Trevor Phillips
Machine Learning Engineer at Apple
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolTrevor Phillips is a Machine Learning Engineer based in Zurich with 11 years of experience applying ML to challenging 2D/3D computer vision problems and production systems. He blends research-grade expertise in depth estimation and real-time reconstruction—proven by a NASA JPL project achieving ~1% depth error—with hands-on deployment experience at Apple and PXL Vision building end-to-end ML pipelines and privacy-aware data flows. His interests span combinatorial and convex optimization, including semidefinite relaxations applied to cryptographically hard problems, giving him a strong theoretical edge when tackling ill-posed vision and optimization tasks. Comfortable across C++, Python, ROS and modern ML stacks, he has a track record of improving prototype velocity and operational robustness in cross-functional teams. Known for practical engineering (e.g., Kalman filters for GPS, tooling to speed developer workflows), he pairs academic rigor from ETH Zürich with product-focused delivery.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Engineering, 3.98, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Engineering, 3.98 at University of ConnecticutMaster of Science - MS, Robotics, Systems, and Control, Master of Science - MS, Robotics, Systems, and Control at ETH Zürich
English, German
Github Skills (43)
propagation10
sha10
belief-propagation10
sat10
hash10
hash-functions10
combinatorial-optimization9
cryptographic-hash-functions9
cryptography9
optimization9
machine-learning8
parking8
subset-sum7
ios7
ruby7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
trevphil/cryptosym
Mar 2020 - May 2022
SAT-based, MILP, and belief propagation preimage attacks on SHA-256 and other cryptographic hash functions
Contributions:143 commits, 4 PRs, 82 pushes in 2 years 2 months
cryptographicsathash-functionspropagationsha
duckietown-ethz/proj-parking
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
AMoD 2019 - Parking
Contributions:67 commits, 33 PRs, 77 pushes in 1 month
javaparking
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