Software Developer Research Assistant

ANDRE ZAPICO

email: ***********@*****.*** github: drezap

EDUCATION

Master in Engineering

Telecommunications Engineering Aug 19 - Dec 21

The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; Chengdu, Sichuan, China Advisor: Cui Guolong

Thesis Topic: Radar Waveform Design via Artificial Neural Networks Bachelor of Science, Dual Major

Mathematical Sciences: Probabilistic Methods

Statistics Sep 14 - May 17

The University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA EXPERIENCE

The SAS Institute, Remote September 22 - Present

Software Developer; Scientific Computing Engineering

develop and maintain high performance C and C++ code Likely LLC Oct 20 - Present

CEO

likelyllc.com, ***********@*****.***

The Tampa Bay Rays: Develop Bayesian models to forecast player performance

The University of Michigan Department of Cardiovascular Medicine - analysis of omics data

Multiple Clients - scientific literature review, advise doctoral students on statistical modeling The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor June 22 - October 22 Research Statistician; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

methods for analysis of omics data, including dimension reduction, matrix factorization, regularized Bayesian regression and multilevel modeling

evaluate di erent multi design-matrix methods for validity The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill May 19 - Sep 19 Research Assistant; Minimally Invasive Gynecelogic Surgery

fit hierarchical/multilevel models in brms (Stan) on uterine morcellation data for obese patients to determine association of electromechanic morcellator with blood loss

analysis of survey and data clinical trials data via Monte Carlo simulations, regression methods or hypothesis testing

Aalto University, Espoo Finland May 18 - Aug 18

Research Assistant; Aalto Science Institute, Compute Science Department

develop Gaussian process library in C++ for the Stan math library

implement regression, survival and time series models using Gaussian process techniques in Stan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor May 17 - Aug 17 Research Associate; Psychiatry Department

develop/translate a parameter-expanded two metropolis within Gibbs sampler that implements a Bayesian low-rank graph regression model for mapping human connectome data from MATLAB to C++ to increase execution speed

model combines principal component analysis, tensor decomposition and graph regression

github.com/drezap/blgrm_cpp

miRcore, Ann Arbor Sep 15 - May 17

Research Assistant

develop genomics pipeline data to obtain gene expression data from Illumina NexGen sequence data

validate experimental results with simulated alignment using bowtie2 AWARDS

China Scholarship Counsel Sep 19 - Jul 21

Chinese Government Scholarship, Sino-US Program

Aalto Science Institute May 18 - Aug 18

Research Intern, Computer Science

Big Data Summer Institute May 16 - Aug 16

Undergraduate Research Fellow

TEACHING

Quantitative Consultant Oct 20 - Present

Applied Bayesian Statistics in Stan for Marketing

miRcore/GIDAS Sep 15 - May 17

computational biology, introductory R and linux

AFFILIATIONS

Stan Development Team Jul 19, Currently Inactive

SOFTWARE

The SAS Institute Inc

stan: Gaussian process library

blgrm cpp: a bayesian low-rank graph regression model for human connectome data, github.com/drezap/blgrm_cpp

TECHNICAL SKILLS

programming: R, C++, Linux, python, C, LaTEX

modeling software: Stan, TensorFlow, SAS, SPSS

COURSES ATTENDED

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Oct 20 Quarterly SNMMI-TS Webinar Series: Cardiac Amyloidosis PUBLICATIONS

1.Golbus, JR., Zapico, A., Weinberg, R., Murthy, V. Konerman, M. 2019. Predictors of Change in PET Myocardial Flow Reserve Following Heart Transplantation Predictors of change in pet myocardial flow reserve following heart transplantation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology739S11654–1654.

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