Luke Bessant
Graduate Research Assistant
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolLuke Bessant is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Minnesota with eight years of teaching and research experience focused on programming languages design and implementation. He has designed and implemented a domain-specific language for event-driven network communication with applications in 5G while collaborating with networking specialists and software engineers. A seasoned instructor, he has taught courses from automata and complexity to functional programming in OCaml and programming language implementation, often taking leadership roles in large teaching teams. His academic work is grounded in strong grades (3.853/4.00 PhD progress) and a First-class BS and dissertation-led MSc from Royal Holloway, reflecting both practical engineering and formal foundations. Luke blends rigorous theory with applied systems work, and continues contributing to research projects beyond his formal appointment.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.853/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.853/4.00 at University of MinnesotaMaster's degree, Computer Science, Passed by dissertation, Master's degree, Computer Science, Passed by dissertation at Royal Holloway, University of London
Github Skills (41)
tla10
abstract-syntax-tree10
dsl10
peg10
languagetool10
metaprogramming10
grammars10
phonetics10
language-extensions10
polymorphism9
tlaplus9
parser9
parser-generator9
grammar9
compiler8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
unironically/silver-scope-graphs
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:218 commits, 4 PRs, 265 pushes in 8 months
reubenrowe/rags
Dec 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:137 commits, 99 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.