Wilson Chen
Data Science Specialist @uoft building research software, ML systems, and data workflows.
me@wilsonchen.ca · www.wilsonchen.ca · github.com/wchen27 · linkedin.com/in/qi-wei-chen-4357a8259/
About
Data Science Specialist with a double major in Statistics and Computer Science at the University of Toronto. I like working where data, technology, and biology overlap.
Former competitive pianist. Currently playing League of Legends and TFT. Drives a Honda Civic. Likes honeydew milk tea with tapioca pearls.
Skills: Python, R, SQL, Java, Svelte, Tableau, Git
Experience
MCN Researcher · HHMI Janelia
Designed a modular behavior rig, automated 500+ trial annotations, and integrated Arduino-controlled reward delivery.
ML Project Lead · UTMIST / Lawbrokr
Led 7 developers building Justice AI with ETL pipelines, RAG models, Docker deployment, QA scripts, and tests.
Software Engineer · fable.social
Implemented study-circle matching, processed semantic responses with embeddings, and managed AWS-hosted student data.
Teaching Assistant · UofT Math
Led weekly tutorials for 30+ students and managed grading and course communication through Quercus and Crowdmark.
Projects
3D Tracking Rig
Johnson Lab software suite for high-FPS 3D behavioral footage. Built collection, annotation, export, and GPU-accelerated data pipelines with 95% faster read/export paths.
CRISPRight
Predictive CRISPR/Cas9 off-target pipeline using about 230k sequences, DNABERT embeddings, MLP models, and genetic search for sgRNA design.
Tumor Evolution
Automated extraction, transformation, and analysis of tumor sequencing data for reproducible workflows and lineage tree reconstruction.