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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 |