Philip Birch
Reader In Engineering at University of Sussex
Greater Brighton and Hove Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPhilip Birch is a Reader in Engineering at the University of Sussex with over 10 years of experience applying AI-driven computer vision to problems spanning security, biomedical imaging, crowd behaviour analysis and human activity recognition. Trained as a physicist and astronomer (PhD, Durham), he couples deep optics expertise—including adaptive optics, holography and microscopy—with practical skills in tracking, image enhancement and metrology. His research blends academic rigor and hacker curiosity to push imaging methods from laser material processing to biomedical microscopy. Based in Greater Brighton, he is known for translating complex optical principles into robust computer-vision systems that perform in real-world, safety-critical contexts.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy at Durham UniversityPhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at University of Durham
Github Skills (16)
clock6
cv-template6
python5
typst5
cv-builder4
resume3
react2
vehicle-detection2
trello2
windows1
object-detection1
computer-vision1
machine-learning1
self-driving-car1
electron1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
docPhil99/teaching
Feb 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:11 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
docPhil99/cdripper
Sep 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:20 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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