James Weimer

Assistant Professor @Vanderbilt_CS, co-founder @neuralert and vasowatch

[Vanderbilt Computer Science @Vanderbilt_CS]

Congratulations to Profs. Kevin Leach and James Weimer for their exceptional research in software security and medical devices, which has secured them the prestigious $2 million ARPA-H contract!

https://t.co/ERDvGhcx6E

[VU Engineering @VUEngineering]

James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a @NSF CAREER Award to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques. https://t.co/e3n40ezOpl

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

There are MANY unmet foundational scientific needs that can only be identified and effectively solved by getting outside the academic bubble and understanding real-world needs/constraints.

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

My NSF CAREER was awarded.

https://t.co/6zDqo5osFu

A big thanks to the NSF CPS program and all my collaborators (especially the students) and my colleagues in @VUEngineering , @Vanderbilt_CS , and @ViseVanderbilt.

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

At the risk of being provocative, the support from @VanderbiltU since joining in '22 to pursue "radical collaboration" and interdisciplinary research has been beyond comparison. I hope more early career PhDs find home intuitions (like @VanderbiltU) where tech transfer is valued.

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@KarlZelik I also have an app for any watch running WearOS that does something similar. Both watches can be configured to work for about 24 hours with constant sensing (10-30Hz).

I used them for both my startups -- with clinicians seeing them up. Pretty bullet proof.

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@KarlZelik Samsung Galaxy Watch Active with an app I wrote. I have 30 watches on campus if you need some for testing

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@jefielding I teach an Internet of Medical Things course in CS at Vanderbilt: covers engineering, clinical, and business aspects of IoMT (since you can't have impact in IoMT without all three working together) -- Do you have any modules related to Medical startups I could adapt (and cite)?

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

Want to be a CS researcher and also maximize the likelihood your work has real-world impact in medicine? Apply to join my phd research group at @Vanderbilt_CS -- We measure impact not only by "likes" (i.e., citations) on Google scholar, but more importantly by lives saved.

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@MASI_Lab And Nancy is #1! Although your tag looks more fun. :-)

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@KarlZelik On the IoMT side, a corollary is consumer health information (CHI): unregulated personal feedback that provides general health information (but not diagnosis). FWIW, the CHI space has the same issues -- and no amount of screaming about bad behavior has changed things (I tried).

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

VasowatchAI is released (https://t.co/czMy5BVT7E)!!! Model: predicts postpartum hemorrhage before delivery from maternal heart beats; 4x better than SOTA; and only 73 parameters because we spent 1.5 years studying physiology before model training. Next step: regulatory pre-sub!

[Suchi Saria @suchisaria]

Are you working in explainable ML/AI for hypothesis generation in life sciences? Ideally, you’re working within biotech, pharma, a startup, or a lab collaborating around life science discovery tasks. I have an ask for a NeurIPS talk but I’d love to invite others instead. Thanks!

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@suchisaria I've noticed an uptick as well (but not 5-7 times a week!) I have capacity to take on more "discussion asks" in health AI. I have no agenda -- but believe a holistic approach is needed (starting from data generating devices, through training and beyond). Forward asks as desired.

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@NikolaiMatni I think I know this answer, but I'll ask anyway. How would one use this result in practice? What's the limitations of the beta-mixing assumption?

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@suchisaria @bayesianhealth Sold. Just let me know if/when you need some IoT wizardry!

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@suchisaria Let's make this happen! As you suggest, building a community is definitely the first step. Take it offline to brainstorm?

[James Weimer @james_e_weimer]

@nicolapaoletti @miladmkm Congrats! Very exciting! We need more MCPS research!!!