George Atkinson
Research Assistant at University of Birmingham
Erewash, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGeorge Atkinson is a research-focused software engineer with a decade of experience blending academic research and front-end development, currently working as a Research Assistant at the University of Birmingham. His PhD work on passive DVB-T SAR demonstrates strong expertise in airborne signal processing, field trials, and SAR imagery—skills he pairs with practical software engineering. An active open-source contributor, he has significant front-end contributions to Vizia (a Rust declarative GUI library) and to an open-source DAW, where he implemented complex UI components like multi-selection list views, transport controls, and timeline primitives. He brings a pragmatic eye for accessibility, bindings, and styling in UI code, translating research needs into usable interfaces. Based in Erewash, England, he combines rigorous experimental methods with hands-on Rust/Vizia UI development, making him adept at bridging prototype research systems and polished user-facing tools. Colleagues describe him as comfortable moving from airborne trials and signal simulations to shipping interactive UI components in open projects.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.Sci.), Physics, Master of Science (M.Sci.), Physics at The University of BirminghamSecondary School, Physics, Secondary School, Physics at Landau Forte College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
ui-design10
databinding10
uid10
front-end-development10
rust10
accessibility9
css9
pointer6
homebrew6
configurations6
php6
phpmyadmin6
resize6
mysql6
audio5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vizia/vizia
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
A declarative GUI library written in Rust
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 201 reviews, 687 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:George's commits primarily focus on building and restructuring UI components within the Vizia library. They have been actively involved in implementing and refactoring the list view, adding features like multi-selection and incorporating various style and layout modifications. Their work is demonstrated by applying binding, adding accessibility attributes and creating and integrating custom views within the example projects to support various design and interactions. They also worked on the implementation of a textbox and related styling.
user-interfacedeclarative-uirustcssgui-library
MeadowlarkDAW/Meadowlark
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
A (currently incomplete) open-source Digital Audio Workstation, made by musicians, for musicians
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 74 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:George primarily focused on developing the user interface for the open-source Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Their contributions include the implementation of basic UI controls, tempo control bar, transport bar elements and the start of a timeline view. The code changes demonstrate the use of a Vizia UI framework, incorporating elements like buttons, textboxes, and check buttons, along with initial styling to enhance the user interface.
workstationdigital-audio-workstationrustmidimusicians
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