---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dan Amato <damato at digitalartefacts.com> Date: Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:09 AM Subject: Re: Job Opportunities for Swat CS Grads To: Lisa Meeden <lisa.meeden at gmail.com> Cc: Tia Newhall <newhall at cs.swarthmore.edu>, Lisa Meeden < meeden at cs.swarthmore.edu> Good morning! I finally got my hands on that job description. Let me know if anyone is interested! Cheers, Dan On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 12:36 PM Lisa Meeden <lisa.meeden at gmail.com> wrote: > Dan, > > I too missed your email--was likely in spam but I didn't catch it before > deleting it. > > It's great to hear from you, and nice to know that you're back in Iowa (my > home state). My parents moved to the Twin Cities though, so the only time > I go back to Iowa is for Grinnell reunions. > > If you send us a job description we can post it on our job-opps list for > CS Swatties. > > Take care! -Lisa > > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 3:12 PM Tia Newhall <newhall at cs.swarthmore.edu> > wrote: > >> hi Dan, >> >> It is so nice to hear from you! I just found your email in my spam >> folder (which I don't always check so I'm glad I found it!) >> >> I'll send you a longer reply later this week or early next week when my >> crazy schedule winds down a bit. But thanks for sending the photos of your >> adorable family! What a big change since we last spoke. Time flies. >> >> Tia >> >> ------------------------------- >> Tia Newhall >> Professor, Computer Science Dept >> Swarthmore College >> www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~newhall >> pronouns: she/her >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 3:55 PM Dan Amato <damato at digitalartefacts.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello to my favorite professors! >>> >>> I apologize for being out of touch for so long! I hope this message >>> finds you both well, despite the global pandemic. >>> >>> For myself, things have been going well. I'm settled back in Iowa City, >>> IA after returning to Boston for a few years. I ended up getting married in >>> 2016 and now I have a 16 year old stepson, and two little boys, who are >>> coming up on 4 and 2. We're expecting the final addition to our family, >>> (the girl my wife has been waiting for!), in October. I attached some >>> pictures to add some cute babies to your Friday afternoon :) >>> >>> Work-wise, I've been at this company called Digital Artefacts for 6 >>> years now. We're working on growing our team, and I suggested reaching out >>> to the Swarthmore CS department to see if you have any upcoming graduates >>> that may be interested in our work. The alumni office requested information >>> about networking opportunities, so maybe it's more appropriate to interface >>> with them, but I wanted to check in with the people I know in the >>> department first. >>> >>> Our primary focus is a platform called BrainBaseline that gathers >>> cognitive assessment data on mobile apps and reports that data to >>> researchers running studies on some of the big name cognitive disorders, >>> eg. Parkinson's Disease, ALS, Ataxia, or complications from cancer and HIV >>> treatments. This platform has several components, which provide >>> opportunities to explore several areas of tech interest. >>> >>> The subject-facing mobile apps are primarily iOS apps, although we've >>> also supported cross-platform iOS / Android builds via ReactNative. A new >>> initiative is bringing our cognitive assessments to the Apple Watch. (Our >>> iOS / WatchOS codebase is currently in Objective-C, but if you have any >>> Swift-enthusiasts, we're looking to modernize some systems). We also have a >>> web build of the cognitive assessments that run in React, but this is used >>> more rarely. >>> >>> The backend is a server written in python and utilizing the Pyramid >>> framework. The server manages a big postgres database and we use sqlAlchemy >>> to interface with it. The server also hosts some React web pages where the >>> researchers can view the subject data. Ultimately, we would like to expand >>> this research dashboard and add some machine learning capabilities to help >>> the researchers parse the data and generate insights. The server is >>> deployed to AWS using a Kubernetes cluster and Docker containers. >>> >>> We also do some other miscellaneous contracts, notably with the Howard >>> Hughes Medical Institute to develop free education materials for teachers. >>> These have been done either in React web apps or the Unity game engine. >>> >>> I really like working here because there are always opportunities to >>> learn new things. And we get to help with the development of treatments for >>> some nasty diseases, even if we're only a small cog in the big machine of a >>> clinical trial process. We've got a talented team of senior engineers, and >>> we're ready to mentor some juniors and build our team. >>> >>> Our VP of engineering is still working on composing the job posts, but I >>> will get them to you shortly if you have anyone that may be interested in >>> speaking with us. We've also gone fully remote since the pandemic started, >>> so relocation to Iowa City is not required (although we'd welcome the >>> company, and I think fully-vaccinated local employees are going to start >>> having a weekly lunch soon). >>> >>> Please let me know if you need any more info, or just want to catch up a >>> bit! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Dan Amato, '07 >>> >>> P.S. Here are some links relevant to our work, if you're interested in >>> perusing: >>> >>> BrainBaseline: >>> https://www.digitalartefacts.com >>> https://www.brainbaseline.com >>> https://watchpdstudy.org >>> >>> HHMI: >>> https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/biomeviewer >>> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earthviewer/id590208430 >>> >>> https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/exploring-biomass-pyramids >>> >>> DriveELD: >>> https://www.drive-eld.com >>> >>> > > -- > Professor > Computer Science Department > Swarthmore College > www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~meeden > -- Professor Computer Science Department Swarthmore College www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~meeden -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://allspice.cs.swarthmore.edu/mailman/private/job-opps/attachments/20210518/16e3df03/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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