EPFL Exchange Scholars

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University in the Department of Statistics mentored by Susan Holmes. I work on the statistical analysis of neuroimaging data (fNIRS, diffusion, functional, and structural MRI) and immunology data (RNA-seq, microarrays, and CyTOF). In 2012, I obtained my PhD co-advised by Xavier Pennec at Inria in France and Mauricio Reyes at the University of Bern in Switzerland. My PhD topic was on tree-based modeling of deformation fields for medical image registration.

I am a PhD student at Stanford University in the Neurosciences Graduate Progam, in the lab of Surya Ganguli. In my dissertation research, I use mathematical and computational models of nonlinear recurrent neural networks to study the structure of brain dynamics subserving cognition. Additional research interests include machine learning, probabilistic modeling, and large-scale methods for neural data analysis. I did my undergraduate work in mathematics at Harvard University.

Łukasz Kidziński is a researcher in the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab at Stanford University, working at the intersection of computer science, statistics, and biomechanics. He is a co-founder of AI for healthcare group at Stanford, a co-founder deepart.io, an artificial intelligence platform for creating artistic images, and the lead organizer of NIPS Learning to Run challenge bridging computer science, neuroscience, and biomechanics.

Jacob Suchoski is a PhD student in the CHARM Lab at Stanford University where he works with tactile haptic devices for virtual reality applications. His research focuses on studying weight perception in virtual reality and creating haptic illusions to alter users’ weight perception. He received his BS from the University of Michigan and his MS from Stanford.

Joy Franco is in the first year of her PhD program in Mechanical Engineering and will complete her MS, also in Mechanical Engineering, in June of 2017. Her dissertation research will focus on understanding the mechano-sensitive ion channels that allow humans to detect and respond to mechanical stimuli, and how dysfunction of these channels results in deafness. She is mentored by her dissertation advisor Beth Pruitt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and her co-mentor Anthony Ricci in the Department of Otolaryngology.

Dr. Joyce is a research psychologist at Stanford University who studies the way that light affects human health and wellbeing. He draws from the fields of vision science, sleep and circadian science and neuroscience to understand how light is sensed and interpreted by the brain for non-image forming functions. Such functions include setting circadian rhythms for restful sleep, as well as optimizing mood and cognitive performance based on the time of day.

Richard is a PhD candidate in Stanford’s biology department.  He is advised by Giulio De Leo at Hopkins Marine Station where he looks for insights in human and wildlife diseases with a genetic lens.  He enjoys exploring basic science questions as well as creating tools for biologists and practitioners.