My background is in neuroscience and I have written a master’s thesis under the tutelage of Jens Pruessner at McGill. The focus was on autonomic-HPA interaction during a stress task. I wrote some Java software for said task.
Following this I worked as a research assistant at the University of Calgary under Brad Goodyear. I processed reams of MRI data for the A-CAP project, among other things.
Most recently I have completed an MEng in ECE at the University of Toronto, emphases in Communications & Analytics. The goal was to beef-up my bona fides in statistical learning, applied ML, and – suprisingly – financial modeling.
My CV and github page can be found at their respective links.
Apropos of research interests I wish to better understand the underlying computational & algorithmic structure of the brain. Over the last six years this has veered from the highly specific (a focus on heart rate variability as a signal for the ANS) to the grossly broad (resting state networks in fMRI).
I can be reached at barton.alexs@gmail.com.
