Tom Whitehead
Head Of Machine Learning at Intellegens
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Whitehead is Head of Machine Learning at Intellegens, leading the Science Team to apply ML-driven solutions across materials, chemicals, and manufacturing to accelerate product and process innovation. With a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge and nine years' experience, he bridges deep academic theory and practical industrial deployment of novel ML methodologies. He partners closely with R&D teams to translate domain problems into high-impact data strategies and bespoke models that address high-value analysis bottlenecks. Based in Cambridge, UK, Tom is both a strategic leader and hands-on scientist who continues to develop new methods that push ML beyond conventional datasets into complex experimental and materials domains.
9 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree Physics, Master’s Degree Physics at University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Theoretical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Theoretical Physics at University of Cambridge
English, German
Github Skills (28)
asynchronous8
python7
hyperparameter-optimization6
gaussian-processes6
cold-start6
dask5
imputation5
integral5
scipy4
pydata4
bayesian4
collaborative-filtering4
matrix-factorization4
scikit-learn4
pandas4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tangoed2whiskey/mPIMC
Jun 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 23 commits, 12 PRs in 3 months
integralmathematicamonte-carlopath-integralcarlo
tangoed2whiskey/GPy
Feb 2024 - Nov 2025
Gaussian processes framework in python
Contributions:14 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 9 months
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