As a research engineer my role largely focuses on assisting with the adoption of 4D facial capture technology for the creation of digital humans, pushing the fidelity of next generation gaming.

As part of an integrated doctorate scheme, my research focuses on acquiring 4D Capture of facial expressions to be applied to real-time performance capture and production of non-linear face rigs. This is followed by investigating how this data can be transferred onto new identities through traditional mesh deformation methods vs data-driven approaches e.g. CycleGANs, Identity conditioned VAEs. This will also include conducting perceptual studies to ascertain the effect of personalisation for procedurally generated digital humans.

I am currently continuing my research into the automated generation of personalised blend shapes for facial animation rigs. This could greatly reduce setup costs for performance capture systems, real-time character retargeting and general facial animation. CAMERA is a newly established applied research centre within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bath, collaborating with industrial partners in entertainment, healthcare and sport.

During my time at Nomura I was involved in multiple projects, mainly pertaining to front-end and back-end implementation of web based applications. My main project involved a gateway application to view a golden-source database platform with restricted read and write capability. I was also involved with the Governance and Standards Improvement Initiative within Corporate Technology, where my role was to bridge the gap between current methods of practise within the bank and target operating models we aspired to. This required a broad knowledge of Corporate Technology ,which I attained through liaising with SMEs , and how different business units varied in their SDLC, Build and QA tools and protocols.I also experienced what it was like to be a project manager by being set the job of implementing our corporate technology intranet page, for this I had to coordinate meetings, set milestones and manage resources -which included working with international teams.

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