Machine Learning Engineer
2018 - 2019Emphasis AI- Designed an NLP algorithm with 95% test accuracy.
- Deployed the NLP algorithm via a RESTful API to a production environment on Digital Ocean.
- Created an automated testing suite to regularly assess algorithmic performance.
- Worked with a full-stack developer to improve the reliability of the web application.
- Collaborated with founder and patent attorney on a provisional patent.
Technologies: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Django, PythonMachine Learning Engineer
2017 - 2019Medley- Beat state-of-the-art for de-identification of medical records with a 98.2% dev F1-score.
- Trained a neural network for named entity recognition.
- Deployed the de-identification model to a production environment with Flask, Nginx, and Gunicorn.
- Collaborated with a full-stack developer to build a search engine for medical records.
- Automated build processes with bash scripting.
Technologies: Flask, SpaCy, Natural Language Processing (NLP), PythonMachine Learning Engineer
2018 - 2018Independent Contractor- Built an end-to-end pipeline for making machine learning predictions.
- Estimated to allow the liquidation of $750,000-$1.25 million per month.
- Collaborated with a data scientist to integrate with a scraper and database system.
- Used Keras to build and train deep neural networks.
- Deployed the model to a RESTful API with Flask on a Digital Ocean server.
Technologies: Flask, Keras, Scikit-learn, PythonCo-Founder/Software Developer
2015 - 2017Lexi- Created a prototype software-defined radio for ZigBee and 2G protocols.
- Performed system administration with Linux and bash scripting.
- Interfaced hardware and software with GNURadio.
- Collected environmental data using sensors with Arduino.
- Performed customer discovery for the Illinois NSF I-Corps Program.
Technologies: Bash, Arduino, Linux
Eric Yates
Software Engineering Developer in Denver, CO, United States
Member since January 29, 2019
Eric brings proven expertise as an AI engineer with a specialization in NLP. He has set the state-of-the-art accuracy for de-identification of medical records. He combines machine learning with software engineering for production-ready code. He thrives in collaboration with data scientists, web developers, project managers, legal counsel, and executive
management teams.
Eric is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Emphasis AINatural Language Processing (NLP), Django, Python
- MedleyFlask, SpaCy, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python
- Independent ContractorFlask, Keras, Scikit-learn, Python
Experience
- Software Engineering 4 years
- Linux 4 years
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) 2 years
- Python 2 years
- Deep Learning 2 years
- Machine Learning 2 years
- APIs 1 year
- Deployment 1 year
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Git, Jupyter Notebook, Atom
The most amazing...
...NLP model I've ever built achieved 98.2% dev F1-score. That beat the previous state-of-the-art.
Employment
Experience
- Anoni - De-Identification of Medical Recordshttps://github.com/medra-labs/anoni
Removes protected health information (PHI) from free text in medical records. Achieved 98.2% dev F1-score, which is state-of-the-art, by fine-tuning BERT large on a distributed GPU cluster.
- Voice User Interface
Built a voice user interface with a chatbot built into a browser.
- Machine Learning From Scratchhttps://github.com/eric-yates/Machine-Learning-from-Scratch
Built 12 machine learning algorithms in Python from scratch. Derived a recursive backpropagation algorithm for a neural network.
Skills
Languages
Python, Bash, SQL, RLibraries/APIs
Pandas, Scikit-learn, Keras, SpaCy, NumPy, NLTK, Matplotlib, TensorFlowParadigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Functional ProgrammingPlatforms
Linux, Jupyter Notebook, ArduinoOther
Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Deep Learning, Software Engineering, Data Visualization, Mixed Reality (MR), Software Development, Deployment, APIs, GunicornFrameworks
Flask, DjangoTools
Seaborn, Atom, Git, NGINXStorage
PostgreSQL, MySQL
Education
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering2011 - 2016University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Illinois
