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Basics
| Name | Sebastian M Schmon |
| Label | Senior Machine Learning and Statistics Researcher / Engineer |
| Url | https://schmons.github.io/ |
| Summary | A German-born statistician and machine learning researcher. Now working on biology in Cambridge. |
Work
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2023 - Present Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Altos Labs
- Machine Learning
- Biology
- Transcriptomics
- Cellular Rejuvenation
- Causal Inference
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2022 - 2023 -
2021 - 2022 Assistant Professor of Statistics
University of Durham
- Statistics
- Teaching
- Supervision
- Machine Learning
- Generative AI
- Diffusion Models
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2020 - 2022 Research Scientist
Improbable
- Machine Learning
- Generative AI
- Probabilistic Inference
- Bayesian Inference
Volunteer
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2024 - Present
Education
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2015 - 2020 Oxford, UK
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2013 - 2015 Berlin, Germany
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2011 - 2013 Berlin, Germany
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2009 - 2013 Berlin, Germany
Awards
- 2015.09
- 2022.06
Best paper award
AI4ABM workshop, ICML 2022
- 2022
Best reviewer award
Neurips
- 2022
- 2021
- 2014
Erasmus grant
Humboldt University
- 2018
Travel/research grant
Magdalen College Oxford
Skills
| Statistics | |
| Bayesian Inference | |
| Frequentist Inference | |
| Hypothesis Testing | |
| Confidence Intervals | |
| Linear Regression | |
| Logistic Regression | |
| Generalized Linear Models | |
| Time Series Analysis | |
| ARIMA Models | |
| Stochastic Processes | |
| Markov Chains | |
| Monte Carlo Methods | |
| Bootstrap Methods | |
| Resampling Methods | |
| Nonparametric Statistics | |
| Robust Statistics | |
| Principal Component Analysis (PCA) | |
| Factor Analysis | |
| Linear and Generalized Linear Models | |
| Unsupervised Learning | |
| Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces | |
| Variational Methods | |
| Survey Statistics | |
| Causal Inference |
| Machine Learning | |
| Neural Networks | |
| Transformers | |
| Attention Mechanisms | |
| Transfer Learning | |
| Reinforcement Learning | |
| Unsupervised Learning | |
| Semi-Supervised Learning | |
| Supervised Learning | |
| Gradient Descent | |
| Backpropagation | |
| Regularization (L1, L2, Dropout) | |
| Hyperparameter Optimization | |
| Empirical Risk Minimization | |
| Transductive Learning | |
| Variational Autoencoders | |
| Denoising Diffusion Models | |
| Large Language Models (LLMs) | |
| Optimization Algorithms (SGD, Adam, RMSprop) |
| Economics | |
| Microeconomics | |
| Macroeconomics | |
| Econometrics | |
| Game Theory | |
| Behavioral Economics | |
| International Trade | |
| Economic Development | |
| Monetary Policy | |
| Fiscal Policy | |
| Labor Markets | |
| Market Structure |
| Computer Science | |
| Algorithms and Data Structures | |
| Complexity Theory | |
| Computability Theory | |
| Automata Theory | |
| Python | |
| Java | |
| C/C++ |
Languages
| German | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |