Frances Cooper is a Senior Software Engineer at Google with nine years of experience applying algorithms, ML and AI to improve search quality across internal search systems. She earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow studying fair and large stable matchings, bringing deep theoretical expertise to practical ML-backed search problems. Her background includes internships at Amazon and Google where she built end-to-end models and graph-based advertiser analysis, and she is a Software Sustainability Institute Fellow recognized for improving research software practices. Frances founded Glasgow Women in Computing Science to mentor and grow early-career researchers, demonstrating a strong commitment to community-building alongside technical impact.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics at The Open University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Glasgow
Contributions:3 releases, 15 pushes, 5 tags in 4 years 4 months
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Frances Cooper - Senior Software Engineer at Google