Samuel Westlake
Machine Learning Researcher at Dogtooth Technologies
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Westlake is a Machine Learning Researcher with a decade of experience specialising in deep learning and computer vision, particularly applied to infrared and maritime domains. He holds a PhD driven by industry collaboration, where he implemented YOLOv3 from scratch in PyTorch, advanced training with synthetic data, and created IRShips—an openly available infrared ship dataset downloaded over 8,000 times across 20 countries. Samuel combines strong Python and PyTorch expertise with a track record of turning research into commercially relevant solutions, exemplified by successful tech transfer and funded collaborations with defence partners. His background spans robotics and biomedical vision work, including a high-performing malaria detection prototype and automated microscope projects, demonstrating cross-domain adaptability. Colleagues describe him as results-oriented with clear communication and project management skills that accelerate development from concept to production-ready systems.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, BSc, Mechanical Engineering at Durham UniversityMSc, Robotics, Distinction, MSc, Robotics, Distinction at University of PlymouthPhD, Deep Learning and Computer Vision, PhD, Deep Learning and Computer Vision at Cranfield University
Github Skills (12)
water10
live-preview8
docker7
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git-repo4
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linux3
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
samuelwestlake/deeplodocus-dev
Oct 2018 - Oct 2020
The deep framework which keeps your head above water
Contributions:261 pushes, 16 branches in 2 years
deep-learningwatermachine-learninghead
Deeplodocus/deeplodocus
Oct 2018 - Nov 2020
The deep platform keeping your head above water
Contributions:228 commits, 358 PRs, 185 pushes in 2 years 2 months
waterdockerheadkeeping
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