Paidamoyo Chapfuwa
Senior Research Scientist (MSR Health Futures) at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolPaidamoyo Chapfuwa is a Senior Research Scientist at Microsoft Research Health Futures with 11 years of experience building statistical machine learning solutions to improve human health. He combines deep academic training—a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Duke and postdoctoral work at Stanford on causal inference and survival analysis—with practical industry software engineering across healthcare, radar signal processing, and enterprise systems. His background includes multiple MSR research internships and hands-on delivery of production software, from Electron desktop apps for medical authentication to large-scale SpringMVC banking platforms. Known for mentoring junior engineers and teaching graduate courses in signals, pattern recognition, and probability, he blends technical leadership with pedagogy. He often bridges disciplines, translating advanced ML methods into clinically relevant tools and systems. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he maintains an active public profile and portfolio at paidamoyo.github.io showcasing his research and projects.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Duke-Tsinghua Machine Learning Summer School, Deep Learning for Big Data, Duke-Tsinghua Machine Learning Summer School, Deep Learning for Big Data at Duke Kunshan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke UniversityOrdinary Levels, Ordinary Levels at Mpopoma High SchoolInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, International Baccalaureate Diploma, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program at Sussex Coast College Hastings
English, ndebele, north, Bantu, Zulu, Swahili, Spanish
Github Skills (2)
survival6
cluster-analysis3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
paidamoyo/learning_to_hash
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:49 commits, 1 push in 7 days
paidamoyo/tensorflow_deep_learning
Dec 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:425 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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