Tom Waite

Engineer at Fei Labs
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London, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Experience

    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Engineer
      • Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

    • United Kingdom
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Software Engineer
      • Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

    • United Kingdom
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Software Engineer
      • Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

      Full stack software engineer at a startup building a VISA scale payments network using zero-knowledge cryptography proofs

    • Junior Software Engineer
      • Nov 2018 - Nov 2019

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      • Aug 2018 - Sep 2018

      Paper accepted to the ‘1st Symposium on Cryptocurrency Analysis' (https://socca.science/), 2018 in Toulouse, France - workshop at PERFORMANCE 2018. Paper link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1062 Title: "DAGsim: Simulation of DAG-based distributed ledger protocols" Paper accepted to the ‘1st Symposium on Cryptocurrency Analysis' (https://socca.science/), 2018 in Toulouse, France - workshop at PERFORMANCE 2018. Paper link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1062 Title: "DAGsim: Simulation of DAG-based distributed ledger protocols"

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Student Trustee, Board of Trustees
      • Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

      Trustee of a charity with approx. £9 million turnover and 60 FTEs. Helped provide strategic direction to deliver ICUs strategy, in part through membership of the Finance and Risk Subcommittee

    • President - Imperial College Physics Society
      • Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

      • Led a team of 10, representing a society of 1300+ members • Achieved recent funding record - through sponsorship arrangements, with 5 organisations, and negotiations with the Imperial Physics department • Guided organisation of socials, lectures, careers events, lab tours and an undergraduate conference (~150 attendees). Oversaw tours to NPL, JET and internationally; Prague

    • Towards the detection of Japanese Knotweed using machine learning
      • Oct 2017 - May 2018

      Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV… Show more Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV imagery • Gathered an RGB + NIR London vegetation dataset using a DJI Phantom 4, and collaborated with the Welsh Gov. Cartography department to secure access to a multispectral Welsh aerial imagery dataset • Implemented a convolutional autoencoder, W-Net, with Keras and Python to perform unsupervised segmentation • Used a U-Net CNN for supervised image segmentation on a test dataset, achieving detection accuracies of 61% Show less Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV… Show more Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV imagery • Gathered an RGB + NIR London vegetation dataset using a DJI Phantom 4, and collaborated with the Welsh Gov. Cartography department to secure access to a multispectral Welsh aerial imagery dataset • Implemented a convolutional autoencoder, W-Net, with Keras and Python to perform unsupervised segmentation • Used a U-Net CNN for supervised image segmentation on a test dataset, achieving detection accuracies of 61% Show less

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Summer Associate
      • Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

    • Development of a novel femtosecond laser pulse signal processing device
      • Jan 2017 - May 2017

      BSc thesis on the development of a novel femtosecond laser pulse ultrafast signal processing device, to measure the effect of gas pressure, in a hollow fibre femtosecond laser, on pulse energy fluctuations BSc thesis on the development of a novel femtosecond laser pulse ultrafast signal processing device, to measure the effect of gas pressure, in a hollow fibre femtosecond laser, on pulse energy fluctuations

    • South Korea
    • Research Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Undergraduate Researcher
      • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

      • Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers to help advance a proof of concept, sign language translating exoskeleton glove • Developed MATLAB hand gesture recognition scripts – based on pattern matching glove flex sensor values to a custom-built database • System has since attracted angel investors • Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers to help advance a proof of concept, sign language translating exoskeleton glove • Developed MATLAB hand gesture recognition scripts – based on pattern matching glove flex sensor values to a custom-built database • System has since attracted angel investors

    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Electro Optics and Countermeasures Undergraduate Engineer
      • Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

      • Characterised a complex optical system, drawing on specialisms of engineering team • Developed advanced electro-optics and MATLAB data analysis skills • Characterised a complex optical system, drawing on specialisms of engineering team • Developed advanced electro-optics and MATLAB data analysis skills

Education

  • Imperial College London
    MSci, Physics
    2014 - 2018
  • Turton Sixth Form
    A levels: Physics, Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and General Studies, 5 A*s
    2012 - 2014
  • Turton High School
    High School, 12 A* GCSEs
    2007 - 2012

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