Christopher Cole
Research Scientist at deepgenomics
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolChristopher Cole is a research scientist with 11 years of experience probing the genetic architecture of complex disease using machine learning and rigorous statistical inference. Currently a lead scientist at Deep Genomics in Old Toronto, he bridges functional, statistical, and population genomics to translate genomic signals into biological insight. He is a pragmatic open-source engineer who ships tools in R, Python, C++, and Rust to make genomics workflows more reproducible and production-ready. Trained with a DPhil from Oxford and a bachelor’s from Ottawa, he pairs deep theoretical chops with practical software engineering. Outside work he explores modern web development and microcontroller projects, bringing a hands-on tinkerer’s curiosity to scientific problems.
11 years of coding experience
DPhil (PhD), DPhil (PhD) at University of OxfordBachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at University of Ottawa
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (87)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Chris1221/talks
Jul 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:21 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
Chris1221/gwas_sim
Oct 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:1 release, 71 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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