Ian Allison
Technology Manager at Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolIan Allison is a technology leader who manages technology strategy and operations at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences in Vancouver. As Technology Manager, he oversees infrastructure and services and serves as the technical lead on the Syzygy and Callysto projects that expand the Jupyter ecosystem for Canadian higher education, research, and K-12. With 12 years at PIMS (since 2009) and a prior postdoctoral tenure at TRIUMF, he blends scholarly insight with hands-on engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Physics (University of Glasgow) and an MSci in Mathematics and Physics, grounding his work in rigorous analytical methods. He is known for converting complex academic requirements into reliable, scalable tech solutions that empower diverse academic communities.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Mathematics and Physics, Ph.D, Mathematics and Physics at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (182)
notebook10
python10
ipython10
notebooks10
automation10
ssh10
file-system10
agents10
jupyter-widget10
ansible10
science10
julia10
deploying10
jupyter10
multi-user10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
callysto/callysto-ssp-theme
Oct 2021 - Dec 2024
Theme for SimpleSAMLphp
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
simplesamlphp
pimsmath/one-two-syzygy
Aug 2019 - Sep 2022
Contributions:7 PRs, 66 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 1 month
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