Marcel Sheeny
Scientist at Canon Medical Research Europe Ltd.
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMarcel Sheeny is a Scientist based in Edinburgh with 14 years of experience applying computer vision, machine learning and radar signal processing to real-world problems, particularly in medical imaging and autonomous vehicles. He holds a PhD in Computer Vision and Robotics from Heriot-Watt and has transitioned from academia to industry roles at Canon Medical Research Europe, contributing to both research and product-facing engineering. Marcel combines deep research expertise—object recognition, deep learning and high-resolution radar—with practical software development experience in C++, SYCL and performance-portable vision libraries. He has collaborated with industry partners such as Jaguar Land Rover and produced applied solutions ranging from automated MR image analysis to automotive perception demos. Known for bridging rigorous research and production engineering, he brings a track record of cross-institutional projects and hands-on implementation that speeds technology transfer.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusComputer Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Computer Graphics at Aarhus UniversitetErasmus Mundus Masters, Computer Vision and Robotics, Distinction, Erasmus Mundus Masters, Computer Vision and Robotics, Distinction at Université de BourgogneBachelor's degree, Ciência da Computação, Bachelor's degree, Ciência da Computação at Universidade Federal FluminenseErasmus Mundus Masters, Computer Vision and Robotics, Distinction, Erasmus Mundus Masters, Computer Vision and Robotics, Distinction at Universitat de Girona
English, Portuguese, French, húngaro, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Github Skills (27)
depth-camera10
machine-vision10
sdk10
surface10
lidar10
data-access10
stereo10
cpp8
sycl8
robotics8
graph-algorithms8
artificial-intelligence7
natural-language-processing7
detection-model7
computer-vision7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
marcelsheeny/radiate_sdk
Mar 2020 - Oct 2021
SDK developed to access data from RADIATE dataset
Contributions:79 commits, 3 PRs, 71 pushes in 1 year 7 months
stereodata-accessdatasetsdksurface
marcelsheeny/visioncpp
Sep 2016 - Sep 2018
A machine vision library written in SYCL and C++ that shows performance-portable implementation of graph algorithms
Contributions:51 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years
visioncomputer-visionmachine-learningperformanceportable
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