Kyle Kurkela
Research Computing Applications And Data Specialist
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Kurkela is a Research Computing Applications and Data Specialist and cognitive neuroscience PhD who translates complex neuroimaging and behavioral datasets into reproducible insights using R, Python, and MATLAB. With nearly a decade of hands-on research experience, he has designed experiments, developed open-source MRI and psychophysiological data pipelines, and managed high-performance computing resources for academic teams. At Boston University he supports researchers by coupling rigorous statistics and machine learning with scalable compute workflows, and he has a track record of publishing and producing lab-wide software tools. He also builds training curricula—teaching R-based data manipulation and HPC workshops—to raise analytical capacity among graduate students. Based in New York, Kyle blends deep domain expertise with practical software engineering, often surfacing overlooked data-quality issues through automated QA pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Chaminade High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Science at Boston CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science at Cornell University
Github Skills (14)
image-registration3
imaging3
medical3
image-processing2
segmentation2
image-segmentation2
dicom2
python2
itk2
medical-imaging2
snap2
computer-vision2
medical-image-segmentation1
medical-image-processing1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kakurk/KyleSPMToolbox
Dec 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:12 commits, 32 pushes in 2 years 8 months
kakurk/FAME-RSA
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:39 commits in 9 months
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