Duncan Hull
Computer Scientist at University of Manchester uomcs
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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SeniorDuncan Hull is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Computer Science at The University of Manchester with 13 years of higher education experience and a passion for teaching, learning, and community building. He blends research in computer science and bioinformatics with a strong focus on education, employability, and graduate recruitment, mentoring students from bachelor to PhD levels. Beyond the classroom, he co-founded and chairs UK ACM SIGCSE and serves as an editor for the Wikimedia Foundation, collaborating to enhance public coverage of science. His career spans industry to academia, including software engineering at EMBL-EBI on the ChEBI project, illustrating a practical bridge between research, industry, and pedagogy. He actively connects students to a global alumni network of over 10,000 Manchester Computer Science graduates since 1965 and contributes to open education through Coding Your Future.
13 years of coding experience
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Github contributions (5)
dullhunk/book
Oct 2015 - Oct 2022
Is there life after Computer Science? Most of this content has moved to https://www.cdyf.me/
Contributions:619 commits, 9 PRs, 602 pushes in 7 years 1 month
aplsciencetextbookhas-contentcomputer-science
dullhunk/LaTeX4year1
Sep 2020 - Mar 2025
Introduction to LaTeX for undergraduate students, aimed at first year (freshman) but also suitable for beginners (or refreshers) https://latex4year1.netlify.app
Contributions:1 PR, 80 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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