Jake Crawford
Research Scientist at Aitia
United States
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Top SchoolJake Crawford is a research scientist with 12 years of experience at the intersection of computational biology and software engineering, currently applying his expertise at Aitia. He holds a PhD in Genomics and Computational Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Computer Science from Tufts, blending deep domain knowledge with strong engineering practice. His background includes industry research at Repare Therapeutics and Microsoft and earlier production software roles at Wayfair, giving him a rare ability to move ideas from prototype to deployed systems. Jake maintains a public portfolio (jjc2718.github.io) that is often more up-to-date than LinkedIn, indicating an emphasis on transparent, reproducible work. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex genomic problems into scalable computational solutions and to bridge collaborations between lab scientists and software teams. He often pairs rigorous academic methods with product-focused engineering to deliver actionable insights for drug discovery and biotech partners.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at Tufts UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Genomics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Genomics and Computational Biology at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (90)
classifier10
gene-expression10
prediction10
journal10
variational-autoencoder10
autoencoder10
genome10
bootstrapping10
predictive10
pan10
medicine10
catalog9
multimodal9
doi9
machine-learning9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
greenelab/biopriors-review
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
A literature review of biologically constrained machine learning models
Contributions:178 commits, 37 PRs, 73 pushes in 3 months
machine-learningreviewliteratureconstrainedmachine-learning-models
jjc2718/jjc2718.github.io
Mar 2016 - Dec 2024
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 10 months
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