Brian Northan
Owner Contract Research And Development Engineer at True North Intelligent Algorithms
Town of Guilderland, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Northan is an R&D engineer and owner of True North Intelligent Algorithms with 12+ years designing high-performance image processing software for microscopy and biomedical applications. He pairs a Masters in signal and image processing with hands-on expertise in C++, CUDA, C#, Java and ImageJ to deliver optimized multi-threaded algorithms—particularly deconvolution and single-molecule localization—that have been productized for clients including Agilent, Bayer and academic labs. His work spans low-level algorithm acceleration (GPU/CPU optimizations, maximum likelihood estimation) and the high-level frameworks that surround them, such as GUIs, 2D/3D visualization and thread management. As a contractor he blends research rigor with practical delivery, often integrating MATLAB and Python prototypes into production C++/CUDA implementations. A less obvious strength is his track record of squeezing 2–3X runtime improvements from legacy deconvolution code, demonstrating both deep algorithmic insight and pragmatic engineering.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Engineering, Image Processing, Masters of Engineering, Image Processing at University of GuelphBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Systems Design Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (37)
image-processing10
image10
imagej10
scijava9
compatibility8
java8
machine-learning7
image-analysis7
convolution6
image-segmentation6
opencl6
python6
algorithm6
cpp5
transform5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
imagej/ops-experiments
May 2017 - May 2020
EXPERIMENTAL repository for exploring Ops approaches, algorithms, etc.
Contributions:235 commits, 17 PRs, 117 pushes in 3 years
opsmachine-learning
True-North-Intelligent-Algorithms/napari-easy-augment-batch-dl
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
A plugin for deep learning labeling, augmenting, training and predicting on 2d image sets. Well suited for training specialist networks using a small number of labels.
Contributions:1 PR, 68 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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