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My research interests are in the field of machine learning, specifically trajectory analysis and outlier detection of irregularly sampled multivariate time series. I am currently undertaking a Ph.D. in data mining of health care data under the supervision of Dr. Dave Wong and Prof. Gavin Brown. Previously, I completed a joint honours BSc in Maths and Physics at the University of Manchester.
I have completed projects in machine learning, neuroscience, neuromorphic computing, and data science research environments, and most recently undertook a Royal Society studentship with IBM Research Daresbury. I have served as a Widening Participation fellow at the university and have organised community and science communication events such as the JBCA Machine Learning workshop and Pint of Science.
I’m an armchair pundit on policy of all types and a geek about data visualisation. I also think emerging computing technologies like phase change memory, spintronics, and quantum computing are really cool. I enjoy rock climbing and play the violin, but am particularly good at neither.
Check out my publication history, and get in touch with me via email at sara.summerton(at)manchester.ac.uk.