Erdal Cosgun
Senior Data And Applied Scientist
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolErdal Cosgun is a Senior Data and Applied Scientist at Microsoft with eight years of experience applying machine learning, data mining, and statistical genetics to genomics and health research. He leads work integrating large language and sequence models with genomic analysis—using RAG and fine-tuning to improve variant annotation—and authors technical blogs and peer-reviewed papers that raise Microsoft’s profile in applied AI for healthcare. His background spans academia and industry, including visiting researcher roles at Seattle Children’s and the Broad Institute, a PhD in Biostatistics, and co-founding an award-winning bioinformatics startup. He has a track record of turning research into customer-facing solutions and partner-ready materials while operationalizing interactive genomics analysis on cloud platforms like Terra/Azure. Less obvious: he blends deep domain knowledge in statistical genetics with practical productization skills, enabling both discovery-grade analyses (e.g., SIDS whole-genome ML studies) and deployable genomics tooling. Based in Redmond, he focuses on bridging cutting-edge computational biology with real-world impact.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biostatistics at Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Github Skills (28)
genomics10
jupyter9
google-cloud-platform9
notebook9
azure9
python8
openstack8
google-cloud8
gcp8
terra8
microsoft-azure8
microsoft8
data-analysis7
react6
user-interface5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/genomicsnotebook
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Jupyter Notebooks on Azure for Genomics Data Analysis
Contributions:2 reviews, 83 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 6 months
data-analysispythongenomics-datagenomicsnotebooks
erdalcosgun/MLvcf
Aug 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:1 branch in 10 months
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