Eric Nichols Email & Phone Number

United States

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Worked on the Theoretical Neuroscience subproject of the Human Brain Project.
• Embedded supervised learning on the neuromorphic Spiking Neural Network architecture circuit board.
• Designed and implemented C code onboard with Linux.
• Created Python interface for public to utilize learning rules.
• Used GIT repositories for external collaboration and SVN for internal teamwork.

Nancy, France

• Designed and developed a visualization tool for spatio-temporal neural dynamics.
• Simulated dynamics reflect observed neural signals and obey stochastic integral-differential equations involving delays.
• Accelerated simulation speed with self-writing optimization of code, GPU implementation in PyOpenGL and additional details provided in link below.

Ireland

• Prepared and presented Java programming lectures in High Schools.
• Arranged and assisted in practical sessions.
• Wrote, supervised and evaluated class tests.
• Improved University first year student performance

• Performed statistical analysis of the University’s Algorithmic Programming teaching methods in Matlab and published the results.
• Demonstrated in the module using different methods over three consecutive years.

• Undergraduate Modules: Algorithmic Programming 1 & 2, Algorithms and Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming, Systems Analysis and Data Management.
• Postgraduate Module: Object Oriented Programming.

Northern Ireland

• Developed cell phone neural network software I created in Java during my final year undergraduate project, INNSULIN.
• Successfully tested the software on hospital patients and published the work in Appendix 5.
• Awarded in the following competitions:
• Runner-up in Investment Belfast 25K Business Plan Competition
• Finalist in UKSEC National Business Plan Competition
• Finalist in British Research Councils’ Business Plan Competition

Dublin, Ireland

• Localized Symantec products into 17 languages.
• Wrote test scripts, tested and logged bugs for Symantec Mobile Security using Symbian 60 and 80 operating systems, PCAnywhere and Live Updates for the three Norton products (AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System.
• Collaborated with remote team testing Enterprise Security Manager on Sun and Linux operating systems.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Engineering

Thesis: A Biologically Inspired Neural Network for Robot Navigation.

Master Of Science (Msc), Computing And Intelligent Systems

Thesis: Spiking Neural Networks: An Investigation of Stability During Training Using the STDP Rule.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computer Science (Hons.) +Diploma In Industrial Studies

Thesis: Intelligent Neural Network for Suggesting Unambiguous Levels of Insulin via Needle (INNSULIN).