Sergey Plis
Director Of Machine Learning at Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolSergey Plis is a director of machine learning and associate professor with 13+ years advancing computational neuroimaging and causal discovery from multimodal observational data. He leads translational research at TReNDS and Georgia State University, combining theory, algorithm design, and practical systems—work that helped secure $1.3M in NSF and NIH funding to study directed connectivity in the brain. An early adopter of deep learning in neuroimaging, he has pioneered complex time-series theories, efficient matrix factorization algorithms, and privacy-aware federated research frameworks. Sergey moves fluidly between hands-on engineering, academic rigor, and product-driven R&D (including co-founding Reason8.ai), pushing methods that make causal inference from real-world data more robust. Based in Atlanta, he balances bold research ambitions with a knack for practical impact—improving tools that let scientists infer mechanisms rather than just correlations. Outside the lab he’s the kind of multitasker who paints houses, travels frequently, and manages a busy household with three kids and multiple pets.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at The University of New MexicoGeorgia State University
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sergeyplis/gunfolds
Jan 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:166 pushes in 5 years 2 months
exploretruthunfoldcausalgraphs
trendscenter/wiki
Oct 2022 - Mar 2024
Welcome to the TReNDS cluster documentation. It provides example job submission scripts and guide to running various applications interactively on the GSU/TReNDS cluster.
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 5 months
trendsjobjob-submissionwelcomecluster
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