R Umeton
Vice President Of Data Sciences And Chief Of Artificial Intelligence
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolRenato Umeton is a hands-on AI and data science executive with over a decade of experience translating cutting‑edge machine learning into clinical and biological impact, currently serving as Vice President of Data Sciences and Chief of Artificial Intelligence at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He has built and led cross-disciplinary teams and horizontal AI services—most recently growing a 40‑person AI Ops and data science unit at Dana‑Farber—to bridge research, platforms, governance, and clinical deployment. Renato combines deep academic roots (PhD in Mathematics & Informatics, MIT affiliations, 160+ coauthored works and multiple patents) with practical expertise in federated learning, large‑scale MLOps, and computational pathology. He co-chairs MLCommons’ Medical AI efforts and helps shape benchmarks like MedPerf, reflecting his focus on reproducible, privacy-preserving evaluation. Known for mentoring hundreds across academia and industry, he also brings an uncommon blend of ontology/optimization research and enterprise governance to safely scale AI in healthcare.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Theoretical Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Theoretical Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence at Vienna University of TechnologyBiological Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, Biological Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHarvard Executive Education Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders, Harvard Executive Education Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders at Harvard UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics and Informatics: Optimization & Ontology in Computational & Systems Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics and Informatics: Optimization & Ontology in Computational & Systems Biology at University of Calabria
Github Skills (107)
python10
spatial-transcriptomics10
gtk10
medical-image-analysis10
digital-pathology10
genomics10
clinical-research10
computational-biology10
microscopy10
image-analysis10
biomedical-image-processing10
qt10
electrophysiology10
chatbot10
histopathology10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
renato-umeton/automl-in-healthcare-review
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Automated machine learning: Review of the state-of-the-art and opportunities for healthcare
Contributions:11 commits, 2 pushes in 4 days
automated-machine-learningmachine-learningdeep-learningautomlhealthcare
renato-umeton/safeclaw
Mar 2026 - Mar 2026
Contributions:11 releases, 23 PRs, 58 pushes in 15 days
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