Pierre Le Bras
Assistant Professor In Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPierre Le Bras is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University with 11 years of experience bridging Human–Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, and Data Science. He specialises in information visualisation and combines a strong software engineering background with practical skills in JavaScript, D3.js, and Python to explore how data, models, and human cognition interact. His academic path—from a PhD at Heriot-Watt to lecturing roles at Edinburgh Napier—reflects a steady progression from research associate and teaching to faculty leadership. Pierre brings a hands-on mentality rooted in front-end development and lab experience, and his extracurricular interests in puzzles and games inform a playful, user-focused approach to visualization design.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusBaccalauréat in Science, Baccalauréat in Science at Lycée St StanislasPostgraduate Certificate - PgCert, Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert at Edinburgh Napier UniversityDUT (Associate Degree), DUT (Associate Degree) at IUT de Nantes
French, English, Icelandic, GermanProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Strategic-Futures-Lab/Topic_Mapping_Interface
Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:67 commits, 1 branch in 6 months
plebras/plebras.github.io
Mar 2016 - May 2019
Personal website with cv, portfolio, contact details
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 58 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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