Rico Rodriguez
Doctoral Student at Brandeis University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolRico Rodriguez is a doctoral student and experienced software engineer with 11 years of industry and research experience bridging neuroscience, machine learning, and scientific software. Based in Boston, he researches the mammalian visual system at Brandeis using bench electrophysiology alongside numerical methods and ML, bringing production-grade engineering practices from roles at Google, LinkedIn, Wayfair, and MIT’s Early Childhood Cognition Lab. He has a strong Python and JavaScript background, built large-scale internal tools and visualization systems, and served SRE/DBA responsibilities for complex backend services. Rico pairs rigorous academic training (Yale, Brandeis) with hands-on product delivery and a knack for translating experimental needs into robust software; outside the lab he’s also a full-time dad who tests patience and curiosity alike.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Saint Paul's School for BoysB.S., Neuroscience track of Psychology, B.S., Neuroscience track of Psychology at Yale UniversityMaster's degree, Neuroscience, Master's degree, Neuroscience at Brandeis University
Github Skills (200)
threejs10
svg10
3d10
api10
augmented-reality10
controller10
python10
emberjs10
webgpu10
computer-graphics10
gpu-programming10
machine-learning10
exp10
gpu10
javascript10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
lookit/lookit-api
Nov 2018 - Dec 2020
Codebase for Lookit v2 and Experimenter v2. Includes an API. Docs: http://lookit.readthedocs.io/
Contributions:36 reviews, 758 commits, 379 PRs in 2 years 1 month
apipythonexperimenterapi-docscodebase
Datamance/Datamance.github.io
Dec 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:27 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years
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