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Vicki Brown

Vicki Brown University of South Wales Welsh Crucible 2018 Vicki graduated from the University of Exeter with a Masters in Mathematics and went on to complete a PhD at the University of Bath in Mathematical Biology. In 2010 she began a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan in the USA and is now working

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Jeffrey Giansiracusa

Jeffrey Giansiracusa Swansea University Welsh Crucible 2016 Jeff obtained BSc degrees in mathematics and physics at University of Washington in Seattle and then completed a PhD in mathematics at Oxford, funded by a US National Science Foundation research fellowship.  He spent a year in Paris before returning to Oxford as a junior research fellow at

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James Kent

James Kent University of South Wales Welsh Crucible 2015 James obtained his BSc in Mathematics at the University of Exeter in 2005, and completed an MSc in Computational Science and Modelling the year after. He completed his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Exeter in 2010. His PhD was sponsored by the Met Office

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Bernard Tiddeman

Bernard Tiddeman Aberystwyth University Welsh Crucible 2011 Bernard obtained his BSc degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of St Andrews and his MSc in Computer Science from the University of Manchester. For his PhD from Heriot-Watt University he worked with facial surgeons to develop 3D scanning equipment and shape analysis software. He then returned

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Ian Grimstead

Ian Grimstead Data Science Campus (formerly Cardiff University) Welsh Crucible 2011 Ian obtained his B.Sc. degree in computer science at Cardiff University, and then went on to complete his Ph.D. in the same department, specialising in CAD/CAM. He left to work in the games and computer graphics industry, working on a range of projects from

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Parisa Eslambolchilar

Parisa Eslambolchilar Cardiff University (formerly Swansea University) Welsh Crucible 2011 Parisa completed her PhD in Ireland (Hamilton Institute) in 2006 in Computer Science. She has been a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Swansea University since 2007. Her most current research is nudging people to improve their physical activity by telling them how

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Hannah Dee

Hannah Dee Aberystwyth University Welsh Crucible 2011 Hannah completed her BSc in Cognitive Science in 1996 and an MA in Philosophy in 1998. After several years as a Teaching Fellow helping non-computing students to understand computers and IT she returned to study and completed a PhD in Artificial Intelligence in 2005. This was followed by

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