Peter Macgregor
Lecturer In Computer Science at University of St Andrews
Greater Edinburgh Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPeter Macgregor is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of St Andrews who blends rigorous theoretical research in algorithms for data science and machine learning with practical systems experience from industry. He completed a PhD and postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh, spent a semester at the Simons Institute, and was a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, reflecting a strong collaborative academic network. Before returning to academia he spent several years as a software engineer at Metaswitch, where he developed and debugged large-scale telecommunications systems, giving him hands-on expertise in production-grade software. His work emphasizes designing theoretically sound algorithms that remain effective in real-world settings, and he has practical experience with deep learning tools from an internship at MathWorks. Based in the Greater Edinburgh area, he brings over a decade of combined research and engineering experience, with a background in AI and first-class undergraduate training. An understated strength is his ability to move between low-level systems engineering and high-level algorithmic theory, making him effective at translating research into deployable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of Edinburgh
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Github Skills (26)
slack-api10
spectra9
spectral9
arpack9
eigenvalue9
python-bindings8
cli8
slack8
theory8
graph-algorithms7
graph7
eigen7
nlp6
autodoc6
nltk6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
staglibrary/stag
Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
Spectral Toolkit of Algorithms for Graphs
Contributions:9 releases, 12 reviews, 156 commits in 4 months
spectralgraphsgraph-algorithmsgraph
pmacg/local-densely-connected-clusters
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:16 commits, 9 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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