Cormac Purcell
Tramore, Ireland
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Top SchoolCormac Purcell is a scientist-turned-entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building AI and earth observation tools that bridge academia and industry. Currently Chief Scientist at Bolgiaten and Director at Liminal Scientific, he leads data-driven productisation of satellite and sensing technologies for planetary stewardship. He also nurtures academic–industry collaborations as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at UNSW, translating research into operational systems like shark detection and bushfire data initiatives. His background in astrophysics and signal-processing underpins robust algorithm and pipeline development demonstrated across major radio astronomy projects and automated interferometer software. Known for founding interdisciplinary forums (X-Sensing) and delivering end-to-end scientific software, he combines deep research rigor with practical, scalable engineering. Based in Tramore, Ireland, he focuses on intelligent systems for human good, often applying Bayesian and ML methods to real-world environmental challenges.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics, Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics at Dublin City UniversityUNSW Sydney
Github Skills (4)
spectra9
faraday9
machine-learning6
python6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
crpurcell/RMpipeL5
May 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:23 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
crpurcell/RM-tools
Dec 2016 - Aug 2020
Stand-alone scripts to analyse Faraday spectra in 1- and 3-D.
Contributions:86 commits, 6 PRs, 68 pushes in 3 years 8 months
pythonstand-alonestandspectrafaraday
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