Alexander Tong
Principal Investigator
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Tong is a principal investigator at Aithyra in Vienna, leading work at the intersection of machine learning and life sciences with a focus on causal ML, optimal transport and deep learning for single-cell biology. He earned a PhD in computer science from Yale (2021) and completed postdoctoral research with Yoshua Bengio at Mila and UdeM, developing efficient algorithms for cellular and molecular data. As co-founder and former CTO of DreamFold, he blends startup product engineering for protein and cell models with deep academic expertise. Briefly appointed assistant professor at Duke, he brings about a decade of experience across academia, industry internships, and entrepreneurial research. A Seattle native and Tufts alum who sails and runs in his spare time, he often combines graph signal processing and transport theory to pose causal questions in biology.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
National Outdoor Leadership SchoolMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Tufts UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Yale UniversityLakeside High School
English
Github Skills (122)
classifier10
docker-command10
pytorch10
pytorch-lightning10
hydra9
protein-sequences9
project-structure9
wandb9
control-theory9
neptune9
python9
python-39
implicit9
deep-learning9
pot9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
atong01/config
Feb 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
tuftsrobotics/trst
Feb 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:143 commits, 1 PR, 113 pushes in 2 years
roboticspythonbase-codesail
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