Tim Whitaker
Research Scientist at Deepgram
Sacramento, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Whitaker is a research scientist and seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience bridging academic research and production-grade systems, currently focused on advancing deep learning at Deepgram. His PhD work and grad research at Colorado State produced novel architectures, optimization methods, and top-performing models in computer vision and RL competitions, alongside multiple peer-reviewed publications. Tim pairs rigorous theoretical insight—NSF-funded work on sparse neural reconfiguration—with practical full-stack and DevOps experience shipping scalable applications for clients like Google and Disney. He’s skilled in model compression, interpretability, and efficient ensembling, and has a track record mentoring students and leading cross-functional teams. Outside the lab he’s an avid action-sports enthusiast and climber, a detail that reflects his adventurous, competitive approach to tackling hard research and engineering problems.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Colorado State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at California State University, Chico
Github Skills (6)
feed6
julia6
machine-learning5
deep-learning4
flux4
java1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tjwhitaker/algonomicon-home
Aug 2018 - Sep 2019
The source for https://algonomicon.com
Contributions:92 PRs, 254 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
algonomicon/universe
Jul 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:703 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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