Amar Drawid, Ph.D.

Amar Drawid, Ph.D.

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
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Experience

  • Agilisium Consulting Graphic
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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Princeton, NJ

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    Bridgewater, NJ

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    Bridgewater, NJ

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Education

  • Yale University Graphic

    Yale University

    - Received both B.S. and M.S. in 4 years
    - Magna Cum Laude. GPA: 3.8
    - Honors in major
    - Master’s thesis: Subcellular localization of yeast proteins using Bayesian analysis

  • - Completed concurrent with a full-time job (Sanofi)
    - GPA: 4.0
    - Doctoral thesis: Physically interpretable machine learning methods for transcription factor binding site identification using principled energy thresholds and occupancy
    - Research: Development of two machine learning methods – an enhanced hidden Markov model and a phylogeny-based optimization method – with emphasis on physical interpretation of statistical quantities to identify binding sites of the transcription factor…

    - Completed concurrent with a full-time job (Sanofi)
    - GPA: 4.0
    - Doctoral thesis: Physically interpretable machine learning methods for transcription factor binding site identification using principled energy thresholds and occupancy
    - Research: Development of two machine learning methods – an enhanced hidden Markov model and a phylogeny-based optimization method – with emphasis on physical interpretation of statistical quantities to identify binding sites of the transcription factor NF-kB
    - Extensive coursework in artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistics

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Honors & Awards

  • Erdos Institute Featured Speaker

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  • Global Pharma Executives Key Influencers

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  • Keynote Presentation at Chief Data Analytics Officers Conference

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  • Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics

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  • Featured biography in Garje Marathi book

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  • Article on Dr. Drawid in top Indian newspaper Maharashtra Times

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Languages

  • Hindi

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  • Marathi

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  • Sanskrit

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  • English

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Organizations

  • Yale Club of Central New Jersey

    Trustee

    - Present
  • Yale Club of Central New Jersey

    President

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  • Toastmasters Club

    Vice President, Public Relations

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  • Yale Club of Central New Jersey

    Vice President

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