Mark Thomas

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I'm a researcher with a PhD in Computer Science from Dalhousie University, specializing in applying deep learning to detect endangered baleen whales in passive acoustic data. My work has been featured at NeurIPS and ICLR workshops, ECML, and I frequently participate in DCLDE. I also serve as a reviewer for IEEE and JASA, and previously worked at X (formerly Google X) on an early stage project.

I am also the co-founder of Dartmouth Runners , a free social running club in the heart of the Darkside. Check us out and join us for a run!

News!

I recently joined JASCO Applied Sciences full-time where I am continuing my work in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) of cetaceans. We're working on applying SOTA approaches to cetacean detection/classification onboard autonomous platforms.

Education:

• PhD: Computer Science, Dalhousie University

• MSc: Mathematics & Statistics, Acadia University

• BSc: Mathematics & Statistics and Economics, Acadia University

Work Experience:

• Machine Learning Scientist @ JASCO Applied Sciences (Sept 2023 - Present)

• AI Resident @ Google X (June 2022 - Sept 2023)

• Data Scientist @ Fix.com (May 2015 - Aug 2017)

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