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  #fa-icon("github") #link("https://github.com/JamesWilmot/master-applied-cybernetics-2025")[JamesWilmot/master-applied-cybernetics-2025]
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School of Cybernetics \
The Australian National University

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25#super[th] August 2024

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I am writing to apply for the 2025 intake of the _Master of Applied Cybernetics_ degree.

I'm a volunteer, research software engineer, adventure bike tourer, harvest farm operations hand,
professional website and web application developer who has worked in
non-for-profit, government, university and private sectors.

The project I'm currently working is opendata.fit/opendata.studio: a declarative
data analysis and publication platform for reproducibility and publication.
My interests and specialisation in the project are research data standardisation, schemas and specifications
as well as metadata and provenance management. 

I believe in contributing to community and its power to build connection,
resilience and inspiration. I’ve been a rescue volunteer with the NSW State
Emergency Service, taught ethics as an alternative to Special Religious
Education in public schools delivered by Primary Ethics, mentored autistic
children in The Lab technology clubs and worked at a charity op-shop as a
volunteer.

I help run a makerspace based in Giralang ACT—#link("https://canberramaker.space")[Canberra Makerspace]—which 
provides a workshop and meeting space for the Canberra community.

A common thread in my professional and community roles is an interest in
workspace and workshop ergonomics. Specifically, the task of how to create tools
and spaces—in both the physical and digital world, and their intersection—which
minimise the cognitive overhead of creation, work and play. An interest I would
like to explore further with the cohort of the degree.

From sailing on the STS Young Endeavour to riding the length of Aotearoa New
Zealand, I've had the immense privilege of many mad adventures. And there will
be many more to come.

Outside my professional, community and personal commitments I enjoy running,
cycling, playing hockey and being outdoors.

Professional references provided on request.

Yours sincerely,

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James

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#fa-icon("envelope") #link("mailto:<EMAIL>")[<EMAIL>]
| #fa-icon("github") #link("https://github.com/JamesWilmot/")[JamesWilmot]
