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Mr Craig Thompson
(he/him)
- Welsh speaking
Teams and roles for Craig Thompson
Research student
Overview
I am a second-year PhD student at the Cardiff Babylab, working at the intersection of developmental science and computer science. I'm supervised by Dr Hana D'Souza (School of Psychology), Prof Yu-kun Lai (School of Computer Science and Informatics) and Dr Marco Palombo (CUBRIC). My research develops, explores and applies innovative machine learning approaches to study early learning using a naturalistic dataset.
Publication
2025
- Thompson, C. D. J. et al. 2025. Accessible automation: evaluating object segmentation solutions for parent-child interaction research. Presented at: International Conference on Development and Learning 2025 Prague, Czech Republic 16-19 September 2025. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning 2025. IEEE. (10.1109/ICDL63968.2025.11204391)
Conferences
- Thompson, C. D. J. et al. 2025. Accessible automation: evaluating object segmentation solutions for parent-child interaction research. Presented at: International Conference on Development and Learning 2025 Prague, Czech Republic 16-19 September 2025. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning 2025. IEEE. (10.1109/ICDL63968.2025.11204391)
Research
Thesis
The dawn of developmental machine learning. From data annotation to theory building
My thesis bridges the gap between developmental science and computer science by developing and applying machine learning methods to naturalistic developmental data. In the first stage, I will use machine learning as an annotation tool, leveraging an exisiting head-mounted eye-tracking as well as naturalistic head-mounted camera data to automatically chatacterise egocentric view properties, hand-object interactions, and motor related constraints.
In the second stage, I will utilise these annotated outputs and use machine learning as a model to test current developmental theories. For example, I explore whether the egocentric visual experience differs between children with and without motor difficulties, such as Down syndrome
Funding sources
UKRI EPSRC funded
Biography
Education:
2020-2024 - MSci Computer Science, Cardiff University
Supervisors
Contact Details
Specialisms
- Computer vision
- Machine learning
- Developmental psychology