Hi, I'm Benjamin

Machine learning researcher

I am a Christian, who likes maths and code, and wants to change the world, one equation at a time.

I enjoy learning new things, good conversations, spending time at home and working in the garden.

I currently work as a Research Scientist at InstaDeep.


More about me

My Story

I was born in England, but moved to the Eastern Cape in South Africa when I was 7. I grew up in East London until I finished school.

In 2016, I moved to Stellenbosch to study engineering and start a new chapter of my life. In 2021 I met Magdaleen, and we got married the next year. We live on a farm, just outside of Stellenbosch, with a beautiful view of the mountains.

I am a Christian, who believes in the God who created the heavens and the earth.

My Work

I matriculated at Selborne College in 2015. I then started studying at Stellenbosch University and completed my bachelor’s in mechatronic engineering in 2019.

I continued with a masters degree, which was upgraded to a PhD. At the end of 2022, I completed my PhD, called, “Accelerating deep reinforcement learning for autonomous racing”.

I continued at Stellenbosch as a postdoctoral researcher, working at the intersection of analytical and machine learning models.

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