{"id":483,"date":"2023-06-20T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/?p=483"},"modified":"2023-06-22T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:02:12","slug":"thanet-markchom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/thanet-markchom\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanet Markchom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;484&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Early Career Researcher<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-envelope&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3Athanet.mar%40gmail.com&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>About<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I am a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Reading. 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