Cory Giles
Staff Scientist at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCory Giles is a Staff Scientist and computational biologist with 14 years applying informatics and ML to aging biology and diverse high-throughput sequencing projects. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and combines deep practical skills in Python, R and C++ with broad exposure to languages like Clojure, Julia and Haskell, plus solid Linux/sysadmin and cluster experience (SGE, Kubernetes). Cory has worked closely with wet-lab teams, contributed to about ten NIH grant proposals, and maintains a steady publication record documenting collaborative, translational projects. He’s an early ML practitioner (competed in the first Kaggle) who uses PyTorch/TensorFlow for biological classification and regression while candidly acknowledging the field’s rapid evolution. Based in Oklahoma City, he brings a pragmatic balance of research rigor, software craftsmanship, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
14 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterBachelor's degree, Biology, General, Bachelor's degree, Biology, General at Oklahoma Christian University
Github Skills (45)
statistics10
data-science9
python9
machine-learning9
data-analysis9
nlp8
corenlp8
scikit8
ms-access8
scikit-learn8
java8
linter7
clojure6
reader6
bayesian5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
gilesc/h5df
Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:26 commits, 10 pushes, 1 tag in 8 months
gilesc/mdbread
Oct 2012 - Mar 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 5 years 6 months
pythonwindowslinuxpython-readercross-platform
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