Iris is a cancer diagnostics company that is developing computational pathology technologies, combining machine learning and computer vision. In the clinic, Iris enables oncologists to tailor personalized therapies to patients with cancer; in pharmaceutical settings, Iris enables scientists to develop morphology-based assays for drug discovery and companion diagnostics.
Explored the possibilities and technical challenges for the deployment of cloud-enabled image analysis technologies in digital pathology. Mentored by Harvard Medical School professors, studied pathology workflows and prototyped image processing technologies to accelerate slide screening. Supported by a $100,000 grant from the Thiel Foundation.
Developed techniques to capture and determine protein structure from vitrified samples using Transmission Electron Microscopy (cryo-TEM). Explored the biological, automation, and analytical challenges associated with tilting frozen samples and imaging with reduced spot-size and electron dose. Developed HPC-enabled image analysis systems for use in cryo-EM.
Worked on the EBS-Server, a distributed application that handles customer I/O on EBS block devices. Implemented a core network protocol module, as well as two prototype systems to vastly improve EBS read performance. Developed novel caching algorithm for use with wear-sensitive SSDs, while distributing read load efficiently. Patent Pending.
Developed molecular biological protocols and robotic systems for DNA extraction, labeling, and preparation for use in whole genome sequencing by electron microscopy. Designed, built, and programmed for a nanorobotic device used in massively parallel microarraying of DNA.
Designed and implemented RISe Prowler, a semantic knowledge system for the collection and automated association of kinase and affiliated protein interaction data. Applied graph analyses to infer novel biological properties from semantic networks. Work presented at the CHI Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference in 2010.
Worked on an experimental protocol using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to study the role of cognitive inhibition and control over the encoding of memory.
Built a portable, self-configuring, flash-based hypervisor control domain system, incorporating modular virtual appliances and ZFS storage management. Invented novel procedure for detecting boot devices at operating system startup. Patented system (US 8,112,620).
Minor in Government