ThinkTank Maths Limited
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Co-founder at ThinkTank Maths Limited
- Co-founder at Free High School Science Texts
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- Mathematics tutor at Heriot-Watt University and freelance
- Postgraduate tutor (Quantum Mechanics) at University of Cape Town
- Intern at Armagh Observatory
- Education
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- Heriot-Watt University
- University of Cape Town
- Queen's University Belfast
- Regent House Grammar School
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Samuel Halliday’s Summary
He is co-founder of ThinkTank Maths. ThinkTank provides innovative Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence-based solutions to a variety of sectors. Through a deep mathematical approach, ThinkTank resolves complex issues in the areas of cost reduction and product/process innovation.
Samuel is co-founder of a major community e-content project, the creation of a free mathematics textbook, distributed online and soon to be released in print across South Africa. Sam has published in Physics World and leads the open source projects OpenLAPI, netlib-java and Matrix Toolkits for Java.
Samuel Halliday’s Specialties:
Solving problems, turning data into information, mathematical modelling, recommendation systems, behavioural targeting, classification, optimisation, optimization, large scale matrix solutions, artificial intelligence, graph theory, bayesian analysis.
Samuel Halliday’s Experience
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Co-founder
ThinkTank Maths Limited
(Research industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
ThinkTank provides innovative Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence-based solutions to a variety of sectors. Through a deep mathematical approach, ThinkTank resolves complex issues in the areas of cost reduction and product/process innovation.
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Co-founder
Free High School Science Texts
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)
May 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
Co-founder duties included original content for physics and mathematics books, admin and hosting, promotion, growth and management of (an essentially open source) community. Duties now also include being involved in the hiring process as we are funded by the Shuttleworth foundation.
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Mathematics tutor
Heriot-Watt University and freelance
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)
September 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 4 months)
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Postgraduate tutor (Quantum Mechanics)
University of Cape Town
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2002 — July 2002 (7 months)
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Intern
Armagh Observatory
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
Work experience with Ireland's astrophysics gurus.
Samuel Halliday’s Education
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Heriot-Watt University
Ph.D. , Mathematical Physics , 2002 — 2005
My Ph.D. thesis was entitled "Time Dependent Noncommutative Geometry and Field Theory on the Nappi-Witten Spacetime".
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University of Cape Town
M.Sc. , Theoretical Physics , 2001 — 2002
My thesis was entitled "The Motion of Stars and the Accretion of Matter in the Fermion Ball and Black Hole Scenarios of the Galactic Centre"
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Queen's University Belfast
B.Sc. (honours) , Physics with Astrophysics , 1997 — 2001
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Regent House Grammar School
A level and GCSE , Maths, Physics, Chemistry , 1991 — 1997
Additional Information
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Samuel Halliday’s Interests:
web2.0, mathematics, programming, Java, C, C++, Python, bash, apple macs, location based software, open source
Samuel Halliday’s Groups:
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Edinburgh Entrepreneurs
Samuel Halliday’s Honors:
B.Sc. Physics with Astrophysics, Queens University Belfast
M.Sc. Theoretical Physics, University of Cape Town
Ph.D. Mathematical Physics, Heriot-Watt University
Samuel Halliday’s Contact Settings
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