Sebastian Berns
Creative Technologist
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSebastian Berns is a creative technologist and PhD researcher in generative machine learning who blends 13 years of experience across AI research, design and full‑stack web development. His work spans published, peer‑reviewed contributions to computational creativity and evolutionary computation and applied ML roles from game intelligence to Stability AI’s Applied Research team. He combines rigorous research (PhD, QMUL) and teaching experience with hands‑on implementation skills in PyTorch, high‑performance Python workflows and product‑facing design, having supervised MSc projects and taught core ML and creativity modules. Previously an award‑winning graphic and type designer, he brings a rare visual sensibility to model design and evaluation—evident in HCI work that collected large human judgement datasets for CHI. Comfortable leading research agendas and startups, he navigates stakeholder priorities to translate experimental ideas into reproducible experiments and prototypes.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Communication design, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Communication design at FH Aachen University of Applied SciencesUPC Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science Generative Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science Generative Machine Learning at Queen Mary University of London
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Github Skills (63)
python10
acceleration10
stylegan10
machine-learning10
numpy10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
clip10
gpu10
autograd10
neural-network10
php-library10
computer-vision10
tensor10
gpu-acceleration10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
JohannesHeidecke/UPC-MAI-IMAS
Sep 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:73 commits, 4 pushes, 3 issues in 4 months
sebastianberns/cleanfeatures
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:102 commits, 51 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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