Kent Kawashima
Co-Founder at kabaw.ai
Greater Tokyo Area Japan
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Top SchoolKent Kawashima is a computational population geneticist and co-founder with 11 years' experience applying numerical simulation and machine learning to viral and cancer evolution. Based in Greater Tokyo, he develops biological databases and automated pipelines that accelerate large-scale sequence comparison, ortholog discovery, and alignment quality control. His work spans hands-on wet-lab NGS workflows and algorithmic model-building, from dengue virus detection and SNP analysis to hybrid within-host/between-host pathogen evolution models. At the Graduate University for Advanced Studies he builds predictive cancer-genetics ML tools, while kabaw.ai underscores his move to translate research into product. He also routinely teaches bioinformatics and maintains lab computing infrastructure, combining rigorous theory with practical reproducible tooling.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Molecular Medicine, Master of Science - MS, Molecular Medicine at St. Luke's College of MedicineDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Genetics at The Graduate University for Advanced StudiesBachelor of Science - BS, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at University of the Philippines
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Github Skills (102)
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django10
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jupyter10
matching10
jupyter-notebook10
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jupyterlab10
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kentwait/conspos
Aug 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 112 commits, 39 pushes in 1 year 8 months
kentwait/nxsim
Jun 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:52 commits, 21 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
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