Andy Roxburgh : University of Liverpool

Short Bio

Welcome to my web site. I am a university teacher at the School of Computer Science and Informatics, University of Liverpool.

I have a BEng and MEng in Electronic Engineering from the University of Warwick and a PhD from the University of Liverpool in the field of machine learning and human language acquisition. My background is in software engineering (various sectors) and IT systems management.

After working in the corporate sector for a number of years I decided that I wanted to change direction a bit and go back to research. This led me to the University of Liverpool and development work on a tool for identifying delays in children's language development, and my PhD work where I applied machine learning to the problem of helping children with language disorders.

My eldest child has an extremely rare condition called IDIC 15 which among other things means that he will never talk, and my younger child is on the Autism Spectrum which in his case means that he has severe verbal communication challenges. One thing that has become clear to me was the limited amount of knowledge and advice for parents about helping children on the Autistic Spectrum and/or with socio-communication disorders. There is still a notable lack of effective tools, advice and research relating to improving language and communication development of affected individuals. This is partly because the ‘spectrum’ is so wide and the symptoms are so variable. But I believe technology in general, and the application of artificial intelligence in particular, could prove to be a key part of a solution.

My current interests are in machine learning, mobile and web applications, human language development and LLMs. I also have a long-standing interest in cybersecurity.

My current teaching responsibilities include:
COMP390 (Final Year Project) - supervision/marking
COMP396 (Automated Trading Project) - teaching/supervision/marking
COMP702 (MSc Dissertation) - supervision/marking
COMP226 (Automated Trading in Financial Markets) - module coordinator
COMP336/COMP529 (Big Data Analytics) - module coordinator

Other roles include:
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Link Tutor for the university's feeder colleges

Career

  • 2023-PresentUniversity Teacher

    School of Computer Science and Informatics,
    University Of Liverpool, UK

  • 2016-2023PhD Student

    School of Computer Science and Informatics,
    University Of Liverpool, UK

  • 2015-2016Research Assistant

    School of Computer Science and Informatics,
    University Of Liverpool, UK

  • 2012-2015IT Consultant

    SDS, Wirral, UK

  • 2004-2012IT Manager

    LinkDirect, Wirral, UK

  • 2000-2004Co-Founder

    Warwick Control Technologies,
    Coventry, UK

  • 1998-2000Research Associate (Hybrid Vehicles)

    WMG, University Of Warwick
    Coventry, UK

  • 1997-1997Software Engineer (Control Systems)

    Mott MacDonald,
    Altrincham, UK

Can you help?

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