Struan Robertson

PhD Researcher · AI & Forensic Science · Glasgow, Scotland

About

Award-winning PhD candidate researching AI for forensic science at the University of Dundee. Graduated top of cohort with a First Class Honours degree and received the ScotSoft2023 Young Software Engineer of the Year award. Strong software development skills across Python, C, and Linux, with deep experience in machine learning and PyTorch. Excellent communication skills developed through teaching, conference presentations, and customer-facing roles.

Technical Skills

Languages

Python Julia C Rust Bash/Shell Emacs Lisp SQL

Frameworks

PyTorch JAX Keras

Libraries

NumPy SciPy scikit-learn Pandas Matplotlib GDAL

Dev Tools

Emacs Linux Git Docker GitHub Actions AWS / Azure SSH Jupyter

Experience

Doctoral Researcher · University of Dundee Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

Dundee, Scotland

Researching the use of AI in forensic shoeprint image retrieval
Developed novel one-to-many image-to-image translation architecture
Demonstrator for Computer Vision MSc module, leading lab sessions
Presenting at international conferences

Frontend Developer (Part-Time) · 532 Design Jun 2022 – Jan 2023

Dundee, Scotland

Built frontend UI components for a mobile sports game using Unity (app)

Projects

Lunar Terrain Void Infilling

Source Code Dissertation

Python PyTorch GDAL Matplotlib

Award-winning fourth year undergraduate dissertation project
Used a Wasserstein GAN to infill voids in lunar digital elevation maps

Open Source Contributions

Alpine Linux Emacs Lisp Shell C

Alpine Linux package maintainer (main repository) — systemd-boot and related packages Website

Emacs iCalendar parser — parse iCalendar events into Org Mode headings Source Code

Linux webcam patch — patch v4l2-relayd to support ipu6 webcams Source Code

Education

PhD in AI and Forensic Science Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

University of Dundee · Dundee, Scotland

BSc in Applied Computing · First Class Honours (Top of Class) Sep 2019 – Jun 2023

University of Dundee · Dundee, Scotland

Awards

ScotSoft2023 Young Software Engineer of the Year, National Award (media) ScotlandIS · 2023

BSc Prize for Top Student University of Dundee · 2023

School of Science and Engineering Open Prize University of Dundee · 2023

Mary Somerville Medal, Group Award (media) Royal Society of Edinburgh · 2025

Publications

Retrieving shoeprint images using convolutional neural networks

Struan Robertson, Roberto Puch-Solis, Stephen McKenna MetroXRAINE