Ben Saunders
Co-Founder & CTO at Signapse
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Saunders is a Co-Founder and CTO with eight years of experience building AI-driven products that bridge cutting-edge research and real-world impact. He leads the technical team at Signapse, developing photo-realistic synthetic signers and machine translation pipelines to make transport announcements accessible to the Deaf community. Combining a PhD in computer vision-focused sign language production with a Distinction MSc in AI and early industry experience in Accenture’s Robotics & AI practice, he navigates both research and deployment challenges. As a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellow he also pitches to investors, writes grants, and engages directly with clients to shape product direction. Ben’s background in economics and formal training across ML and CV give him a pragmatic, multidisciplinary approach to productising complex research. He’s driven by making inclusive tech tangible—evidenced by Signapse’s live demo of train announcement translation.
8 years of coding experience
High School, High School at Poole Grammar SchoolLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceMaster's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Distinction, Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Distinction at Queen Mary University of LondonPhD - Centre for Vision, Speech & Signal Processing, Computer Vision - Sign Language Production, PhD - Centre for Vision, Speech & Signal Processing, Computer Vision - Sign Language Production at University of Surrey
Github Skills (22)
language-modeling9
progressive6
pytorch6
transformers6
removal5
face5
segmentation4
transfer-learning4
computer-vision4
python3
docker3
computer-graphics3
visual-recognition3
efficientnet3
resnet3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BenSaunders27/meineDGS-Translation-Protocols
Mar 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:48 commits, 7 pushes in 2 months
BenSaunders27/Awesome-SLP
Sep 2020 - Jul 2022
A curated list of awesome work on Sign Language Production
Contributions:31 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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