Mitch Kostich - Associate Director, Comutational Sciences

Mitch Kostich

Associate Director, Comutational Sciences

Cromwell, Connecticut, United States

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Mitch Kostich is an experienced computational sciences leader with 11+ years applying statistics, machine learning, and software engineering to terabyte-scale biomedical data in HPC and cloud environments. As Associate Director at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine he splits time between hands-on technical work and mentoring teams that integrate proteomics, multi-modal sequencing, and genomics across aging, immune, dementia and cancer research. He previously built distributed cloud pipelines for high-throughput long-read sequencing and led development of systems for secure archiving and retrieval of multi‑terabyte research datasets. With a PhD in bioinformatics and a background at EPA and industry, he pairs deep domain expertise in molecular biology and analytical chemistry with practical econometrics and data-science tooling. An active open-source localizer, he has contributed Serbian translations to well-known Mozilla projects, reflecting attention to usability and global accessibility beyond core research.

11 years of coding experience

9 years of employment as a software developer

Johns Hopkins University

Github Skills (19)

translation10

wiki-engine10

internationalization10

ftp10

ftps10

php10

localization10

language-translation10

screen10

dokuwiki10

translate10

screen-shot10

translator10

translators10

fluentd10

Programming languages (21)

JavaC++CSSCRustSchemeDFluent

Github contributions (5)

common-voice/common-voice

May 2018 - Jun 2021

Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.

Role in this project:

Localization / Internationalization Specialist

Contributions:27 commits in 3 years 2 months

Contributions summary:Mitch's contributions center on updating the Serbian (sr) localization of the Common Voice project. These updates primarily involve modifying `.ftl` files within the `web/locales/sr/` directory, focusing on translating and adapting user interface text for the Serbian language. The user's work directly enhances the project's accessibility by enabling users to interact with the platform in Serbian. The contributions include modifying existing translations, incorporating new phrases, and ensuring the accurate localization of various interface elements.

internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice

mozilla-services/screenshots

Apr 2017 - Aug 2019

Firefox Screenshots: the best way to take screenshots on the web.

Role in this project:

Localization / Internationalization Specialist

Contributions:12 commits in 2 years 4 months

Contributions summary:Mitch primarily contributed to the localization of the Firefox Screenshots project by updating the Serbian (sr) language files. Their work involved translating and adapting various text strings within the application, including UI elements, page titles, and informational messages. The updates span multiple pages, including home, shot, and metrics pages, ensuring the application's usability for Serbian-speaking users. They also added support for multiple display options, such as the infinite symbol.

firefoxjavascriptfirefox-screenshots

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