Andrew Turpin
Director at Lions Eye Institute
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Turpin is a research-focused computing leader and professor with 14 years of professional experience who now serves as Research Chair of Ophthalmic Data at the Lions Eye Institute, applying data science to diagnose and monitor glaucoma. He built and led the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform and helped stand up university-scale research computing initiatives, managing interdisciplinary teams of data and computational scientists. His academic work spans computational human vision, text data compression, string searching and information retrieval, and he is keen on translating algorithms into industry products. With a background in actuarial science and a PhD in computer science from the University of Melbourne, he combines quantitative rigor with practical workforce-building across academia and industry. An often-overlooked strength is his track record in outreach and engagement—connecting schools, government and commercial partners to amplify research impact.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Gippsland Grammar SchoolThe University of Melbourne
Github Skills (20)
psychometrics6
pdf-format6
r-package6
combinations5
phrases5
poppler5
r4
pdf-files4
text-extraction4
contrast3
webapp3
sensitivity3
information-retrieval2
data-science2
rendering2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
turpinandrew/OPI
Aug 2013 - Apr 2022
Contributions:131 commits, 112 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 9 months
cran/OPI
Jun 2012 - Mar 2022
Contributions:10 commits in 9 years 10 months
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