Tim Smith
Professor Of Cognitive Data Science
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorTim Smith is a Professor of Cognitive Data Science based in London who studies how audiovisual media shape attention, comprehension and long-term cognitive development across the lifespan. With 14+ years in academia and roots in AI and psychology from Edinburgh, he combines eye-tracking, EEG/fNIRS, computational modelling and AI to link frame-by-frame creative decisions to viewer cognition and run randomized trials on everyday media exposure. He leads the Cognition in Naturalistic Environments lab at UAL, translating research into creative-industry and policy impact through partnerships with organisations like the BBC, DreamWorks and Tate. Also versed in behaviour genetics and individual differences, he brings a rare mix of experimental rigor, computational fluency and practical public engagement aimed at improving media design and child development outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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44answers
20questions
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top-5%
liquid
top-5%
Github Skills (11)
documentation10
r9
liquid9
package-development8
maps6
oop6
namespaces6
slot6
ggplot6
jekyll6
cran6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hadley/plyr
Aug 2011 - Sep 2011
A R package for splitting, applying and combining large problems into simpler problems
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:14 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Tim primarily contributed to the project by improving the documentation and examples within the R package. Their commits focused on adding comments to existing examples, providing links to related functions, clarifying syntax, and expanding the explanations of function usage. The changes enhance the usability of the package by providing clearer instructions and cross-references for users.
r-packageproblemssplitting
tbates/mediawiki.tmbundle
Dec 2011 - May 2017
Contributions:64 commits, 2 pushes in 5 years 5 months
mediawikiwikitextmatewikipedia
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