Ping-lin Chang is a founder and CEO with a PhD in Computer Science and five years of startup leadership focused on making AI accessible through Instill AI. He previously co-founded and served as CTO of Umbo Computer Vision, developing enterprise AI for surveillance after a research career in visual SLAM and AR at Imperial College and UCL. Combining deep academic expertise with product-driven execution, he bridges cutting-edge computer vision research and practical AI products. Based in London, he blends hands-on engineering, research credibility, and entrepreneurism to take algorithms into production. An unusual facet: his public GitHub persona includes an automation bot for Instill AI, reflecting a penchant for operational tooling and community engagement via Discord.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Engineering Science, BSc Engineering Science at National Cheng Kung University
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at Imperial College London
MSc Artificial Intelligence, MSc Artificial Intelligence at University of Southampton
โ A REST/gRPC server for Instill AI's Management API service
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