Assya Trofimov

Assya Trofimov

PhD student in Computer Science (2017-2022)

IRIC - Université de Montréal

Before starting her undergraduate degree, Assya Trofimov secured an internship at IRIC with Dr. Claude Perreault, studying the adaptive immune system. Upon completion of her degree, she chose to change towards a Masters in Bioinformatics and then a PhD in Computer Science, co-directed by both Drs. Claude Perreault and Sébastien Lemieux.

Her current ambition is to develop deep learning models of the adaptive immune system. Learn about her project The factorized embeddings model: Towards a data-driven cell atlas.

Interests
  • Representation learning
  • Immunology
  • Origami
  • Baking
Education
  • MSc in Bioinformatics, 2017

    Université de Montréal

  • BSc in Biochemistry & Molecular Medecine, 2015

    Université de Montréal