Scott Yang
PhD Graduate Student
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Yang is a PhD student in Computational Neuroscience at UC San Diego with 11 years of research and teaching experience bridging data science, machine learning, and behavior-driven neuroscience. He has held research roles at the Salk Institute and multiple positions at UCSD—ranging from data science tutor and instructional apprentice to teaching assistant—demonstrating strong pedagogy alongside hands-on experimental and computational work. His background blends an MS in Computer Science and a BA in Data Science & Cognitive Science with an emphasis on machine learning, enabling him to connect neural data to embodied behavior rather than studying brains in isolation. Comfortable with automated grading systems, office hours, and reproducible workflows, he brings both mentorship and practical tooling experience to research teams. Based in San Diego, Scott is a STEM enthusiast who quietly pairs rigorous analysis with accessible teaching to accelerate collaborative science.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Github Skills (63)
user-input9
authentication8
typescript8
web-token8
strings8
probability8
laravel7
terraspace7
jwt7
lumen7
php7
waterline6
atlassian6
nette6
json6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
yisyang/eos
May 2015 - May 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
yisyang/playground
Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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