David Sterratt
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Sterratt is a Senior Lecturer and research scientist with 17 years' experience at the intersection of computational neuroscience, physics and data science, currently leading operational aspects of course delivery in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. He combines deep research roots—PhD in Computational Neuroscience and long-standing postdoc work on synaptic modelling—with practical teaching in R, Python, machine learning and agent-based modelling. As Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching (Operations) he influences curriculum reform and timetabling at school and university level, showing a rare blend of technical expertise and academic operations leadership. His background in signal processing and biologically-inspired algorithms for hearing technology signals a practical bent for translating theory into applied software. Colleagues know him for taking on committee chair and people-management roles, bringing steady governance to complex academic programs.
17 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
GCSEs, GCSEs at West Craven High School, BarnoldswickMaster of Science (MSc) Cognitive Science and Natural Language, Master of Science (MSc) Cognitive Science and Natural Language at The University of EdinburghMSci (Master in Science) Physics, MSci (Master in Science) Physics at University of St AndrewsPhysics, Physics at University of BayreuthA Levels Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, A Levels Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry at Nelson and Colne College
German, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (78)
voronoi10
python10
py4j10
computational-geometry10
delaunay10
qhull10
delaunay-triangulation10
convex-hull10
language-extensions10
transformation10
geometry10
r-package10
java10
maildir10
mail-client10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
davidcsterratt/RTriangle
May 2011 - Jan 2023
Port of the Triangle Two-Dimensional Quality Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator to R
Contributions:212 commits, 5 PRs, 36 pushes in 11 years 10 months
delaunaycrancran-rmesh-generationr
davidwillshaw/map-analysis
Feb 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:168 commits in 2 months
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