Matt Whiteway
Data Scientist
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Whiteway is a data scientist and research software engineer with a decade of experience building open-source tools for large-scale neural and behavioral data analysis. Based at Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and the International Brain Laboratory, he bridges computational neuroscience and engineering to make complex experimental datasets accessible and reproducible. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics and has moved from graduate research to staff scientist roles while sustaining a strong emphasis on software quality and community-facing tooling. Beyond core research, he enjoys creative coding, bringing an experimental, design-minded approach to data visualization and analysis pipelines.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Mathematics at University of MarylandBachelor's Degree, Physics, Bachelor's Degree, Physics at University of Oklahoma
Github Skills (54)
paddle10
toolbox10
image-processing10
annotations10
pytorch-lightning10
autoencoder10
datasets10
semi-supervised-learning10
shared-libraries10
state-space10
action-recognition10
pose-estimation10
data-processing10
3d10
computer-vision10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
themattinthehatt/netlds
Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
paninski-lab/lightning-action
Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Animal action segmentation toolbox
Contributions:2 releases, 7 reviews, 21 PRs in 11 months
segmentation
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