PhD Researcher at University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
- Current
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- PhD Researcher at University of East Anglia
- Past
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- Senior Systems Developer at Aviva Plc
- Software Engineer at Macauto Ltd
- Software Engineer at Acorn Computers Ltd
- Education
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- University of East Anglia
- University of East Anglia
- University of Warwick
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Richard Leggett’s Summary
Current research areas: Computer modelling, image processing, filamentous microbes, microbiology.
Software engineering skills: Java, C, ARM assembler, UNIX, Windows.
Richard Leggett’s Experience
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PhD Researcher
University of East Anglia
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Computational biology research.
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Senior Systems Developer
Aviva Plc
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
November 1998 — August 2006 (7 years 10 months)
Lead developer on web-based back-end pricing engine. Architecture, design, C & Java programming. Windows and UNIX (AIX) platforms.
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Software Engineer
Macauto Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Packaging and Containers industry)
July 2002 — June 2003 (1 year)
Contract design and coding of an embedded control system for a food packaging machine. Written in C and using a Windows CE development board from Arcom.
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Software Engineer
Acorn Computers Ltd
(Computer Hardware industry)
September 1996 — November 1998 (2 years 3 months)
Design and coding on a range of projects, including work on RISC OS, TV set-top boxes and application development.
Richard Leggett’s Education
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University of East Anglia
PhD , Computational Biology , 2006 — 2009
Research topic: "Computational modelling of filamentous growth of microbes."
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University of East Anglia
MSc (with Distinction) , Advanced Computing Science , 2003 — 2005
Dissertation topic: "Automatic segmentation of medical images."
Winner of "Peter Stocker prize for best overall MSc student." -
University of Warwick
BSc , Physics , 1993 — 1996
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Acorn Computer Alumni
Richard Leggett’s Contact Settings
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