Calvin Mccarter
Senior ML Scientist at BigHat Biosciences
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolCalvin Mccarter is a Senior ML Scientist based in Boston with 11 years of experience applying machine learning across industry and research, from a PhD in Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon to roles at Tempus, Lightmatter, Amazon, and now BigHat Biosciences. He specializes in translating cutting-edge ML research into production systems for healthcare, hardware-accelerated ML, and large-scale applied problems, blending deep academic rigor with pragmatic engineering. Calvin’s background includes GPU-accelerated algorithms, post-silicon validation work, and improvements to high-throughput services, reflecting a strong systems-oriented approach to ML. He’s comfortable moving between research, product, and low-level performance optimization, and has a track record of elevating ML reliability in production settings. Notably, his career threads a consistent focus on computational efficiency—optimizing algorithms for real-world hardware constraints while keeping scientific validity front and center.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.E, Computer Science Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, 4.0, B.S.E, Computer Science Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, 4.0 at University of MichiganDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University
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Github Skills (89)
python10
clustering10
similarity10
gmm10
nearest-neighbors9
foundation-models9
prediction9
machine-learning9
sorting-algorithms9
cosine-similarity9
data-structures9
algorithm9
adapter9
statistics8
deep-learning8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
calvinmccarter/calvinmccarter.github.io
Oct 2015 - Feb 2025
Contributions:71 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 5 months
calvinmccarter/mega-cggm
Oct 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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