I BRAG a bit
about some trophies 🏆
of my Awesomeness
aka., awardsUKRI 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
2024 - Current
PhD in Clinical Neurosciences @ University of CambridgeCambridge, UK
DTP-MR fully funded. School of clinical medecine. Multimodel neuroimaging for cognitive decline in ageing and dementia.
2023 - 2024
Master of Research (MRes) - Neurotech (Neural Engineering) @ Imperial College LondonGrade: 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
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
2018-2022
Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Psychology @ University of Bristol
Grade: Distinction (78)
Bristol, UK
Evolution, Language, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology
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
2017 - 2018
Biology International Foundation Course @ Newcastle University
Grade: Distinction (80)
Newcastle, UK
Ive got some proof
that I sometimes get things done:
Imaging Projects
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
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)
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
VAE-GAN
Image example for the VAE-GAN project
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
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
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
Cognitive Projects
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.
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
Convolutional Neural Networks accounts for priming effect surprisingly well - better than dedicated psychological models
Other Projects
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
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
Generative Model Art Plotter Pipeline
Using generative model for producing art, and reinforcement learning agent and a plotter for drawing it
Gesture Code
A project that aims to create simple, pythonic and intuitive syntax for gesture recognition
but after all, I am most proud of
things Ive mastered
mostly by GooglingMachine Learning
MONAI
Medical Open Network for Artificial Intelligence. Absolutely fantastic package for medical imaging processing!
what is thisComputer 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 thisStreamlit
I use it for making quick dashboard for posters and presentations without having to use Javascript
what is thisManim
This is a package for making 3blue1brown-like animations. I am a community contributer - fix some bugs for the package sometimes
what is thisDevelopment
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 thisRESTful 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 experience2022 - 2023
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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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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London, UK
Evaluated and developed reinforcement learning algorithms to predict students knowledge levels before and after learning sessions.
2022 - 2023
London, UK
Used multi-modal (on image and non-image data) models to phenotype brain lesions in patients with Tuberculous Meningitis
Learn more2020
Shengzheng, China
Challenged self to understand cutting-edge interpretation methods for compiled code; Results published on developer website
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