Chris Willcocks
Associate Professor
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Willcocks is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Durham University with 12 years of research and teaching experience focused on deep learning, reinforcement learning, and cyber security. He researches generative models and machine reasoning with applied work spanning computational physics, biology, security, and medical imaging. As co-founder and seed-phase CTO of the spinout Intogral (later Gliff.ai), he has hands-on experience taking deep learning diagnostics from research to commercial deployment for global clients. His profile combines academic rigor (PhD from Durham) with product-oriented engineering and startup leadership. Notably, he bridges unsupervised and generative modeling with practical security and imaging applications, reflecting a rare mix of theoretical and applied expertise. Based in England, he maintains an active research and code presence, with more detail and project links available on his personal site and GitHub.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Exeter SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Durham University
Github Skills (53)
siren10
implicit10
encoder9
game-engine9
open-source9
3d9
x119
unsupervised-learning9
game-development9
generative-model9
godot8
ansi-c7
machine-learning7
binding7
c897
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cwkx/ml-materials
Jan 2019 - Oct 2020
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
cwkx/keym
Sep 2016 - Jun 2022
C tool to control mouse with keyboard for X11
Contributions:36 commits, 2 PRs, 34 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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