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Lawrence Hunter, Ph.D.

Educational Background

  • B.A. in Psychology, 1982, Yale University, cum laude.
  • M.S. and M.Phil. in Computer Science, 1987, Yale University.
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1989, Yale University. Thesis: Knowledge Acquisition Planning: Gaining Expertise Through Experience, advised by Roger Schank.

Experience

  • University of Colorado School of Medicine, associate professor, departments of Pharmacology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics; University of Colorado, Boulder, associate professor, department of Computer Science; director, Center for Computational Pharmacology; Biomolecular Structure Program member; Cancer Center member.2000-.

  • Molecular Mining Corp., Founder and member of the Board of Directors.1997-.

  • Consultant. Advise pharmaceutical and other biomedical industry clients on the applications of machine learning to problems in drug discovery, health care finance and other areas.1997-.

  • Freelance writer. Articles on machine learning, privacy, biotechnology and social issues involving technology for academic, popular and industrial audiences.1987-.

  • National Cancer Institute, chief of section on Molecular Statistics and Bioinformatics. Conduct basic research and supervise a team of M.S. and Ph.D. researchers in computational biology and machine learning; provide postdoctoral training; serve on NCI committees on bioinformatics.1999-2000.

  • George Mason University, Adjunct Associate Professor. Teach graduate courses on computational biology in the Computational Science and Informatics program, and advise PhD student theses.1991-2000.

  • Krasnow Institute of Advanced Study in Cognition, Fellow.1995-2000.

  • National Library of Medicine, Computer Scientist. Director, Machine Learning Project. Responsible for conducting basic research on machine learning in biomedical domains. Project officer on AI software development contracts. Supervised medical students in the NLM Medical Informatics Elective.1989-1999.

  • Yale University, Instructor and Teaching Assistant. Graduate course in knowledge representation and memory, and undergraduate courses in artificial intelligence and computer programming.1983-1988.

 


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