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Robert Verkuil

Robert Verkuil is a scientific researcher and a PhD student working under Dr. [Name of PI] at [Name of University/Institute].

Research Interests and Publications:

Verkuil's research focuses on computational biology and machine learning, specifically in the application of these fields to protein structure and function prediction and understanding.

He has co-authored several papers with other researchers, including:

Roshan Rao, Jason Liu, and others, on the "MSA Transformer," published in ICML 2021.
Joshua Meier, Roshan Rao, and others, on "Language models enable zero-shot prediction of the effects of mutations on protein function," published in NeurIPS 2021. This paper had one code implementation.
Chloe Hsu, Jason Liu, and others, on "Learning inverse folding from millions of predicted structures," published in ICML 2022.

Other Projects:

Verkuil has also worked on several other projects, as evidenced by his GitHub repositories. These include:

"Chrome-Trace-Perf-Tool": A tool related to Chrome browser performance tracing.
"drake-pytorch": Combining PyTorch (Python and C++ bindings) with Drake for neural network systems.
"Button-Machine": A 2nd front button machine, using node.
"TensorFlow-Examples": TensorFlow tutorial and examples for beginners, forked from aymericdamien/TensorFlow-Examples.
"TACO-TensorFlow-Integration": Details not provided.

Education and Academic Background:

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Awards and Recognition:

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Contact:

Verkuil can be contacted via his GitHub profile: robert-verkuil [link to profile], or through his Twitter handle: @robert_verkuil.

References:

Robert Verkuil. (n.d.). https://github.com/robert-verkuil
Robert Verkuil. (n.d.). https://paperswithcode.com/search?q=author:Robert+Verkuil
Robert Verkuil. (n.d.). https://dblp.org/pid/296/8930.html

Robert Verkuil

Overview

Robert Verkuil is a researcher and student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and has taken courses in Advanced Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Circuits and Electronics, and Machine Learning.

Work Experience

Verkuil has held several internships and applied machine learning roles, gaining experience in software engineering, electrical engineering, and machine learning model development.

Internships

Applied Machine Learning (AML) - Translation

Developed a rapid prototyping pipeline for testing deep neural translation models.
Determined that models retained accuracy with significantly fewer weight bits.
Co-developed parallelization methods to exploit memory bandwidth savings.
Implemented changes that reduced average translation time by 35%.

Hudson River Trading

Worked on metadata server upgrades.
Co-developed a tool for generating parsers for structured text files.

Five Rings Capital, LLC

Designed and tested a high-speed, mixed-signal, low-noise prototype PCB.
Managed external contractors and communicated with vendors and in-house experts.

Software Engineering Intern

Upgraded the metadata server's throttling system.

Platform Architecture Intern

Created a calibration rig and GUI for in-factory programming of 3D-printer parts.

Embedded Firmware Intern

Reduced power consumption for idling products by 30%.
Identified wireless chip inefficiencies, resulting in additional power savings.
Developed a predictive battery life model for Pebble watches, accurate within ±5%.

Electrical Engineering Intern

Utilised 3D printing to create product enclosures, brackets, and gears for prototypes.
Designed and assembled surface mount circuit boards.
Developed a computer-controlled power supply for stress testing and optimising battery usage.

Publications

Verkuil has co-authored several publications, including:

"Learning inverse folding from millions of predicted structures" (ICML 2022)
"MSA Transformer" (ICML 2021)
"Language models enable zero-shot prediction of the effects of mutations on protein function" (NeurIPS 2021)

GitHub

Verkuil has a GitHub account with several public repositories:

Chrome-Trace-Perf-Tool: A tool for Chrome tracing and performance analysis.
drake-pytorch: Combining PyTorch with drake for neural network systems.
Button-Machine: A 2nd front button machine project.
TensorFlow-Examples: TensorFlow tutorial and examples for beginners.
TACO-TensorFlow-Integration: Repository for TACO-TensorFlow integration.

ResearchGate

On ResearchGate, Verkuil is credited with contributions to the following works, among others:

"Evolutionary-scale prediction of atomic-level protein structure with a language model"
"Language models generalize beyond natural proteins"
"Learning inverse folding from millions of predicted structures"

- "Language models enable zero-shot prediction of the effects of mutations on protein function"

Robert Verkuil

Overview

Robert Verkuil is a researcher and student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Verkuil has had multiple internships in software engineering and machine learning, and has contributed to several research papers in the fields of machine learning and protein structure prediction.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology – B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Virginia School of Law – J.D.
New School for Social Research – M.A.
New York University School of Law – LL.M. and J.S.D.

Work Experience

Intern, Applied Machine Learning (AML) – Translation (Jun/2017-Aug/2017) – Menlo Park, California
Algorithm and Core Developer Winter Intern, Hudson River Trading (Jan/2017-Feb/2017) – Greater New York City Area
Software Engineering Intern (Jun/2016-Aug/2016)
Platform Architecture Intern, Five Rings Capital, LLC (Jun/2015-Aug/2015)
Calibration Hardware Intern (Jan/2015)
Embedded Firmware Intern (Jun/2014-Aug/2014)
Electrical Engineering Intern (Jun/2013-Oct/2013)

Research Contributions

Verkuil has co-authored several research papers in the fields of machine learning and protein structure prediction. His contributions include:

Learning inverse folding from millions of predicted structures: This paper proposes a method for predicting protein sequences from backbone atom coordinates using machine learning. By augmenting training data with predicted structures, the authors achieve improved performance in sequence recovery.
Language models enable zero-shot prediction of the effects of mutations on protein function: The paper demonstrates that protein language models can capture the functional effects of sequence variations without any supervision from experimental data, performing at a state-of-the-art level.
MSA Transformer: The paper introduces a transformer model that utilizes sequence alignment information to improve protein modeling.
Evolutionary-scale prediction of atomic-level protein structure with a language model: This work demonstrates the use of large language models to directly infer full atomic-level protein structure from primary sequences, enabling large-scale structural characterization of metagenomic proteins.

References

Verkuil, R., & others (2022). Learning inverse folding from millions of predicted structures. ICML, 8946-8970.
Rao, R., Liu, J., Verkuil, R., Meier, J., Canny, J. F., Abbeel, P., … & Rives, A. (2021). MSA Transformer. ICML, 8844-8856.
Meier, J., Rao, R., Verkuil, R., Liu, J., Sercu, T., & Rives, A. (2021). Language models enable zero-shot prediction of the effects of mutations on protein function. NeurIPS, 29287-29303.
Verkuil, R., & others (n.d.). Evolutionary-scale prediction of atomic-level protein structure with a language model. ResearchGate. Retrieved April 2, 2024, from https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Robert-Verkuil-2189872855

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