Nicholas Hamilton
IMB Institute Bio-Mathematician
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Hamilton is an Institute Bio-Mathematician at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience with over a decade leading teams in mathematical modelling, machine learning, bioinformatics and bio-image analysis. A PhD in pure mathematics and early-career work in combinatorics and finite geometry underpin his rigorous approach to algorithm design, statistical testing and graph-based methods. He has led the development and release of widely used bioinformatics tools—most recently iCluster for high-throughput subcellular imaging—and his Visible Cell® research program translates advanced image segmentation and visualization into lab-ready workflows. Nicholas combines hands-on software contributions (including full-stack enhancements to open-source frameworks) with collaborative translational science, and his Kirkman Medal-winning mathematical roots inform a preference for elegant, provably sound solutions. Based in Brisbane, he bridges pure mathematics and applied computation to tackle challenging biological image and data problems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
PhD, Pure Mathematics, PhD, Pure Mathematics at The University of Western Australia
Github Skills (12)
application-framework10
app-framework10
web-framework10
javascript10
backend10
back-end-development10
haskell10
front-end-development9
html9
mvc8
postgresql7
nix6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
digitallyinduced/ihp
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
🔥 The fastest way to build type safe web apps. IHP is a new batteries-included web framework optimized for longterm productivity and programmer happiness
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 18 commits, 13 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas contributed to the IHP framework by implementing features related to date and time pickers. They added new classes, integrated the flatpickr JavaScript library, and updated form rendering to support the new picker types. Additionally, they made modifications to the backend code to improve parameter handling, particularly for optional string parameters, and removed references to outdated time formats in both the backend and frontend code. The user also performed general code tidying, including removing trailing spaces and refining the application generator code.
batteriesfastesthaskelljavascripttype-safe
nghamilton/haskell-vim-now
Sep 2018 - Sep 2023
One-line Haskell Vim install
Contributions:24 pushes in 5 years 1 month
haskellvim
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