Rex Ma
AI Scientist at Xaira Therapeutics
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRex Ma is an AI scientist and PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Toronto with 10 years of experience applying machine learning to healthcare and biology. He combines academic research at the Vector Institute/Wang Lab with industry roles—current work at Xaira Therapeutics and past protein-design work at Fable Therapeutics—bridging deep learning research and translational bioinformatics. Rex has taught multiple core neural networks and introductory CS courses, serving as Head TA for advanced deep learning classes, which speaks to strong communication and mentorship skills. His projects range from single-cell deep-learning pipelines and prognostic models for heart failure to on-device video analytics and large-system debugging at IBM, showing comfort across research, embedded processing, and production-grade engineering. Notably, he pairs rigorous theoretical training with hands-on implementation in Python, OpenCV, and statistical methods, making him adept at taking models from prototyping to practical biomedical impact.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Toronto
Chinese, English, Chinese
Github Skills (45)
pytorch10
python10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
natural-language-processing10
transformer10
nlp10
transformers9
language-model9
bert9
tensorflow9
jax9
speech-recognition9
maven8
seq2seq8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bowang-lab/AGILE
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
bowang-lab/IntegrAO
Nov 2023 - Mar 2025
Integrate Any Omics: Towards genome-wide data integration for patient stratification
Contributions:6 PRs, 41 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 4 months
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