Matthew explains how combining machine learning and computational biology can provide mainstream medicine with better diagnostics and insights.
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Matthew Davis is Head of AI at Invitae, the largest and fastest growing genetic testing company in the world. His research includes bioinformatics, computational biology, NLP, reinforcement learning, and information retrieval. Matthew was previously at IBM Research AI, where he led a research team focused on improving AI systems.
Connect with Matthew:
📍 Personal website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-davis-51233386/
📍 Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadsmiths
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⏳ Timestamps:
0:00 Sneak peek, intro
1:02 What is Invitae?
2:58 Why genetic testing can help everyone
7:51 How Invitae uses ML techniques
14:02 Modeling molecules and deciding which genes to look at
22:22 NLP applications in bioinformatics
27:10 Team structure at Invitae
36:50 Why reasoning is an underrated topic in ML
40:25 Why having a clear buy-in is important
🌟 Transcript: http://wandb.me/gd-matthew-davis 🌟
Links:
📍 Invitae: https://www.invitae.com/en
📍 Careers at Invitae: https://www.invitae.com/en/careers/
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