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  • Curriculum Vitae
    • Personal Information
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    • Education
      • Ph.D. in Machine Learning
      • B.Sc. in Computer Science (2:1 Hons)
      • A-Levels
    • Professional Experience
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      • PhD Researcher in Machine Learning
      • Machine Learning Researcher
      • Image Recognition Enhancement Project
    • Research Interests
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      • Active Projects
        • 🔬 6DIMCOCO: Multi-dimensional CLIP Training Framework
        • 🛡️ PGDVisualisation: Adversarial Attack Visualization
        • ⚡ ML-SLURM-Template: HPC Machine Learning Framework
        • 🌌 JERICHO: Hybrid Plasma Simulation Framework
      • Archived Projects
        • 🗄️ Legacy Research Tools
      • Featured Research Repositories
        • BirkhoffVis
        • [Atmospheric Ray Tracing](repositories/atmospheric ray tracing.md)
        • ML-SLURM-Template
        • SuperDARN-Analysis
        • 6DIMCOCO
        • Jericho
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      • Contributing
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    • Research Software Projects
      • � 6DIMCOCO - Cross-Modal Contrastive Learning
      • �️ JERICHO - Adversarial Robustness Research
      • � ML-SLURM-Template - HPC for Machine Learning
      • 📊 PGDVisualisation - Optimization Visualization
    • Development Philosophy
      • Research-Driven Development
      • Open Science Commitment
      • Technical Excellence
  • Research
    • Current Projects
      • Active Research Projects
        • 1. Reinforcement Learning for Strategic Game Optimization: Secret Hitler AI Agent
        • 2. MCMC-Enhanced LSA Kernels for Reusable Semantic Analysis
        • 3. Radio Wave Propagation Modeling for Atmospheric Mapping
      • Project Timeline and Milestones
        • Short-term Goals (3-6 months)
        • Medium-term Goals (6-12 months)
        • Long-term Goals (12+ months)
      • Collaboration Opportunities
      • Funding and Resources
        • 🏭 LUStores: Intelligent Stocking System for Lancaster University Physics
        • 🌐 SuperDARN Chord-DHT: Scalable Atmospheric Data Processing
        • 🤖 Tactile Linear Sum Assignment with ML-Guided Gradients
      • Cross-Cutting Research Activities
        • 🔗 Optimization-Systems Integration
        • 💻 Software Development and Open Source
        • � Data Management and Sharing
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        • Team and Collaboration
      • Timeline and Upcoming Milestones
        • Next 6 Months (July - December 2025)
        • Next 12 Months (2025-2026)
        • Long-term Outlook (2026-2027)
    • Research Interests
      • Primary Research Areas
        • 🧠 Scaling Laws in Contrastive Autoencoders
        • ⚡ Mathematical Optimization on Accelerator Hardware
        • 🔬 Intersection: Scalable Optimization for Learning Systems
      • Theoretical Foundations
        • Mathematical Optimization Theory
        • Information Theory and Statistical Learning
        • High-Performance Computing
      • Methodological Approaches
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        • Computer Vision Systems
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      • Future Directions
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        • Medium-term (3-5 years)
        • Long-term (5-10 years)
      • Open Research Questions
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      • 🧠 Scaling Laws in Contrastive Learning
      • ⚡ Mathematical Optimization on Accelerator Hardware
      • 🤖 Machine Learning for Scientific Computing
    • Research Impact
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