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General Information

Name Will Rowan
Status Looking for postdoc positions in academia and industry. Starting October 2024.
Possible locations United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, remote.

Education

  • 2020-Present
    PhD Computer Science
    University of York, York, UK
    • Field: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Statistical Shape Modelling.
    • Advisors: Prof. Nick Pears, Prof. Andrew Keeling, and Dr. Patrik Huber.
  • 2019 - 2020
    MSc Advanced Computer Science
    University of York, York, UK
    • Thesis: The Effect of Temporal Dependency on Deepfake Detection
    • Advisor: Prof. Nick Pears.
  • 2016 - 2019
    BEng Computer Science
    University of York, York, UK
    • Thesis: Deep Learning for Gaze Estimation
    • Advisor: Prof. Nick Pears.

Honours and Awards

  • 2023
    • Best Presentation Award, Runner-Up: ReproduceCVPR Workshop, FAU, Germany
    • Best Project Award, Runner-Up: ReproduceCVPR Workshop, FAU, Germany
    • Basecamp Artistic Residency Selection (200 globally): Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland
    • Far East Film Festival Campus Selection (10 out of Europe & Asia):
  • 2020
    • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Doctoral Scholarship
    • Writer of the Year (1 out of 20,000): University of York
  • 2019
    • Highest-marked dissertation (1 out of 150): University of York
  • 2016
    • IBM Entrance Scholarship (3 out of 150): University of York

Experience

  • 2020 - Present
    PhD Researcher
    University of York, York, UK
    • Shape-consistent text-guided image generation from generative 3D head models.
    • Shared latent space for text, images, and 3D parameterised heads.
    • Parts-based shape completion of the human head.
  • 2020
    Master’s Researcher
    University of York, York, UK
    • Classification of deepfake detection systems.
    • Quantifying sources of bias in image-based generative methods.
  • 2018 - 2019
    Undergraduate Researcher
    University of York, York, UK
    • Deep learning solutions for real-time unconstrained gaze estimation.

Skills & Interests

  • Deep Learning
    • PyTorch, PyTorch 3D, Keras, Transformers, Diffusers
  • Computer Vision
    • Skimage, OpenCV
  • Data Science
    • NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, sklearn, seaborn
  • Software
    • Git, Python, MATLAB, LaTeX, COLMAP, MeshLab
  • Other Interests
    • Freelance film journalism (BBC Radio York, Filmhounds Magazine, Taiwan News)
    • Ex-editor of The Lemon Press (UK’s largest volunteer-run satire magazine)