ridges behind
    Snowboarding under a clear sky, January 2022.
  • TripsExploring new places with my friends and my girlfriend.
    Two people walking along a path through a wildflower meadow towards Lake Saint Anne, a crater lake ringed by forested hills
    Walking down to Lake Saint Anne, a volcanic crater lake in Transylvania, Romania, July 2022.
    A hiker in a cap climbing between rocks as the sun rises over the mountain ridges of Madeira
    Sunrise at Pico do Arieiro, Madeira, November 2023.
    People walking along a snowy path through a pine forest in low winter sun, one of them in a red hat taking a photo
    A winter walk in Swedish Lapland, March 2026.
    Looking down at an ice-fishing rod over a hole drilled in a frozen lake, with a fur hide on the ice and pine forest on the far shore
    Ice fishing on a frozen lake in Swedish Lapland, March 2026.

Places

  • Budapest1998 – 2024HungaryBorn and raised; BSc, MSc and my first three jobs.
  • Utrecht2023NetherlandsAn intensive week of human-centred AI research.
  • Porto2023 – 2024PortugalErasmus semester at FEUP.
  • Linköping2024 – SwedenPhD at Linköping University.
  • Singapore2026SingaporeWASP study trip.
  • Málaga2026SpainFAME school and MODELS 2026.

Photos

Dominik grilling sausages and vegetables over an outdoor fire pit in Sweden
Grilling at an outdoor fire pit near Linköping, May 2026.
Two whole fish dressed with herbs, garlic and spring onions in a foil tray, on a grill over glowing coals in a stone barbecue
Fish on the grill on the island of Krk, Croatia, July 2026.
The sun setting over the Douro river in Porto, with the arch of the Arrábida Bridge across the water
Sunset over the Douro, Porto, during my Erasmus semester in 2023.
A surfboard leaning on a wooden bench on a beach boardwalk at sunset, with a wetsuit hanging beside it
A surfboard on the boardwalk at sunset, on the coast by Porto, 2023.