Angus Comrie
Chief Technology Officer at Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolAngus Comrie is a CTO and seasoned visualization software engineer with 11 years of experience blending physics, computer science, and data visualisation to turn massive radio-astronomy datasets into actionable insights. He leads engineering at DeepAlert while concurrently developing advanced VR visualisation tools and scientific software at the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy and Rollup Systems. His PhD in applied nuclear physics and hands-on background building embedded ARM-based detectors give him a rare ability to bridge experimental instrumentation, high-performance C++ tooling, and interactive 3D systems. A consistent open-source contributor, he has maintained and improved critical cross-platform C++ library ports in the widely used microsoft/vcpkg ecosystem, ensuring robust builds for scientific libraries like CFITSIO and VTK. Based in the Western Cape, he thrives on adopting emerging languages and frameworks to push the boundaries of immersive, data-driven science.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Nuclear Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Nuclear Physics at University of Cape TownHigh School, High School at Rondebosch Boys High School
English
Github Skills (10)
vcpkg10
c-language10
package-manager10
cmake10
lib10
cprogramming-language10
windows9
linux8
c117
c177
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vcpkg
Aug 2017 - Jan 2022
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 9 commits, 7 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Angus primarily contributed to the `vcpkg` repository by implementing and maintaining package ports. Their work focused on building and configuring libraries like `cfitsio`, `ccfits`, `highfive`, `vtk`, `starlink-ast`, and `cminpack`. Contributions involved adjusting build configurations, integrating dependencies, and ensuring proper linking for both static and dynamic builds across different architectures. They also updated versions and corrected build flags for existing ports.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
CARTAvis/carta-frontend
Apr 2018 - Jan 2023
Source code repository for the frontend component of CARTA, a new visualization tool designed for the ALMA, the VLA and the SKA pathfinders.
Contributions:418 reviews, 869 commits, 1022 PRs in 4 years 9 months
reactjavascriptcode-repositoryskafrontend
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