UMANO LAB - Key Persons

Benyam Alemu

Job Titles:
  • Principal Investigator ( PI )

Cassidy Dobratz

Job Titles:
  • Data Scientist
Previously, Cassidy worked at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center where he developed a research database for the integrative oncology clinic which used this data to solve their clinical and financial problems. In his most recent data adventures, he began consulting with an EMR provider to implement a treatment prediction feature. Cassidy is also an active teacher for Lambda School where he explores python and data science topics with students. He is based in Chandler, AZ and enjoys hiking, soccer, yoga, and spending time with his wife and daughter.

Harsh Sikka

Job Titles:
  • Product Manager
  • Applied Scientist / Researcher Building Novel Machine Learning ( ML ) Architectures. Professional Bio -
  • Researcher at Harvard University
Harsh has a background in Cognitive Science and is currently completing graduate studies in both Computer Science and Biology (2 M.S. programs), where he researches advanced topics in theoretical and applied machine learning. His work is focused on Neural Architecture Search, Bayesian AutoML, Human in the Loop ML, predictive learning systems and generative models for disentagled representations. Harsh is currently a researcher at Harvard University focusing on Neuroscience-based Machine Learning. Previously, Harsh started Progress, working with the MIT Media Lab to bring together a cross disciplinary team of professors and students to curate and publish findings in the fields of neuroscience, computer science, and engineering. He is also a top writer in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship on Medium. More recently, Harsh co-founded ModelDepot (modeldepot.io) a marketplace for researchers and ML engineers to find and use cutting edge machine learning models, serving thousands of engineers every month. Harsh also recently received the Pioneer Grant (pioneer.app) an award for exceptional technologists, researchers, and artists. Professionally, Harsh has worked as a Product Manager, leading a HIPAA compliant Doctor-Patient communication and EHR application to market both domestically and internationally, and has also worked in financial data science, building machine learning models to fit to anonymized financial data.

Ryan Hill

Job Titles:
  • Product Manager
  • Consultant / Product Manager and Technology Enthusiast
While previously working in UX design, software engineering, and consulting, Ryan is now a product manager within advertising platforms. Additionally, he's a founder managing the growth of the startup SuperPosher.