Christopher Nielsen
PHD Student at University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolChristopher Nielsen is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Calgary specializing in medical imaging and machine learning for ophthalmology, building on an MSc in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Applied Mathematics. With nine years of industry and academic experience—including four years as an industrial data scientist at Getty Images—he applies practical ML solutions to visual search and scarce-data medical classification problems. He teaches estimation theory and has a strong grounding in probability, computer vision, and algorithm development from both TA and instructor roles. Aspiring to become a physician-scientist, he uniquely blends hands-on ML research with clinical ambition to translate imaging tools into surgical and policy impact.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of CalgaryProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
chrisnielsen/awesome-ophthalmology
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:48 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
chrisnielsen-utilities/word2markdown
Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:4 pushes in 2 months
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