Somaye Hashemifar
Principal AI Scientist at Genentech
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSomaye Hashemifar is a Principal AI Scientist based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience applying machine learning and deep learning to biological and clinical data. At Genentech she progressed from Senior AI Scientist to Principal, driving research that translates computational models into insights for therapeutics. Her background spans academia and medical research—PhD-trained in computer science with postdoctoral work at Columbia and projects analyzing RNA expression and tissue-specific networks at UChicago—giving her strong domain expertise in genomics and computational biology. She combines statistical modeling (e.g., Gaussian approaches for network reconstruction) with modern ML pipelines to tackle complex biological questions. Colleagues know her for bridging rigorous research methods with production-facing solutions that accelerate drug discovery.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Toyota Technological Institute at ChicagoMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Tehran
Github Skills (12)
antialiasing5
convolutional-neural-networks4
computer-vision3
artificial-intelligence2
pooling2
stability2
python2
pip2
keras1
deep-learning1
tensorflow1
shift1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hashemifar/ConvexAlign
Jan 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:50 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
hashemifar/HubAlign
Jun 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 3 years
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