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Preben M. Ness

Preben M. Ness

AI Researcher


Background


Work Experience

Work Experience

  • PhD Student, Simula Research Laboratory

    Sep, 2022 - Present

    • Researching causal representation learning as means of improving robustness and generalisation capabilities of Neural Network models

    • Designing and building novel causal disentanglement models as well as implementing and testing existing state-of-the-art models in the field

  • AI Researcher, Firi AS

    Jul, 2021 - Aug, 20221 year 1 month

    • Built, trained, and tested a variety of NN architectures, including bespoke Transformers and Attention-based Graph Neural Networks for predictive risk modelling

    • Designed and implemented from scratch a microservice backend architecture to underpin efficient and scalable data extraction, processing, and feature engineering

  • Co-Founder, CTO, AIUS

    Sep, 2019 - Apr, 20211 year 7 months

    • Designed and implemented ML-based document and sequence classification models, and pitched these to our non-technical customers

    • Built back-end API and database schemas for our document management software, using Apollo GraphQL and MongoDB

  • Data Science Intern, Techspert

    Jun, 2019 - Sep, 20193 months

    • Developed a collection of multilabel classifiers using Tensorflow / Keras, for categorising and filtering incoming company emails

    • Built pre-processing pipeline to clean, anonymise, and build feature vectors from training data

  • Undergraduate Researcher, University of Cambridge

    Jun, 2018 - Sep, 20183 months

    • Developed and modified lattice-based RNN models for improved speech recognition confidence scores

    • Designed and built automated system for grade-appropriate feedback to English learners. Later released as part of the app "Sandi"

Skills

Skills

  • Languages

    Python

    Javascript

    C++

  • Technology

    Git

    Tensorflow

    PyTorch

    AWS (Sagemaker, EC2, ECS)

  • Web Development

    React

    CSS

    HTML

  • Databases

    PostgreSQL

    MongoDB

Education

Education

  • Information and Computer Engineering, M.Eng., University of Cambridge

    Sep, 2015 - Jun, 2019

    Probabilistic Machine Learning

    Deep Learning

    Computer Vision

Awards

Awards

  • King's Scholar , King's College Cambridge

    Awarded on: Oct 01, 2016

    Received in 2016 and 2017 for excellent exam results

Volunteer Work

Volunteer Work

  • Co-Founder, Vice President, Cambridge University 3D-Printing Society

    Sep, 2016 - Jun, 2019

    Project leader in collaboration with Cambridge-based charity REMAP to upgrade remote-controlled archery turret for users with movement disabilities

Publications

Publications