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Greg is a member of the Python Software Foundation and a recipient of ACM SIGSOFT’s Influential Educator of the Year award, and currently works as a software engineering manager at Plotly. I was born in 1963 and grew up on Vancouver Island , where two inches of rain is considered a light shower.
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There's a lot of books on programming but fewer books that...
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Professional software developer for over 40 years. Fellow of...
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There's a lot of books on programming but fewer books that couple software development with effective and practical use of tools, presenting a language not as a main course but as a part of an engineering ecosystem. Greg Wilson's book hits all the right notes in bringing together theory, pragmatism, and best practices. – Emily Gorcenski
Dr. Greg Wilson is a programmer, author, and educator based in Toronto. He co-founded and led Software Carpentry, which has taught basic software skills to thousands of researchers worldwide,...
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Professional software developer for over 40 yearsFellow of the Python Software FoundationCo-founder and first Executive Director of Software Carpentry, a world-wide volunteer organization that has taught software skills to almost 100,000 researchers since 2010.Co-founder of It Will Never Work in Theory and The Architecture of Open Source Applications2024-present:Engineering Manager, Open Source Libraries, Plotly. Responsible for managing in-house developers and coordinating open source community and strategy. 2021–2024:Senior Engineering Manager, Deep Genomics. Responsible for recruiting and managing developers, building back-end software in Python, and training. 2021–2024:Senior Engineering M...
1993:PhD in Computer Science, University of Edinburgh. 1986:MSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh. 1984:BSc in Mathematics and Engineering (First Class Honors), Queen's University.
ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator of the Year Award, 2020.ComputerWorld Canada's "IT Educator of the Year" award, 2010.Co-winner of 2008 Jolt Award for Best General Book (for Beautiful Code).Co-winner of Howe Prize (best thesis in Artificial Intelligence), University of Edinburgh, 1986.Co-founder and editor of It Will Never Work in Theory.Founder and co-editor of The Architecture of Open Source Applications.Author of two children's books (Bottle of Light, 2008 and Three Sensible Adventures, 1999).Co-organized a summit meeting of free-range computing education groups in 2015.Greg Wilson: Software Design by Example. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, 2022.Damien Irving, Kate Hertweck, Luke Johnston, Joel Ostblom, Charlotte Wickham, and Greg Wilson: Research Software Engineering with Python. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, 2021.Maya Gans, Toby Hodges, and Greg Wilson: JavaScript for Data Science. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, 2020.Greg Wilson: Teaching Tech Together. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, 2019.Jess Haberman and Greg Wilson: Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Technical Book. PLoS Comp. Bio., 2023.Greg Wilson: Twelve Quick Tips for Software Design. PLoS Comp. Bio., 2022.Danielle Smalls and Greg Wilson: Ten Quick Tips for Staying Safe Online. PLoS Comp. Bio., 2021.Sarah Lin, Ibraheem Ali, and Greg Wilson: Ten Quick Tips for Making Things Findable. PLoS Comp. Bio., 2020.Greg Wilson is an assistant professor in computer science at the University of Toronto. His research interests focus on the intersection of software engineering and computational science. Wilson has a PhD in computer science from the University of Edinburgh.
Greg is the Director of the DIG Field School and is a Professor in the Department of Biology, Associate Director of Research and Collections and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Burke Museum, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington.
Mar 27, 2018 · Print Full CV. Education/Credentials. Fellowship: Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Complex General Surgical Oncology) Fellowship: Liver Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (HPB) Residency : University of Cincinnati (General Surgery )
