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This page summarises my past experience, projects and interests.
Basics
Name | Jamie McGowan |
Label | Research Scientist |
jamie.mcgowan@mtkresearch.com | |
Url | https://jamie-mcg.github.io/al-folio/ |
Summary | I am a Research Scientist in AI focussed on exploring topics in foundational AI. My research interests include topics surrounding optimisation, meta-learning, structured intelligence and challenges in representation learning. In addition, my research involves developing real-world applications of AI to solve engineering problems. |
Work
- 2022.10 - Present
Research Scientist
MediaTek Research
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Research
- Applied Mathematics
- Deep Learning
- 2022.01 - 2022.10
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UCL Centre for Data Intensive Science and Industry
I received a funded fellowship position to work collaboratively with the Machine Learning team at ASOS building a system to predict customer returns using Graph Neural Networks. My responsibilities involved leading a small group of PhD students and MSc students who worked with me during this time.
- Machine Learning
- Graph Neural Networks
- Recommender Systems
- Research Supervisison
- 2020.06 - 2020.10
Research Intern
MediaTek Research
During this time, I worked on a Meta-Learning project based on an adaptation of the MAML algorithm for hierarchical learning. Our new algorithm, TreeMAML, achieved superior performance compared to similar meta-learning algorithms on NLP tasks by exploiting prior knowledge of the language tree.
- Representation Learning
- Meta-Learning
- Computer Vision
- Natural Language Processing
- 2020.06 - 2020.10
Research Intern
MediaTek Research
During this time, I worked on a Meta-Learning project based on an adaptation of the MAML algorithm for hierarchical learning. Our new algorithm, TreeMAML, achieved superior performance compared to similar meta-learning algorithms on NLP tasks by exploiting prior knowledge of the language tree.
- Representation Learning
- Meta-Learning
- Computer Vision
- Natural Language Processing
- 2018.10 - 2022.04
Postgraduate Researcher
University College London
My research involved computational modelling of a variety of unknown higher order functions in perturbation theory, describing quantum interactions within particle collisions. Subsequently, I developed a framework for fitting this approximate theory to datasets via Hessian methods to gain a handle on the theoretical uncertainties present in physical quantities calculated in quantum field theory.
- Particle Physics
- Theoretical Physics
- Quantum Field Theory
- Collider Physics
Projects
- 2021.04 - 2021.05
The Alan Turing Institute
Intensive hackathon working with ML techniques to produce a podcast recommendation algorithm for a company named Entale.
- Algorithmic Design
- Recommender Systems
- Machine Learning
- 2019.01 - 2019.05
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Proof of concept project to show that the calibration of images from 'shaky' cameras inside a fusion reactor could be automated using off-the-shelf CNN models.
- Computer Vision
- Nuclear Fusion
- Machine Learning
- 2017.10 - 2018.05
Unification of the Standard Model
Explored various extbf{unification group} candidates including $SU(5)$, $SO(10)$ and $E_{6}$ with and without supersymmetry.
- Quantum Field Theory
- Theoretical Physics
- Group Theory
- Mathematics
Volunteer
- 2016.05 - 2018.05
Student Ambassador
- Communication Skills
- Presentation Skills
Education
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2018.10 - 2022.04 London, UK
PhD
University College London
Theoretical Physics
- Quantum Field Theory
- The Standard Model
- Accelerator & Collider Phsyics
Awards
- 2023.12.01
High Energy Physics PhD Thesis Prize
University College London
- 2018.06.01
Research & Leadership Scholarship
University of Leeds
- 2023.12.01
Deans Excellence Scholarship
University of Leeds
Skills
Machine Learning | |
PyTorch | |
Tensorflow | |
Numpy | |
Scikit-Learn | |
Pandas | |
Tensorboard |
Programming | |
Python | |
FORTRAN | |
Git | |
C++ | |
LaTeX | |
Bash | |
Swift | |
HTML |
Mathematics | |
Linear Algebra | |
Physics | |
Quantum Mechanics | |
Quantum Computing | |
Quantum Information | |
Quantum Cryptography | |
Quantum Communication | |
Quantum Teleportation |