James Porter

Thesis title: Realising the potential of retinal image analysis with AI methods for monitoring neurodegenerative brain health in the community

Precision Medicine

Year of study: 1

  • Centre for Medical Informatics
  • Usher Institute
  • Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Contact details

PhD supervisors:

Address

Street

Usher Building,
The University of Edinburgh
5‒7 Little France Road,
Edinburgh BioQuarter ‒ Gate 3

City
Edinburgh
Post code
EH16 4UX

Biography

Background

I am a computer scientist by background, where I have focused on machine learning at scale. Recently, I have pivoted to machine learning applied to medical diagnosis and prediction.

Qualifications

MSc Artificial Intelligence, The University of Edinburgh (2021)

BSc Computer Science, Keele University (2017)

Research summary

Applying machine learning techniques to improve medical diagnosis.

Current research interests

Fundus & OCT images of the retina. Neurodegenerative disease. Small Vessel Disease.

Past research interests

Extreme classification. Behaviour prediction. Memory efficient classification. Exploratory data analysis.
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