Experience

Research Associate, King’s College London — March 2025 – Present, London, UK

Analysing and preprocessing clinical data to support AI model development.
Developing AI algorithms to classify COPD exacerbation types and predict treatment responses.
Building predictive models to assess cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk following a COPD exacerbation.

Visiting Lecturer (Part-time), University of Hertfordshire — April 2020 – November 2024, Hatfield, UK

Delivered 50+ lectures and tutorials to undergraduate and postgraduate students on Data Mining and Databases.
Mentored students by providing feedback on assignments and academic progress.
Designed course materials and exam scripts for the Data Mining module.
Supervised 60+ students in completing research projects in software engineering, data science, and AI.

Research Associate, Synoptics Ltd — March 2019 – February 2020, Cambridge, UK

Built a computer vision algorithm to automatically recognise text printed on antibiotic discs from petri dish images.
Conducted research into in-house colony counting algorithms.
Liaised between the university and company to coordinate meetings and report on research progress.
Managed research funding and delivered progress reports that secured further funding.

Software Engineer, FDM Group — February 2018 – October 2018, China

Completed a three-month training programme with FDM in the UK.
Placed as an FDM consultant at Standard Chartered Bank.
Wrote Shell/Python scripts to optimise workflows and automate repetitive tasks.
Developed tools to support server configuration and maintenance.
Coordinated with business and technology stakeholders to support Dev/SIT/UAT environments.

Software Engineer, Insurance Collections Bureau Ltd — June 2016 – June 2017, Welwyn Garden City, UK

Applied VBA to increase the productivity of data entry by 20%.
Developed a tracing system and optimised database performance.
Improved the loading and rendering speed of the tracing system by optimising JavaScript.
Assisted the IT Specialist with developing and deploying new systems.

University of Hertfordshire — March 2019 – August 2024, Hatfield, UK PhD in Computer Science with Industry Experience Thesis: Learning to count small and clustered objects with application to bacterial colonies

University of Hertfordshire — September 2015 – September 2017, Hatfield, UK MSc Computer Science (Sandwich) — Distinction

Fujian University of Technology — September 2010 – June 2014, Fuzhou, China Material Processing and Control Engineering

Languages: Python, Java, C/C++, PHP, SQL, Shell Scripting
Frameworks/Libraries: PyTorch, TensorFlow, NumPy, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, OpenCV
Techniques: Deep Learning, Transformers, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Explainable AI (XAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Few-shot Learning
Others: Data Modelling, Database Administration, Data Visualisation, Linux/Unix/HPC Administration, Web Development, DevOps, Git, Docker, AWS, Azure

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