Dr. Oliver Vogel
Computer Vision & Machine Learning – Freelance Engineer
I am a freelance computer vision and machine learning engineer with a PhD in computer science and 15 years of production experience – automotive, medical devices, industry. At the moment I develop classification, detection and inspection pipelines for embedded cameras on Jetson hardware. From understanding the problem to production code, in Python or C++.
Hard computer vision problems
When standard methods fall short, the detection rate has plateaued or it is unclear whether it can be done at all. I start by understanding the problem – often it can be posed more simply than it first appeared – and then deliver a feasibility study, a second opinion or the solution.
Classical computer vision and deep learning from one source
I pick the right tool or combine both. This pays off when data is scarce, real time is required or results must be explainable.
From prototype to production code on the hardware
Classification, detection, assembly verification and completeness checks: training models, bringing them onto the target hardware and running them there in real time – embedded and edge platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson. Also as extra capacity when a team is stretched: quickly productive in large, grown codebases in C++ and Python.
Industries
Automotive medical devices industrial quality inspection surveillance. A selection of projects is on the projects page.
Background
Dr. rer. nat. (computer science), Saarland University, Mathematical Image Analysis Group; focus on image processing, computer vision and numerical methods. 15 peer-reviewed publications, reviewer for IJCV, IEEE TPAMI, IEEE TIP and CVPR, among others. Freelance since 2011. More on the research page.
Get in touch
Send me a short note about the problem and we will set up a call – 30 minutes is usually enough to tell whether I can contribute something useful.