Lewis Watson
Doctoral Researcher at Scale AI
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLewis Watson is a PhD researcher in Visual-Conversational AI at Edinburgh Napier University with nine years of hands-on experience delivering research and production-grade tools. He blends deep academic work on conversational systems and reproducibility in human evaluations (ReproHum) with practical impact—leading technical development for citizen-science and environmental projects like REMAR and the West of Scotland Herring Hunt. Skilled across web/mobile apps, backend APIs and scalable infrastructure, he has also advised stakeholders including the Brazilian government on fisheries tech. As an educator and lab demonstrator he teaches software design, AI and web technologies to both on-campus and remote cohorts, and he applies that mentoring to research-led product delivery. His cross-disciplinary background—from photography to field-focused citizen science—gives him a pragmatic, user-centered approach to building intelligent systems.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
NPA Level 5, Photography, Pass (Highest Grade), NPA Level 5, Photography, Pass (Highest Grade) at Edinburgh CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Conversational Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Conversational Artificial Intelligence at Edinburgh Napier UniversityNat4, Nat5, Higher, Adv Higher, Computer Science, Nat4, Nat5, Higher, Adv Higher, Computer Science at Penicuik High School
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Github Skills (77)
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collatz10
formulas9
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discord-bot9
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calculator8
compression8
python8
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countdown8
euler8
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symbolic-math8
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ENUSEC/ltdh23_website
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 72 pushes in 2 years 2 months
REMAR-Project/REMAR-iOS-App
Jul 2021 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 release, 94 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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