David is from a Data Mining and Speech Technology background. He joined the C5 team in October 2011 to work alongside the Business Solutions and Business Intelligence teams delivering solutions using the Microsoft development platform. He also has a wealth of experience in Linux, Java, C++, Perl and Python.
Background
In the last 12 years David worked as a researcher and software developer at Edinburgh University, Rhetorical Systems (also Edinburgh) and the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) near Paris. His research areas included data mining (finding useful patterns in large datasets), machine learning (automated learning of human-like behaviour) and conversational interfaces (intelligent speech-based assistants like the iphone Siri interface).
Qualifications/ Industry Bodies:
BSc Computer Science
MPhil (Cantab) Computer Speech and Language Processing
PhD Artificial Intelligence