Ian Hinder
Research Software Engineer at The University of Manchester
Warrington, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIan Hinder is a Research Software Engineer with 17 years' experience applying high-performance computing and mathematical modelling to scientific problems. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics (Southampton) and a BA/MSci in Natural Sciences (Physics) from Cambridge, and spent a decade doing numerical relativity research across leading institutes including the Max Planck Institute and Penn State. Since 2018 he has been building and maintaining research software at the University of Manchester, specialising in HPC-enabled code and reproducible scientific workflows. Ian combines deep theoretical understanding from his numerical relativity background with practical software engineering practices to deliver robust, high-performance research tools. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex mathematical models into scalable implementations that run efficiently on modern architectures. Based in Warrington, he contributes across university projects and brings a rare blend of long-form research experience and production-focused engineering.
17 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics at University of SouthamptonBA, MSci, Natural Sciences, BA, MSci, Natural Sciences at University of Cambridge
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Github Skills (200)
pde-solver10
docker-compose10
golang10
wolfram-language10
derivative10
docker10
mathematica10
docker-image10
weather10
differential-equations10
partial10
weather-data10
latex9
webapp9
meteorology9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ScottishCovidResponse/BEEP
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Bayesian Estimation of Epidemic Parameters using Model Based Proposals for MCMC
Contributions:334 commits, 25 PRs, 190 pushes in 2 months
model-basedparametersproposalsestimationepidemic
ScottishCovidResponse/SCRCIssueTracking
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Central issue tracking repository for all repos in the consortium
Contributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 months
issue-trackingconsortiumall-repostracking
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