Jon Deaton
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorJon Deaton is a Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, blending computer science with bioengineering to solve learning-driven problems at scale. With nine years of experience across research and software engineering, he has tackled projects in machine learning, computational biology, and health AI. His career spans senior roles at X, the moonshot factory, a stint at Google Research Health AI, a period at EvolutionaryScale, and now Google DeepMind, reflecting a path from exploratory research to production-grade systems. He earned a BS in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford, combining life sciences with software engineering fundamentals. As a former Stanford varsity gymnast and USA Junior National Team member, he brings disciplined teamwork and resilience to collaborative research efforts.
10 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
4,092reputation
482kreached
59answers
35questions
unix
top-5%
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top-5%
Github Skills (140)
python10
deep-learning10
gpu10
floating10
genomics10
gpu-acceleration10
avro10
acceleration10
numpy10
adam10
neural-network10
hopper10
tensor10
utilization10
data-science10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
jondeaton/Algorithms
Sep 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:159 commits, 161 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
jondeaton/AgarAI
Jun 2019 - Sep 2021
Reinforcement Learning for Agar.io
Contributions:12 PRs, 53 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years 3 months
agarreinforcement-learningreinforcementdeep-reinforcement-learning
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