Conor Houghton
Reader In Mathematical Neuroscience
Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolConor Houghton is a Reader in Mathematical Neuroscience at the University of Bristol with over a decade of experience applying theoretical physics and mathematical methods to neural data. Trained with a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge and degrees in Mathematical Science from University of Galway, he blends rigorous analytical foundations with interdisciplinary neuroscience research. His work spans computational modeling, information theory in neural systems, and quantitative analysis—evidenced by a long publication list hosted on his papers page. Based in the Greater Bristol Area, he frames scientific questions with a linguistic curiosity hinted at by his GitHub bio question, "What is language for?" Beyond academia, he has a knack for making complex theoretical ideas accessible and applicable to real neural-data problems.
11 years of coding experience
PhD, Theoretical Physics, PhD, Theoretical Physics at University of CambridgeBSc / MSc, Mathematical Science, BSc / MSc, Mathematical Science at University of Galway
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Github Skills (13)
computational-science9
computational-neuroscience9
science9
neuroscience9
python8
computer-science7
data-structures5
javascript4
machine-learning4
mathematics4
textbook4
math4
fundamentals3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
conorhoughton/COMS30127
Jan 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:323 commits, 2 PRs, 279 pushes in 3 years
neurosciencepythonbristolsciencecomputational-neuroscience
conorhoughton/PHPH20007
May 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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