Krzysztof Geras
Chief Scientific Officer at Ataraxis AI
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKrzysztof Geras is a machine learning scientist and research-driven leader with eight years of experience bridging academia and industry, currently serving as Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Ataraxis AI while holding an adjunct appointment at New York University. He specializes in deep learning, unsupervised methods, model compression, transfer learning and rigorous evaluation, with a current focus on deploying deep learning solutions in medical imaging. His career traces a strong research trajectory from a PhD in Informatics at the University of Edinburgh through postdoctoral and faculty roles at NYU, complemented by research internships at Microsoft and Amazon that informed practical system-building. Known for translating cutting-edge research into product-focused teams, he combines academic rigor with startup execution and an eye for efficient, deployable models. An understated strength is his emphasis on evaluation methodology—ensuring models are not only performant but reliable in clinical contexts.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics at The University of EdinburghMSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at University of Warsaw
English, Polish, Spanish
Github Skills (23)
breast-cancer10
classification9
classifiers9
medicine9
medical-image-analysis9
medical-imaging8
mri8
meta8
pytorch7
high-resolution7
classifier7
deep-learning6
localization6
docker6
multiclass-classification5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nyukat/COVID-19_prognosis
Nov 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes, 1 issue in 6 months
nyukat/mammography_metarepository
Aug 2021 - Apr 2022
Meta-repository of screening mammography classifiers
Contributions:1 review, 3 commits, 1 PR in 7 months
pytorchbreast-cancerdeep-learningmedical-image-processingmeta
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