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Christian Shewmake 书逸才

Berkeley, CA || Austin, TX

Exploring Lie groups in perception and neural computation

Academic Research

Fall 2020 Learning Lie Group Models for Visual Perception

Prof. Bruno Olshausen, Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience

UC Berkeley

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Fall 2019 Dynamic Persistent Memory in Spiking Neural Networks

Prof. ShiNung Ching, Brain Dynamics and Control Lab

Washington University in St. Louis

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Fall 2016 Parameter Estimation for Channel Dynamics in Cardiac Chaos

Prof. Jon Silva, Multiscale Dynamics, Modeling, and Simulation Lab

Washington University in St. Louis

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Summer 2015 EEG Dynamics During Sleep, Seizure, and Coma

Prof. ShiNung Ching, Brain Dynamics and Control Lab

Washington University in St. Louis

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Education

2018 - 2019 Masters in Systems Science and Mathematics

Washington University in St. Louis

 

2013 - 2017 Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering

Second Major in Applied Mathematics

Minor in Computer Science

Washington University in St. Louis

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2016 - 2017 Winter Course in Complexity

New England Complex Systems Institute, MIT Campus

Complexity Science, Dynamical Systems Modeling, and Network Theory

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2016 ​International Summer Exchange Program​

Political Theory and Comparative Politics, Development of Modern China

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Industry R&D Experience

2018 Computational Modeling and Systems Engineer

Koniku Inc | Neurotech Wetware Startup | Berkeley, CA

Lab Automation and High Throughput Screening

Real-Time Explosive Detection With Cell Biosensors

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February 2018 Computational Modeling Intern

Koniku Inc | Neurotech Wetware Startup | Berkeley, CA

Biosensor Response Modeling and Experimental Design

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2017 Founder & CEO

SomniScan | HealthTech Startup | St. Louis, MO

Development of Novel Sleep Disorder Screening Tool [EEG + SpO2, DNN]

Extensive Literature Review and Market Research in Sleep Tech

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Social Good Projects​

Summer 2019 Identifying Individuals for Community Health Programs

The City of Memphis Fire and Emergency Services Department

UChicago Data Science For Social Good Fellowship

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Summer 2017 Volunteer Data Strategy Consultant

The OneSky Foundation | Child Welfare NGO | Beijing, China

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2013-2015 Founding Member, Engineering World Health Chapter

Washington University in St. Louis

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Teaching Experience

2019 Dynamics on Learned Manifolds

Chalk Talks @ WUSTL

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2016 Teaching Fellow, Harvard's CS50

LaunchCode | St. Louis, MO

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2016 Rapid Device Prototyping Workshops

BMES, Engineering [for] World Health @ WUSTL

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2015 Calculus III Subsection Instructor

Academic Services @ WUSTL

Papers & Poster Presentations

​2020 Paper: N Miolane, A Brigant, ..., C Shewmake, ..., X Pennec. 

Geomstats: A Python Package for Riemannian Geometry in Machine Learning. To Appear. JMLR, 2020.

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2020 Talk: N Miolane, A Brigant, ..., C Shewmake, ..., X Pennec. 

Geomstats: A Python Package for Riemannian Geometry in Machine Learning. Talk submitted to SciPy Conference, 2020.

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2019 Poster: Helping Emergency Medical Services to Identify High Utilizers for Proactive Care Services

DSSG Datafest 2019 Poster Session, Imperial College London, UK

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2017 Poster: SomniScan - Bringing Sleep Testing Home​, Biomedical Engineering Day Poster Session

Washington University in St. Louis, MO

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Grants & Awards

2020 Travel Support | $1000, Geomstats Hackathon

Hosts: Dr. Nina Miolane, Dr. Xavier Pennec, Epione Group

INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, Côte d'Azur, France

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2019 Data Science For Social Good Summer Fellowship | Funded

UChicago, Imperial College London, Turing Institute (acc. rate 5%)

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​2017 Travel Grant | $1000, The OneSky Foundation Project 

Summer Internship Support Program @ WUSTL

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2017 Finalists | $2500 Deposit + $2500 in Legal Aid, SomniScan

Low-Cost Sleep Disorder Screening Tool

The Discovery Competition @ WUSTL

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2016 EPRB R&D Grant | $1000, SomniScan

The Engineering Projects Review Board @ WUSTL

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2014 Semifinalists | $1000 + Lab Space, AmoxiDerm/ChitoTrans 

Transdermal Drug Delivery System for Resource-Poor Areas

The Discovery Competition @ WUSTL

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2014 EPRB R&D Grant | $600, ChitoTrans

The Engineering Projects Review Board @ WUSTL

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Programming

Languages

Python, C++, C, Matlab, Java, R, LaTex

HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node.js, Django, SQL

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Systems & Tools

Jupyter Lab/Notebook, Linux/Unix Shell, Git, Github, Bitbucket, AWS EC2, GCloud Functions, GCloud Notebooks, VIM, Arduino

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Public Talks

2019 Identifying 911 High Utilizers for Proactive Care Services in Memphis, TN

DSSG Datafest 2019 Main Event @ Imperial College London, UK

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2019 Using Data Science to Identify Potential 911 High Utilizers

Data for Memphis Public Services, Memphis, TN

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2019 Dynamics on Learned Manifolds

Chalk Talks @ WUSTL

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2019 Systems Science & Biotech Startup Representative

Graduate Careers Panel @ WUSTL

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