Hey, I’m Cole · Open to interesting problems
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I build machine learning systems and the software around them, from billion-molecule datasets to production pipelines.
ML engineer · data scientist · infra tinkerer
I’m a machine learning engineer and data scientist who likes turning messy data into things people actually use. I studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley, then went back for a Master of Information and Data Science.
Along the way I’ve shipped ML and software at OpenEye Scientific, Isomark Health, and Los Alamos National Laboratory: unsupervised models for drug-discovery screening, classifiers on medical device data, and a Django app used by the Department of Homeland Security.
On my own time I built Blacklight, an open-source AutoML library that evolves neural network topologies with genetic algorithms. I like distributed systems, a well-tuned pipeline, and running my own infrastructure (this site is served from a Kubernetes cluster on my desk).
Where I’ve shipped ML and software
May ’22 – Aug ’22
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
May ’20 – Jan ’22
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
May ’19 – Oct ’21
Software Engineering Intern
Things I built because I wanted them to exist
Open-source AutoML
An AutoML library that uses genetic algorithms to evolve deep neural network topologies. The long-term goal is a framework that interviews a data scientist about their problem, trains a custom model with Blacklight, and deploys it behind an API.
Full-stack e-commerce
A full-stack store built with Django, React, and Redux: shopping cart, reviews and ratings, search, user profiles with order history, admin product and user management, and PayPal / card checkout.
Two Berkeley degrees and a head start