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Debrief: 17/18 June Workshop

Written in collaboration with Olexandr Konovalov. On 17 and 18 of June 2025 we ran a Software Carpentry workshop covering the Unix Shell, Version Control with Git and Programming with Python. Thanks to OSDS for…

Michael Young

I am an education-focused lecturer in the School of Computer Science, where I focus on teaching introductory programming courses and theoretical topics such as computational complexity. I started my St Andrews career…

Olexandr Konovalov

I am a lecturer in the School of Computer Science, where I lead the Research Software Group. Initially a pure mathematician by training (PhD in Kyiv in the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences…

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Anastasia Ellis

I’m a third year Biology PhD student based in the marine research building on East Sands where I work on a marine invertebrate called the sea squirt (Ciona intestinalis). After struggling with all of my R-coding…

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Paddy McCann

I’m a Research Software Engineer working as part of the Research Computing Service within IT Services. I work with researchers from across the University to develop, implement and maintain the software they need to…

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Piper Fowler-Wright

I’m a St Andrews alumnus, having completed a PhD in the School of Physics & Astronomy. I became involved with the Carpentries shortly after beginning my studies at St Andrews, helping my first workshop in November 2020…