George Wood
PHD Candidate
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Wood is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Newcastle University researching cybercrime impacts on minority groups, combining rigorous academic methods with a focus on real-world social harm. With six years of technical and tutoring experience, he brings practical teaching skills and clear communication to complex security and resilience topics. As a trained first responder and former LGBTQ+ officer for the student union, he pairs technical expertise with frontline community engagement and advocacy. He publishes and shares work from Newcastle while maintaining an active personal site (gwood.dev) and a passion for film photography that informs a human-centered view of technology. Comfortable bridging research, outreach, and hands-on problem solving, he brings ethical perspective and lived community experience to cybersecurity research and applied projects.
6 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Newcastle University
Github Skills (73)
python10
ctf-tools10
fhe10
micropython10
embedded10
cpp10
twitter10
infosec10
cybersecurity10
linux10
api10
social-media10
cli10
artificial-intelligence10
information-gathering10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
gwo0d/gwood_dev
Jun 2025 - Jul 2026
The home of gwood.dev
Contributions:1 review, 22 PRs, 96 pushes in 1 year
gwo0d/gwo0d
Sep 2022 - Dec 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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