Pedro聽Ballester
Co-Founder at Repair App
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolPedro Ballester is a data scientist and co-founder with 11 years of experience applying deep learning to healthcare and product-focused startups, combining a PhD in Neuroscience with a Master's in Computer Science. He has published at AAAI, NeurIPS workshops and high-impact medical journals, and specializes in building AI features and scalable pipelines that process millions of data points. His work spans predictive modeling, NLP, computer vision and biomarker discovery鈥攔ecently applying RNA-based deep learning for cancer subtype discovery at The Hospital for Sick Children. Comfortable shipping products from scratch in early-stage environments, he also brings hands-on expertise in PyTorch, Python, SQL/NoSQL and data visualization. An uncommon strength is translating academic-grade methods into robust production systems that directly inform diagnosis, treatment and user-facing AI experiences.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience at McMaster UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade Federal de PelotasMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Pontif铆cia Universidade Cat贸lica do Rio Grande do Sul
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (29)
unreal-engine-410
simulator10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
artificial-intelligence9
simulation9
imitation-learning9
self-driving-car9
airsim9
autonomous-driving9
carla9
ros9
adaptation9
computer-vision9
deep-learning8
cross-platform8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Ballester/Dataset-Class-Relationship
Apr 2016 - Sep 2021
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
Ballester/SonarGraphsROS
Mar 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 3 years 1 month
roboticsintegratedsonargraphsros
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