Ryan Hoffman, PhD
Full-Stack Data Scientist
About Me

I earned my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in 2021. My research has included work in the areas of FHIR application development, association rule learning, histopathological image processing, and critical care informatics.

  • Location . . . . . Atlanta, GA
  • Citizenship . . . . . USA
Core Competencies
Big Data Development

Extensive experience with tools and languages for working with large data sets.

Teaching and Leadership

Extensive experience leading and administering classroom and peer-group projects.

Data Management

Experience with sensitive data, HIPAA PHI, and data governance.

Systems Administration

Experience managing multi-user Linux-based data storage and computation systems.

Hobbies and Interests
Ham Radio K4WR
CNC Software
Travel
Eagle Scout
Experience and Education
Experience
2021 – Present
Data Scientist
Cedars-Sinai

Health informatics, data science development.

2013 – 2021
Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia Tech

Academic research in biomedical big data informatics.

2014
Data Science Intern
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Enterprise-scale Hadoop, processing of medical signals.

2011 – 2013
Intern / Consultant
Cosman Medical Inc.

Finite element simulation and image processing.

Education
2013 – 2021
Georgia Tech and
Emory University
Atlanta, GA3.88 GPA

Joint PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering (BME)

2008 – 2012
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA3.85 GPA

BS Biomedical Engineering, with Highest Honors


Teaching

Teaching assistant with 18 semesters total experience.

Awards and Honors
  • NSF Summer School on BioX Student Fellow
  • NIH T32 Computational Biology and Predictive Health Training Fellowship
  • National Merit Scholar
  • Eagle Scout
Skills
Development
  • Languages
    • Scala
    • Java
    • Python
    • Shell Scripting
    • MATLAB
    • C++
    • JavaScript
    • SQL
    • HTML / CSS / JS
  • Frameworks / Technologies
    • FHIR
    • Hadoop
    • Apache Spark
    • Akka

Cloud Platforms
    • Amazon AWS
    • Microsoft Azure
Analysis
  • Techniques
    • Machine Learning
    • DSP
    • Visualization
    • Rule Mining
  • Tools
    • LabVIEW
    • Simulink
    • SolidWorks
    • Fusion 360
    • COMSOL

Software
    • Linux
    • MS Office
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