Tom Wallis
PHD Student at University of Glasgow
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Wallis is a PhD student and software engineer with 12 years’ experience building internal infrastructure and research software, most recently contributing to backend systems at Apple. He combines academic rigor—teaching systems programming and publishing Python libraries for metaprogramming—with hands-on production engineering across industry and research institutions. His work spans simulation and modelling, philosophy of science applied to software, and curriculum design, reflecting a rare blend of pedagogy and pragmatic system-building. Notably, he has led fast-track instructor cohorts in Africa, managed technical teaching infrastructure, and translated those educational insights into developer tools and libraries.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Highers & Advanced Highers, Mostly sciences, Highers & Advanced Highers, Mostly sciences at St. Mungos HighDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (45)
graph10
data-structure10
tree10
async9
programming-language9
algorithms9
python9
rq9
golang9
job-queue9
task-queue9
data-structures9
sketchup8
go8
solidworks8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
probablytom/pydysofu
Nov 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:16 pushes, 5 branches, 3 tags in 3 years 10 months
securitypythonfuzzerfuzzing
probablytom/personalwiki
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 3 pushes in 16 days
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