Ann Gledson
Research Software Engineer at University of Manchester
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAnn Gledson is a Research Software Engineer with nine years of professional experience and a decade-plus track record in academia, combining deep expertise in computational linguistics, semantics and AI with practical software development. Based at the University of Manchester, she has advanced research projects from data analysis through to production-ready tools, drawing on a PhD in Computational Linguistics and prior roles as Research Associate and Data Analyst. Her strengths span semantic technologies, AI-driven text analysis and building reproducible research software, making her adept at translating complex linguistic research into maintainable code. Notably, her career bridges long-term academic inquiry with hands-on engineering dating back to early software work in the 2000s, reflecting both scholarly rigor and pragmatic systems experience.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MPhil, Computer Science, Pass A1, MPhil, Computer Science, Pass A1 at Department of ComputationPhD, Computational Linguistics, A2 Pass, PhD, Computational Linguistics, A2 Pass at School of Computer ScienceBachelor of Arts, Cultural Studies, 2:1, Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Studies, 2:1 at University of GreenwichGlossop Comprehensive
Github Skills (30)
jquery10
geopandas10
leafletjs10
sensor10
stable9
loops9
django9
postgis8
javascript8
matplotlib8
postgresql8
python7
data-visualization6
data-analysis6
automation6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
UoMResearchIT/region-estimators
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
A Python library to calculate regional estimations of scalar quantities, based on known scalar quantities at specific locations.
Contributions:4 releases, 3 PRs, 79 pushes in 2 years 5 months
python-librarypythonscalarestimationsregional
UoMResearchIT/UoM_AQ_Data_Tools
Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
Tools for Obtaining and Processing UK AQ data.
Contributions:42 reviews, 188 commits, 50 PRs in 9 months
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