Phil has over fifteen years of experience working in Higher Education. This has included teaching a wide range of courses to many students of varying abilities and backgrounds. We also have experience of vocational training in broader areas.
Green Pike is able to prepare custom courses for you on any area of our work.
Green Pike strongly recommends Linux, particularly Debian and its derivatives for server use. Most development undertaken by Green Pike is on Debian platforms (although we can deliver products for other environments).
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Green Pike can carry out a range of software engineering tasks for you, including requirements analysis and specification through to implementation and ongoing maintenance.
Supported languages include Ada, Python, Bash (shell scripting), Dart and Flutter, as well as others across a range of environments (command-line interfaces, text user interfaces, graphical user interfaces or web applications). We have skills in databases (e.g., MySQL and SQLite) and support tools (e.g., Git, Mercurial, Subversion). Web sites and software systems involving the web can also be provided.
If you have particular technology requirements, get in touch — computing is a huge area and there are many options.
A range of options for licensing are available: you might want your software to be freely available under the Gnu Public licence (GPL) or a BSD-style licence; instead you might require the software to be kept for you alone.
Operational research (OR) involves a range of applied mathematics techniques to help solve problems. Classical problems involve optimising delivery routes and logistics.
Green Pike can build mathematical models from very simple (perhaps as a Python script or spreadsheet) through to complex custom applications and simulations. Some simulations can involve random sampling (e.g., Monte Carlo methods)
Phil has spent much of his career using the LaTeX “document preparation system”. We can support you by producing entire documents (to PDF and other formats) as well as helping with your TeX and LaTeX problems.
Lilypond is a similar system, intended for producing music manuscripts. Green Pike can take your handwritten or similar manuscripts and produce a high-quality PDF.
Other packages and systems may also be supported, such as LibreOffice, groff, ….
With major experience of research, Green Pike can undertake research projects and literature surveys for you. Do you need to know if a particular technology is appropriate for your next product? Or perhaps you need a briefing about particular computing concepts.