Žiga Avsec
Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolŽiga Avsec is a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind with 11 years of experience applying machine learning to real-world problems, following a trajectory from PhD work in informatics at TUM to research roles at DeepMind. He has advanced through multiple research scientist ranks since 2019 and brings a strong quantitative background from physics (MS, BS) and a PhD, blending theoretical rigor with production-minded research. His background includes academic collaborations (a visiting stint at Stanford) and entrepreneurial experience as a co-founder/CTO of a targeted point-of-sale advertising startup, reflecting comfort moving between lab, product and business settings. Known for turning complex ML ideas into deployable systems, he operates at the intersection of cutting-edge research and applied impact within a leading AI lab.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Informatics at Technical University of MunichMaster of Science - MS Physics, Master of Science - MS Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenBachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
German, English, Slovenian
Github Skills (103)
hail10
package-management10
python10
cookiecutter10
deep-learning10
gpu10
genomics10
computational-biology10
optuna10
api10
bioconda10
biology10
conda10
zoo10
command-line-utility10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Avsecz/kopt
Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
Hyper-parameter optimization for Keras
Contributions:21 commits, 9 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 years 6 months
deep-learningoptimizationhyper-parameter-optimizationmachine-learningparameter
gagneurlab/Manuscript_Avsec_Bioinformatics_2017
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Code for Avsec et al, Bioinformatics 2017
Contributions:50 commits, 12 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 5 months
bioinformaticsgenomics
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