Joseph Cappadona
Machine Learning Research Engineer at Ataraxis AI
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Cappadona is a machine learning research engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building self-supervised vision models for digital pathology and breast cancer risk stratification at Ataraxis AI while pursuing an MS in Computer Science at NYU. He has a strong track record applying SSL to medical imaging—implementing distributed training pipelines and demonstrating improved performance on diagnosis and recurrence prediction from 3D MRIs. Past roles span XAI library development, applied cryptography analysis, and instructional technology, reflecting a blend of research, engineering, and teaching. He combines hands-on model development and experiment tracking with practical deployment-minded work such as visualization and time-to-event modeling. Outside of work, he competes in chess and poker and practices yoga, hinting at a strategic, disciplined approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Lynbrook Senior High SchoolMaster's degree, Computer, Master's degree, Computer at New York UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
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Github Skills (122)
python10
deep-learning10
gpu10
chess10
machine-learning10
numpy9
neural-network9
lichess9
gdown9
bioinformatics9
functional-programming9
data-science9
scala9
typescript9
notice9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
josephcappadona/sphero-r2d2-iOS
Jun 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:17 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
josephcappadona/sphero-project
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
Using A* search to guide Spheros
Contributions:105 commits, 10 PRs, 69 pushes in 5 months
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