Sam Youles
Research Software Engineer at University of Portsmouth
Greater Southampton Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Youles is a Research Software Engineer with eight years of experience combining cosmology research and high-performance computing at the University of Portsmouth. He leads software and HPC support for cosmology workflows while helping establish a Concurrent Design Facility for space mission concept development. His work spans validation pipelines for the Euclid Consortium and innovative data sonification through the STRAUSS project, blending scientific rigour with creative outreach. Holding a PhD in Cosmology and a first-class BSc in Astrophysics, he brings deep domain expertise to practical software systems and cluster administration. Colleagues describe him as someone who makes complex simulation and data pipelines both reliable and accessible to researchers.
8 years of coding experience
Access to HE, Engineering, 60 Credits at Distinction, Access to HE, Engineering, 60 Credits at Distinction at Highbury CollegeBSc, Astrophysics, 1st Class Honours, BSc, Astrophysics, 1st Class Honours at Royal Holloway, University of LondonPhD, Cosmology, PhD, Cosmology at Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation - University of Portsmouth
Github Skills (13)
correlation10
density-estimation10
gamma10
cosmology10
calculation10
continuum10
diffraction9
astrophysics9
hydrodynamics9
crystallography9
fits8
pytorch1
deep-learning1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SamYoules/SamYoules.github.io
Aug 2018 - Aug 2022
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
SamYoules/WeakLensing
May 2018 - Aug 2022
Contributions:30 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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