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  • Yana Bevan

    About Me:

    Hi, I’m Yana, a cancer researcher living in Newcastle upon Tyne ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป I love running, concerts, travelling and science ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฌ

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  • Uzair Abdullah

    About Me:

    Iโ€™m from Swansea but now live and work in Cambridge researching computational materials science, using code to understand how materials behave. I love reading about all sorts of fascinating ideas ๐Ÿ“š, travelling โœˆ๏ธ, and playing football with my friendsโ€™ team “LessThan Athletic” (weโ€™re all actually quite athletic ๐Ÿ’ช)!

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    Latest Question:
    Any advice for people who want to become a software engineer in the future

  • Tina-Jaine Haigh

    About Me:

    I’m an engineer, a scientist and an artist, maybe in that order. In my free time, I love to dance, and to design and sew clothes.

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  • Thomas Martin

    About Me:

    I live in Manchester with my partner and our cat Shadow. I enjoy D&D, video games, cooking, and dancing (Salsa and Bachata!)

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  • Stephanie Buttigieg

    About Me:

    I’m a Maltese astronomer ย in Cambridge, uncovering the mysteries of supermassive black holes ๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ญ. Outside of research, I stay active hiking, cycling, lifting, or rowing ๐Ÿฅพ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšฃโ€โ™€๏ธ โ€” and I love curling up with a good book and a cup of tea ๐Ÿ“š โ˜•.

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    imagen that you have the money.do you share it?

  • Sophia Jones

    About Me:

    Hi! I’ve been living in Bristol for the last couple of years, and outside of work I love being near water, music and cinema. I am also a very keen beginner at chess!

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  • Sam Brown

    About Me:

    I live with my family (My husband and son) just outside of London.ย ย I enjoy traveling and spending time with my family. I also love listening and dancing to a variety of music.ย  If given the chance, I would have a party on a Caribbean beach listening to Soca. I also love eating Caribbean food.

    One thing you may not know about me is that I have spent a day walking with lions.

     

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    From what age did you decided you wanted to be a computer scientist?

  • Sally Anderton

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  • Richard Badge

    About Me:

    I’m a dad to twin girls, and live in Leicester with my wife (a Head Teacher!). I love science, computers, dragon flies and land rovers!

    Status: Sad not to be doing imascientist anymore, but enjoying dropping in on the other zones to see what they are up to!

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  • Nuno Brito

    About Me:

    I am a Portuguese PhD student living, studying and researching in Plymouth. I specialize in a branch of Theoretical Physics called Quantum Field Theory, which tries to describe how particles behave and interact with each other. Whenever I am not pushing the boundaries of our physics knowledge, I am either working out or playing (maybe too much) computer games!

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  • Nikhil Mande

    About Me:

    Most of my schooling was done in India, where I also did my undergrad, master’s and PhD degrees. After this I spent 2 years doing postdoctoral research in Washington DC, 2 more years doing postdoctoral research in Amsterdam (in the same place where the famous programming language Python was developed)

    I’ve been in Liverpool since early 2023. I’m a computer scientist by day. In my spare time I love speedsolving the Rubik’s cube and related puzzles (see my speedcubing profile)

    I also love playing PC games and making memes when I can. Here’s a favourite meme that I made when a colleague told me he hated my monitors being apart at my workplace.

    Monitors apart vs. together

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  • Nick Lynch

    About Me:

    Live in Woburn Sands, UK with my partner. Our son has left home and studying for a PhD. Play tennis and cycle when I can. I work in drug discovery using technology to help discover new medicines.

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  • Neville Yee

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  • Neil Barnby

    About Me:

    I live in Hull and always have, but I do love to travel. As a day job I am called a Data Science Product Manager but I love singing and drama and help out at some music and drama festivals in my free time. I also like balloon modelling and have been known to make some strange models from them, including a number of dresses!

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    Latest Question:
    If you could change one thing about AI what would it be

  • Natasha Pushkin

    About Me:

    Originally from Essex/East London I now live in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with my husband and cat Varjaka.

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  • Michael Gillin

    About Me:

    I’m a Chemistry PhD student at the University of Liverpool who loves finding new ways to make materials more sustainable.

    Outside the lab, I enjoy science outreach, 3D printing, and meeting up with friends and family!

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    Latest Question:
    what is your dream job

  • Mazdak Salavati

    About Me:

    I live in Edinburgh, Scotland and I am computational/data scientist. I used to be a vet working with dairy cows mainly but I liked animal research more than vet practice, so here I am ๐Ÿ™‚ I love open water swimming and walking our dog on the beach.

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  • Margaret Duff

    About Me:

    When Iโ€™m not working, I help lead a group of Guides and Cub Scouts. I love taking them camping and doing fun things outside. I live in Didcot, just south of Oxford, with my partner. We enjoy walking and exploring the countryside nearby. Iโ€™m also training for a half marathon, so Iโ€™m doing lots of running!

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  • Luke Humphrey

    About Me:

    I’m an astrophysics graduate ๐ŸŒ  from Hull ๐ŸŸ, working on fusion energy research โš›๏ธ. Outside of work, I like gaming ๐ŸŽฎ๐ŸŽฒ, walking the dogs ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿž๏ธ, and movie nights ๐ŸŽฅ.

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  • Lowri Thomas

    About Me:

    Hello! I’m Lowri, and I work with data. I’m also a half Welsh, half English, animal-loving, travel-enthusiast, currently living in Bristol.

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  • Lisa Chatterjee

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    I live in BurgessHill in West Sussex with my husband and two children. I am a hydrologist which means I love rivers! I also love being out in nature and camping!

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  • Kyle Oman

    About Me:

    I live with my partner and 3 children in a small village near Durham. I work as a computational astrophysicist. Outdoors, I like to travel and explore the countryside with my family, and cycle to work and for fun. Indoors, I like painting, board games and video games.

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  • Kirsty Ross

    About Me:

    I love crafting (mostly quilting, sewing, crochet and gardening) and I’m slowly teaching my two girls (10 and 13 .y.o.) how to do it too. I live in the Central Belt of Scotland near the Kelpies. I’ve worked at 4 of Scotland’s 16 universities and have done a lot of commuting!

    Status: Ask me anything!

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  • Kevin Burke

    About Me:

    I live in the North of England, we have 3 kids (all of whom have now got successful careers in STEM related areas), I’ve always played guitar, so have a ‘healthy’ collection of these (plus ukuleles and banjos!), and I support Sunderland football club (all sympathies gratefully accepted)

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    do you like maths anybody?

  • Kelvin Ojanomare

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  • Katie Barnes

    About Me:

    Hello! I’m a PhD student at Newcastle university researching the effects on climate change on the railway system. Outside of that I love to be creative weather that is painting, crocheting or learning a new song on the guitar ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Latest Question:
    How long have you been studying how climate affects railway tracts?

  • Kamila Svorad

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  • Jenna Matthews

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    I live with my cat, my two year old daughter and my husband near Gatwick Airport. I love travelling, adventure and yummy food!

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  • James Blackshaw

    About Me:

    I’m James Blackshaw, a scientific data engineer in Cambridgeshire. When not in the lab, I like to garden, train in martial arts, and build things. I wear hearing aids.

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  • Izzy Newsham

    About Me:

    I am a computational biology researcher and I live in Guildford with my partner. In order to keep myself (relatively!) sane, I sing in a choir, go kayaking/canoeing and do boxercise classes.

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  • Hussam Alhassan

    About Me:

    I live in Didcot in Oxfordshire working as a software engineer. I like reading classic novels (Sherlock Holmes is a favourite of mine!) and playing video games (Terraria, anyone?).

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  • Hudson Baker

    About Me:

    I write code in the day and enjoy going out for a walk or cycle in the evening. In my spare time, I play drums in a band and games with friends.

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  • Heloise Robinson

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  • Fran Biggin

    About Me:

    I live in Cumbria with my wife and our dog Meg. I’m currently working in health research and work from home. In my spare time I love to play TTRPGs – Table Top Role Playing Games – like Dungeons and Dragons, and TCGs – Trading Card Games – like Magic:The Gathering.

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  • Fiona Baines

    About Me:

    I live in Chester with my husband. I work as a statistician (maths) and enjoy running, orienteering, climbing and walking in my spare time.

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  • Duncan Smallman

    About Me:

    I live with my wife and our two boys in Cardross, in Scotland, near the Firth of Clyde and not far from Loch Lomond. I enjoy listening to true crime, NFL, 40K and weird stuff podcasts and listening to audiobooks. When I can I like to paint Warhammer 40k, read sci-fi and fantasy and be out on our seashore. Otherwise just spend time doing things with our boys! I volunteer with our community seashore group and help undertake marine biodiversity surveys. I am a qualified diver though mainly snorkel now.

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    how can ai be implemented into industries

  • Dina Theodosiadou

    About Me:

    My name is Dina. I live in Bath, where I’m doing a PhD at the university. I enjoy travelling, DIY stuff, and I love cooking and creating new recipes.

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  • Dharmender Gaur

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  • Cong Chen

    About Me:

    I live in Cambridge and spend time talking to friends and playing computer games. I like finding/solving problems in the day and taking it easy in the evening.

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  • Cliff Evans

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  • Clemence Fraslin

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  • Ciara Byers

    About Me:

    I live with my fiancรฉ near Oxford. I love cats, the fluffier the better! I like to play board games,ย  and video games too. I’m very clumsy so I’m not very good at sports ๐Ÿ˜… But I do play taiko (that’s Japanese drums), which can be very energetic!

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  • Charlotte McNeill

    About Me:

    I live with my boyfriend in the Toon of Newcastle! I am a User Experience Analyst working as an employee at DXC Technology. ๐Ÿค“ย My hobbies include canoeing, yoga and training my dog who is a Rottweiler. ๐Ÿ›ถ ๐Ÿง˜ ๐Ÿพ I also love going to sea dips at the beach, watching futuristic TV shows like Black Mirror, and my favourite kind of food are Greek gyros or Tacos! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ“บ๐ŸŒฎ

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    whatd been your favorite part of being a computer scientist?

  • Charlie Boswell

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  • Arshia Keshvari

    About Me:

    Engineering better lives using technology is what I do !

    Iโ€™m an unconventional creative who loves making things work using electricity and lightโšก, but Iโ€™m also a big movie fan ๐ŸŽฌ who enjoys telling stories. When Iโ€™m not solving tech problems, youโ€™ll find me writing โœ๏ธ, building cool projects ๐Ÿ”ง, or playing video games ๐ŸŽฎ with friends!

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    In your opinion, do you think ai is progressing too fast

  • Archie Hanlon

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  • Anna Daley

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  • Andrew Senior

    About Me:

    I live near Cardiff, I speak French and I love to climb! I decode DNA for a living. But I also go climbing indoors every week and love to climb outside in the summer. I love to travel and have been to many countries like Japan, Canada, Hungary, Costa Rica and Croatia.

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  • Amy Smith

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    I live in London with my partner and two cats. I enjoy craft, reading and all things creative.

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  • Amber Villegas - Williamson

    About Me:

    I’m a Data Centre Engineering Expert, total geek, wannabe comedian, dog lover and all round STEM enthusiast.

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