Nick Mckenna
Applied Researcher III at GitHub
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNick Mckenna is an applied researcher specializing in AI-driven code generation, currently advancing agentic coding solutions for GitHub Copilot. With a PhD in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh and prior research roles at Microsoft Research Cambridge and Amazon Alexa, he focuses on fine-tuning, synthetic data, RAG, and conversational code-generation systems. Over 11 years he has bridged research and product, having also led product strategy at a startup that scaled to national brands. His publications in EMNLP and AACL reflect a strong NLP foundation applied to developer tooling and KG-question answering. Known for turning cutting-edge research into production-facing model improvements, he combines academic rigor with hands-on deployment experience. Based in London, he brings a rare blend of deep NLP expertise and practical product delivery to developer AI.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy, Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy, Informatics at The University of EdinburghBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Brown University
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Github contributions (5)
nighttime/My-Website
Sep 2015 - Sep 2024
Contributions:164 pushes, 2 branches in 9 years 1 month
nighttime/DL-Projects
Dec 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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