Philip Abbet
Senior Research & Development Engineer at Idiap Research Institute
Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolPhilip Abbet is a Senior Research & Development Engineer based in Bern, Switzerland, with 16 years of experience building applied computer vision and video-processing systems. At Idiap Research Institute he has led development of a web-based collaborative machine learning platform and integrated research prototypes—particularly in face detection, face recognition and video stabilization—into working demonstrators. His background spans embedded and desktop video tooling, from FireWire capture and custom digitizers to conference-call servers and networking-enabled embedded devices. Philip combines hands-on engineering in C/C++ and systems-level video processing with an academic applied-electronics foundation, making him adept at translating research into reliable products. Colleagues know him for tackling tricky real-time stabilization and recognition challenges that bridge low-level device constraints and high-level ML workflows.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
CFC (Federal certificate of capacity), Electronics, CFC (Federal certificate of capacity), Electronics at Alusuisse SAHES, Electronics, HES, Electronics at HEVs, Haute Ecole Valaisanne / University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
French, English
Github Skills (91)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Kanma/BLPConverter
Jul 2011 - Jun 2017
Contributions:29 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 6 years
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Kanma/Athena-Math
Nov 2009 - May 2014
Contributions:121 commits in 4 years 7 months
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