James Womack
AI Supercomputing Infrastructure Engineer at Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS)
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Womack is an AI Supercomputing Infrastructure Engineer with a decade of experience building and operating high-performance computing platforms for research at the University of Bristol, including the Isambard-AI and Isambard 3 supercomputers. Trained as a computational chemist (PhD), he blends deep scientific programming expertise in C/C++, Fortran and Python with practical skills in parallel programming, Linux systems and research software engineering to scale demanding simulations. His career spans research software development, method implementation for large-scale quantum chemistry, and hands-on RSE support—evidence of both domain depth and a commitment to enabling others’ research. Known for translating complex computational science needs into robust, scalable infrastructure, he also contributes to university-wide consulting services that improve research software quality and reproducibility.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Torquay Boys' Grammar SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Theoretical and computational chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Theoretical and computational chemistry at University of Bristol
English
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Github Skills (70)
simulation9
biology9
shell8
powershell8
chemistry8
linux8
windows8
notebook8
drug-discovery8
command-line8
quantum-chemistry8
discovery8
jupyter8
molecular-simulation8
ipython7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
intception-code-generator/intception-code-generator.github.io
Jan 2016 - Jul 2020
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
isambard-sc/brics_jupyterhub_envs
Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
BriCS JupyterHub service development and deployment environments
Contributions:11 reviews, 24 PRs, 92 pushes in 4 months
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