Robert Langlois
Associate Principal Scientist
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Langlois is an Associate Principal Scientist at Illumina with 13 years of experience translating cutting-edge image processing and machine learning research into production sequencing software. He has led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver real-time base calling, super-resolution reconstruction, and visualization tools across multiple Illumina platforms, including NextSeq and NovaSeq families. Trained as a PhD bioinformatician, he blends deep algorithmic expertise in microscopy and cryo-EM with pragmatic software engineering to optimize throughput and accuracy on sequencing instruments. Robert’s work frequently bridges research and product: he has driven core image-processing algorithms that operate in real-time on instrument hardware while mentoring engineers and scientists. Based in San Diego, he is known for turning research advances (e.g., novel super-resolution methods) into robust, deployable pipelines that materially improve platform performance.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Bioinformatics, Ph.D. Bioinformatics at University of Illinois Chicago
Russian, German
Github Skills (36)
python10
interop10
parse10
c-library10
cpp10
illumina10
csharp10
swig10
microscopy10
image-processing9
upstream9
perl9
image-analysis9
linux8
windows8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ezralanglois/arachnid
Aug 2012 - Aug 2017
Contributions:2668 commits, 4 PRs, 25 pushes in 5 years
image-analysispythonelectronelectron-microscopyimage-processing
ezralanglois/interop
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:20 releases, 32 PRs, 103 pushes in 1 month
cppc-libraryilluminaparseinterop
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