Christian Shewmake
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
Fall 2019 Dynamic Persistent Memory in Spiking Neural Networks
Prof. ShiNung Ching, Brain Dynamics and Control Lab
Washington University in St. Louis
Fall 2016 Parameter Estimation for Channel Dynamics in Cardiac Chaos
Prof. Jon Silva, Multiscale Dynamics, Modeling, and Simulation Lab
Washington University in St. Louis
Summer 2015 EEG Dynamics During Sleep, Seizure, and Coma
Prof. ShiNung Ching, Brain Dynamics and Control Lab
Washington University in St. Louis
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
2016 - 2017 Winter Course in Complexity
New England Complex Systems Institute, MIT Campus
Complexity Science, Dynamical Systems Modeling, and Network Theory
2016 International Summer Exchange Program
Political Theory and Comparative Politics, Development of Modern China
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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
February 2018 Computational Modeling Intern
Koniku Inc | Neurotech Wetware Startup | Berkeley, CA
Biosensor Response Modeling and Experimental Design
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
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
Summer 2017 Volunteer Data Strategy Consultant
The OneSky Foundation | Child Welfare NGO | Beijing, China
2013-2015 Founding Member, Engineering World Health Chapter
Washington University in St. Louis
Teaching Experience
2019 Dynamics on Learned Manifolds
Chalk Talks @ WUSTL
2016 Teaching Fellow, Harvard's CS50
LaunchCode | St. Louis, MO
2016 Rapid Device Prototyping Workshops
BMES, Engineering [for] World Health @ WUSTL
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.
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.
2019 Poster: Helping Emergency Medical Services to Identify High Utilizers for Proactive Care Services
DSSG Datafest 2019 Poster Session, Imperial College London, UK
2017 Poster: SomniScan - Bringing Sleep Testing Home, Biomedical Engineering Day Poster Session
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Grants & Awards
2020 Travel Support | $1000, Geomstats Hackathon
Hosts: Dr. Nina Miolane, Dr. Xavier Pennec, Epione Group
INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, Côte d'Azur, France
2019 Data Science For Social Good Summer Fellowship | Funded
UChicago, Imperial College London, Turing Institute (acc. rate 5%)
2017 Travel Grant | $1000, The OneSky Foundation Project
Summer Internship Support Program @ WUSTL
2017 Finalists | $2500 Deposit + $2500 in Legal Aid, SomniScan
Low-Cost Sleep Disorder Screening Tool
The Discovery Competition @ WUSTL
2016 EPRB R&D Grant | $1000, SomniScan
The Engineering Projects Review Board @ WUSTL
2014 Semifinalists | $1000 + Lab Space, AmoxiDerm/ChitoTrans
Transdermal Drug Delivery System for Resource-Poor Areas
The Discovery Competition @ WUSTL
2014 EPRB R&D Grant | $600, ChitoTrans
The Engineering Projects Review Board @ WUSTL
Programming
Languages
Python, C++, C, Matlab, Java, R, LaTex
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node.js, Django, SQL
Systems & Tools
Jupyter Lab/Notebook, Linux/Unix Shell, Git, Github, Bitbucket, AWS EC2, GCloud Functions, GCloud Notebooks, VIM, Arduino
Public Talks
2019 Identifying 911 High Utilizers for Proactive Care Services in Memphis, TN
DSSG Datafest 2019 Main Event @ Imperial College London, UK
2019 Using Data Science to Identify Potential 911 High Utilizers
Data for Memphis Public Services, Memphis, TN
2019 Dynamics on Learned Manifolds
Chalk Talks @ WUSTL
2019 Systems Science & Biotech Startup Representative
Graduate Careers Panel @ WUSTL