This article is about a programmer and author. For the British DJ, see Greg Wilson

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; for the American magician, see Gregory Wilson

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Gregory V. Wilson (born January 25, 1963) is a software engineer and teacher based in Toronto, Canada. He has written books related to software engineering and children's' books.

Biography

Wilson received his Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Engineering at Queen's University

Queen's University

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 in 1984. At the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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, he received his Masters of Science in Information Technology in 1986 and his Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in 1993. He has worked on high-performance scientific computing, data visualization, and computer security. Wilson was the driving force behind the original Software Carpentry

Software Carpentry

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 project, and is the creator of the open source course of the same name.

External links

• Gregory V. Wilson's blog