Stuart Lynn
Chief Technology Officer Co-Founder at The Alan Turing Institute
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolStuart Lynn is a technology leader and co-founder currently serving as CTO of CrownShy with 14 years of experience applying research-grade data science to real-world mapping and urban problems. He splits his time between industry and academia as a Lead Research Data Scientist at The Alan Turing Institute, bringing deep expertise in spatial data, citizen science and open-source tooling. Previously he led research and data teams at CARTO and built the Matico open-source mapping and visualization platform for non-profits and researchers. Stuart’s background spans a PhD in Astrophysics and roles from web developer to research director, giving him a rare mix of rigorous analytical training and hands-on product engineering. He’s driven by mission-oriented projects that democratize spatial analytics and has a track record of turning academic ideas into practical, community-focused software. Based in Edinburgh, he combines startup leadership with an academic mindset to scale tools that help people make better decisions about cities and regions.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at The University of Edinburgh
Github Skills (171)
python10
nyc10
traffic-simulation10
openstreetmap10
journal10
dataframes10
statistics10
geolocation10
mta10
location-services10
data-science10
open-data10
discovery10
data-analysis10
simulation10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
stuartlynn/stuartlynn.github.io
Apr 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
stuartlynn/wasm_geo_agg
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:80 commits, 8 PRs, 32 pushes in 26 days
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