Hello
Whats up?
I am
Don
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building things
at Cambridge
I continuously strive to improve my skills and the quality of my work,
where I am open to academic scrutiny and constructive feedback.
working diligently towards a PhD
on Medical Engineering
and a career in the application of
Machine Learning
in Brain Signals

I BRAG a bit

about some trophies 🏆

of my Awesomeness

aka., awards

UKRI International Fee Bursary

£27,600/Year; UK Research and Innovation PhD Bursary, 2024

Mercia Award Department Nomination

Imperial College, 2024

Full PhD School of Clinical Medicine Cambridge Trust Scholarship

University of Cambridge, 2024

School of Clinical Medicine Doctoral Training Programme Scholarship

University of Cambridge, 2024

International Excellence Scholarship

£6000; UCL, 2023

CSC-University of Bristol PhD Scholarship

University of Bristol, 2022

Best Final Project Award in Experimental Psychology

University of Bristol, 2022


these were mostly from

where I occasionally attended lectures

- my universities 📚
PhD in Clinical Neurosciences @ University of Cambridge

2024 - Current

PhD in Clinical Neurosciences @ University of Cambridge

Cambridge, UK

DTP-MR fully funded. School of clinical medecine. Multimodel neuroimaging for cognitive decline in ageing and dementia.

Master of Research (MRes) - Neurotech (Neural Engineering) @ Imperial College London

2023 - 2024

Master of Research (MRes) - Neurotech (Neural Engineering) @ Imperial College London

Grade: Distinction

London, UK

Biomimetic Neural Networks for Signal Denoising at Kozlov lab (under supervision of Dr. Andriy Kozlov). Modules include Neuroscience, Biomimetics, Brain-Computer Interface

Master of Research (MRes) - Biomedical Engineering @ Kings College London

2022-2023

Master of Research (MRes) - Biomedical Engineering @ Kings College London

Grade: Distinction (77)

London, UK

Robotics Integration, Advanced Machine Learning, Engineering Principles for Bionics & Neurotechnology and Surgical and Interventional Technologies

Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Psychology @ University of Bristol

2018-2022

Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Psychology @ University of Bristol

Grade: Distinction (78)

Bristol, UK

Evolution, Language, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology

Public Health Short Course @ Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

2022

Public Health Short Course @ Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Bogotá, Colombia

Different components of the Colombian public health system, and how they interact to provide healthcare

Biology International Foundation Course @ Newcastle University

2017 - 2018

Biology International Foundation Course @ Newcastle University

Grade: Distinction (80)

Newcastle, UK


Ive got some proof

that I sometimes get things done:

- here are some of my projects 🛠️

Imaging Projects

UNet Ensemble Learning

UNet Ensemble Learning

Scored 93% in advanced machine learning course where I used 3D U-Net and ensemble learning to segment lung tumors in MRI images (Medical Segmentation Decathlon dataset). To do this, I focused on optimization of hyperparameters, data augmentation, and ensembling methods

GitHub Repository

Multi-Modal Phenotyping for Tuberculous Meningitis

Multi-Modal Phenotyping for Tuberculous Meningitis

Developed, tested and refined multi-modal models designed to phenotype brain lesions in patients with Tuberculous Meningitis and HIV, and predict their clinical outcomes. Publication is forthcoming where my hope is that this research will eventually improve medical care and save lives

Surgical Path Planning with Robotic Operating System (ROS)

Surgical Path Planning with Robotic Operating System (ROS)

ROS for Surgical Path Planning. The project involves: 1. compute the trajectory that acheives critical structure avoidance, 2. minimizes the distance to the target 3. move the robot arm along the trajectory

GitHub Repository

VAE-GAN

VAE-GAN

Image example for the VAE-GAN project

VAE-GAN

VAE-GAN

The aim of this project is to implement and validate a VAE-GAN as per the original paper by ABL Larsen et al. (2015) and to apply it to X-ray images of hands

GitHub Repository

Predicting gestational age at scan and birth for neonates from the developing Human Connectome Project

Predicting gestational age at scan and birth for neonates from the developing Human Connectome Project

Predict the gestational age at scan and birth for neonates using data from the developing Human Connectome Project. A pre-activation ResNet architecture (He, 2015) is used, integrating confounds to enhance prediction performance. The training process included data augmentation, weighted sampling to manage class imbalances, and early stopping for training

GitHub Repository

Classification of prematurity using structural connectivity using PCA

Classification of prematurity using structural connectivity using PCA

Predict neonatal prematurity using brain connectivity matrices as features. Initial logistic regression models showed high specificity but low sensitivity due to dataset imbalance; however, adjusting for class weights improved the model's performance in predicting preterm births. Visualization using PCA demonstrated the separation between term and preterm samples, both for true and predicted labels, with the updated model showing better alignment with the actual data

GitHub Repository

Cognitive Projects

MindSet

MindSet

Contributed to development and testing of datasets to determine whether neural networks exhibit visual illusions (MindSet). This will enable the understanding of the difference and similarity between human vision and artificial system.

GitHub Repository

Publication

Measuring Perceptual Similarity in Neural Networks

Measuring Perceptual Similarity in Neural Networks

A schematics animation made using manim, for MindSet project and the Orthographic DNN project. Click play to watch the animation

Orthographic Deep Neural Networks

Orthographic Deep Neural Networks

Convolutional Neural Networks accounts for priming effect surprisingly well - better than dedicated psychological models

GitHub Repository

Publication

Other Projects

LLMs for Healthcare Records (Details are Confidential)

LLMs for Healthcare Records (Details are Confidential)

Current electronic healthcare record (EHR) systems encounter several issues, notably concerning accessibility and mobility of data, and the effective use of emerging technologies. A promising solution to these challenges is the application LLMs

Tensor Spectacle

Tensor Spectacle

A python package for visualizing a Sequence of Tensors

GitHub Repository

Clustering-Based Approximation for the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP)

Clustering-Based Approximation for the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP)

A hierarchical clustering-based approximation that proves to be significantly faster than genetic algorithm, especially with larger datasets - 974 times better solution (path length) and 1.22 times less computation time

GitHub Repository

Generative Model Art Plotter Pipeline

Generative Model Art Plotter Pipeline

Using generative model for producing art, and reinforcement learning agent and a plotter for drawing it

Gesture Code

Gesture Code

A project that aims to create simple, pythonic and intuitive syntax for gesture recognition

GitHub Repository


but after all, I am most proud of

things Ive mastered

mostly by Googling
- my skills

Machine Learning

Python

Legends say, 12,000+ non-miserable hours has been spent on this

what is this

Pytorch

I use pytorch as my main deep neural network framework

what is this

MONAI

Medical Open Network for Artificial Intelligence. Absolutely fantastic package for medical imaging processing!

what is this

Computer Vision

Medical Image Segmentation

Distributed Hyperparameter Tuning

I am developing a package that allows the user to define the dependencies between hyperparameters using very pythonic syntax

High Performance Computing

I have 3 years experience with HPCs (training, finetuning etc.)

Generative Models

Trained a model to write poems at around 2019 (way before GBT era).

Embeddings

For information retrival in healthcare systems

Robot Operating System

Did a project on surgical path planning with it

Reinforcement Learning

Trained (and training) some models in drawing stuff with a mechanical plotter using DQN

Data Science

R & Statistics

My first programming language, spent some good 3 years with it before python

what is this

Streamlit

I use it for making quick dashboard for posters and presentations without having to use Javascript

what is this

Dash

A little fancier than Streamlit, for making dashboard

what is this

Manim

This is a package for making 3blue1brown-like animations. I am a community contributer - fix some bugs for the package sometimes

what is this

Development

Bash

I do shell scripting for various purposes

React JS

I use React JS for some dashboard applications with component-based architectures if I would want to make it proper

what is this

Git

Git is my go-to version control system for tracking changes in code

what is this

MongoDB

Structural databases, storing data in JSON-like format

what is this

RESTful API

SSH

Encrypted communication with servers

Continuous Integration

CI helps me automate the building and testing of code every time a change is commit. Saves a lot of time

Personal Skills & Values

Collaboration

Transparency

Honesty

Openess

Hard Working

Efficiency

Perseverance

Respect


I find them very helpful

at places that

have tolerated my presence

aka, my work experience
Researcher @ University of Bristol

2022 - 2023

Researcher @ University of Bristol

Remote (Bristol, UK)

Coding and training models using distributed cloud computation; Carefully designing, generating and maintained datasets and GitHub repository for testing cognitive phenomenon in artificial neural networks; Contributed to publications in high-impact journals

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Former Co-Founder & Tech Lead @ Across Medical

2023 - 2024

Former Co-Founder & Tech Lead @ Across Medical

London, UK

Provided constructive support to interns and junior staff members; Responsible for developing and testing initial prototype technology; Currently seeking first-round funding in collaboration with Kings College

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Machine learning Engineer @ Amine Cyber

2021

Machine learning Engineer @ Amine Cyber

London, UK

Evaluated and developed reinforcement learning algorithms to predict students knowledge levels before and after learning sessions.

Research Intern (Biomedical Engineering) @ King's College London

2022 - 2023

Research Intern (Biomedical Engineering) @ King's College London

London, UK

Used multi-modal (on image and non-image data) models to phenotype brain lesions in patients with Tuberculous Meningitis

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Data analytics (Reverse Engineering & Optimisation) @ Youta Shengshi Tech

2020

Data analytics (Reverse Engineering & Optimisation) @ Youta Shengshi Tech

Shengzheng, China

Challenged self to understand cutting-edge interpretation methods for compiled code; Results published on developer website

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please

get in touch

before I forget to maintain this page
Don_Yin@outlook.com