Stephen Roberts
Professor at Australian National University
Canberra, District of Canberra Central, Australia
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Top SchoolStephen Roberts is a computational mathematician and Professor at the Australian National University with nearly three decades of experience developing efficient, production-grade numerical methods for tsunami and flood modelling. He is the lead developer of ANUGA, a widely used Python/C hydrodynamic modelling tool that informs government, council and consulting practice for dam breaks, floods and tsunamis. His research spans sparse-grid and high-dimensional approximation, finite-element thin-plate spline smoothing that scales to millions of points, and uncertainty quantification—work he complements with hands-on open-source contributions such as enhancements to pyswmm. He has a long track record in computational science education and research leadership, including heading ANU’s Department of Mathematics, and combines academic rigour (PhD Berkeley) with pragmatism in deploying tools used in real-world hazard assessment.
19 years of coding experience
PhD, Mathemtics, PhD, Mathemtics at University of California, BerkeleyMSc, Mathematics, MSc, Mathematics at Flinders University
Github Skills (5)
ctypes10
python10
linux9
macos9
windows9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pyswmm/pyswmm
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Python Wrappers for SWMM
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:56 commits, 1 PR, 5 comments in 29 days
Contributions summary:Stephen's primary contributions involve modifying and adding functions to the `pyswmm` library, specifically focusing on the `swmm5.py`, `lib/__init__.py`, and `simulation.py` files. They introduced the `swmm_start` function and addressed platform-specific library loading issues for Windows, macOS, and Linux, suggesting a focus on core SWMM engine interaction. Furthermore, the user has made changes to the testing framework and documentation, improving the library's robustness and usability.
hydraulic-modelingpythonswmm5stormwaterswmm
stoiver/Tohoku
Jul 2019 - Sep 2024
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
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