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Zach builds software and models to understand data.

I recently finished my PhD and I'm on the job market! Looking for backend and ML oriented positions, biotech preferred but I'd love to work in any data intensive vertical.

Quick Links
Resume /resume
Email [email protected]
LinkedIn /in/zach-maas
GitHub @zmaas

Current Highlights

Post
Research Notes: Sequence to Read Models: Notes on training biological transformer models from my graduate work
Project Stack
Graphical Activation Probes:
Finding structure in sparse LLM representations. Trying to scale up efficiently.
Python, PyTorch, HuggingFace, SKLearn
Memeory:
Semantic search on all the pictures you have saved on your phone. v1 built in 48hr. Figuring out local image embeddings.
Expo, React Native, Typescript, MLKit
This Website:
static site + progressive enhancement
Eleventy, Typescript, Cloudflare Workers