Dr. Thomas Jubb

First, a little about my experiece… I am a professional physicist, data scientist and machine learning engineer; I am a generalist with specialisms in AI/ML, X-Ray physics and design, and healthcare. I am passionate about AI and I try to reflect on the use of AI in research and business. I also take a strong interest in the ways we run our projects and how we are influenced by the culture of work or research around us; I like to teach and to share knowledge and in part that explains this site. I am a strong team builder, and put high functioning and happy teams out into the world to tackle some really tough problems. I built and led the AI team at Ibex Innovations from 2020 to aid their breakthrough software for osteoporosis detection; and created a large array of different capabilities: Monte carlo x-ray simulation, deep learning based image quality improvements (scatter, sharpness), synthetic data. From 2023, I revolutionised the imaging function at Curvebeam AI, where I oversaw all aspects of imaging including applications of deep learning, shape modelling, image quality analysis, tomographic reconstruction and many more. I developed the imaging strategy, hired and ran the imaging team serving as the main R&D capability of the company. I have spent the last decade in Durham, UK where I completed a BSc, Masters and PhD in theoretical physics. My interests are in the detection of dark matter, which sits somewhere between particle physics and cosmology. Although I have left academic research; I still maintain ties to the university. My tome of a thesis (500 pages!) was designed to be a useful textbook-like reference for students of dark matter, and it expands at length on my various published research topics. The decision to leave academia wasn’t easy; but there is a world of skills and knowledge in industry which I was ready to tap. I started out as a software developer at a consultancy firm in Oxford; learning the ropes with C++ and Python and contributing as a developer to the Mantid codebase for muon beam analysis at Rutherford Appleton Labs. I moved back to Durham to join Kromek, a innovative R&D company who make detectors to work on X-ray security applications.