Duncan Wilson
Professor Of Connected Environments at UCL
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDuncan Wilson is a Professor of Connected Environments at UCL with 25+ years bridging industry and academia to apply digital technology to automotive, retail and the built environment. He leads research on edge AI, novel sensing and spatial reasoning to create continuous, IoT-driven models of buildings and cities. Previously he directed Intel’s Urban IoT institute, growing a $5M seed into $15M through collaborative grants and managing 90+ researchers across 30+ projects. Earlier roles at Arup and in private sector R&D established his foresight and innovation practice, including the Drivers of Change concept and enterprise innovation funding systems. A Chartered Engineer with a PhD in AI and machine vision, he combines deep technical expertise with programme-level delivery and policy influence (Smart London Board, EU IoT expert group). Outside academia he’s a hands-on maker and long-time Code Club volunteer, reflecting a practical commitment to technology education.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
University College LondonVisiting Research Fellow, Interaction Design, Visiting Research Fellow, Interaction Design at The University of NorthamptonYarm SchoolChartered Engineer (2007), Chartered Engineer (2007) at The Institution of Engineering and TechnologyThe British School, Rio de JaneiroBEng, Manufacturing Engineering and Management, BEng, Manufacturing Engineering and Management at Loughborough University
Github Skills (20)
sensor10
machine-learning9
skin9
computer-vision9
deep-learning8
weather8
forecast6
streaming5
jekyll4
mqtt4
breakout4
charts3
servo2
temperature2
arduino2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ucl-casa-ce/casa0014
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:31 commits, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
OLMcodeclub/OLMcodeclub.github.io
Sep 2016 - Jan 2018
OLM code club web
Contributions:11 PRs, 91 pushes in 1 year 3 months
code-clubolmjekyll
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