Matthew Whiteway.

Matthew Whiteway

Associate research scientist
Columbia University

Matthew Whiteway is an associate research scientist at Columbia University’s  Zuckerman Institute and a data scientist at the International Brain Laboratory. His research focuses on developing machine-learning techniques to analyze large neural and behavioral datasets across a variety of species and experimental paradigms. He is also dedicated to creating open-source software that enables a wide range of researchers to access state-of-the-art data-analysis tools.

Previously, Whiteway was a postdoctoral researcher working with Liam Paninski at the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University. He completed his Ph.D. in applied mathematics and scientific computation in the lab of Daniel Butts at the University of Maryland, as well as undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics at the University of Oklahoma.

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