Emils Matiss
Chair Of The Board Of Directors at Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolEmils Matiss is a neuroscience PhD candidate and experienced governance leader with a decade of cross-disciplinary experience spanning computational neuroscience, computer science, and nonprofit financial oversight. He studies how populations of spiking neurons generate and control movement using tools like Brian2, PyTorch, LQR control, and closed-loop simulations, bringing machine learning and biologically inspired modeling to fundamental motor-control questions. Beyond the lab, he has led student and community organizations at high levels—including SGPS president, university trustee, and chair/treasurer roles—where he delivered governance reforms, preserved multi-million-dollar graduate funding, and strengthened financial oversight for capital projects. Comfortable bridging technical research and organizational strategy, he combines rigorous computational skills with practical experience negotiating contracts, improving reporting, and managing accessibility-focused capital upgrades. An international background in computer science, business, and psychology underpins his ability to translate complex technical work into policy and institutional impact.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Ursula Franklin AcademyBachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience at Queen's UniversityBachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA at Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityInternational Exchange, European Business Management, International Exchange, European Business Management at Audencia
Github Skills (8)
biomedical7
stochastic-processes7
neuroscience6
electrophysiology6
computational-neuroscience6
machine-learning5
java4
python4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ematiss/react
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 month
javascript-libraryjavascriptdeclarativeuser-interfacesinterfaces
ematiss/babel
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 month
tropicalnext-generationbabeljavascriptcompiler
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