Posts

• Managing High Technical Talent in Machine Learning and Engineering

  January 25, 2025

  Practical leadership patterns for high-performing ML and engineering teams.

• Using PySpark and Pandas UDFs to Train Scikit-Learn Models Distributedly

  February 25, 2019

  A practical pattern for distributed model training by group in Spark.

• Mining for Viral Expression in Human Cancer

  April 7, 2018

  Notes on large-scale genomic analysis linking viral expression and cancer.

• Evolution of Third Party Punishment - Publication and Media Coverage

  December 20, 2013

  Highlights from a Royal Society B paper and follow-on media coverage.

• Defended my PhD Thesis - Evolutionary game theoretic modeling of decision making and culture

  December 1, 2012

  Thesis defense announcement and abstract on evolutionary game-theoretic models of behavior.