Ian Foster
Director at Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolIan Foster is a seasoned Software Engineer in the United States with 13 years of experience who blends a researcher’s curiosity with hacker-level pragmatism. Self-described on GitHub as a "Researcher, Hacker, Programmer, Geek," he brings an analytical approach to building reliable, maintainable systems and enjoys exploring novel technical approaches. Ian excels at bridging exploratory research and production engineering, turning experimental ideas into ship-ready code. His profile suggests a strong appetite for open-source collaboration and continuous learning, making him an adaptable problem-solver across the stack.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at Imperial College London
French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
displays10
sphinx-doc10
testing10
proxy10
interpreter10
automation10
alternate10
specification10
crawler10
icann10
zones10
dyndns10
chrome-web-store10
ecosystem10
plotlyjs10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
lanrat/minimalin-watchface
Dec 2018 - Oct 2022
Minimalin Watch Face
Contributions:4 releases, 102 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 10 months
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lanrat/gohost
Oct 2017 - Nov 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 4 years 1 month
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