Jacob OppenheimThe Unreasonable Effectiveness of Design / Build / TestOver the past year, I’ve been collecting papers with surprising results about the success of machine learning in biology, ones that run…Jul 1Jul 1
Jacob OppenheimLearning from Evolution: Why Protein Language Models WorkOver at the new OpenProtein.ai blog, Tristan Bepler and I wrote about the seemingly mysterious power of Deep Protein Language Models. Not…Mar 20Mar 20
Jacob OppenheimPodcast: Data in BiotechRoss Katz from CorrDyn generously hosted me on the Data in Biotech podcast last week. Over the course of the conversation we discussed:Mar 13Mar 13
Jacob OppenheimThe World is not as Digitized as it SeemsConsider a handful of headlines from the two years:Feb 2Feb 2
Jacob OppenheimBig Data:The social contract around big data and information technology is broken.Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023
Jacob OppenheimBig Data: A False PanaceaThe story goes that an angry father confronted Target employees after his daughter was mailed coupons for maternity products unnecessarily…Oct 6, 2023Oct 6, 2023
Jacob OppenheimSoftware is Management TechnologyMy focus in writing over the past three months has been the interplay between powerful new computational methods, digital technologies, and…Sep 22, 2023Sep 22, 2023
Jacob OppenheimThe Age of Engineering BiologyI was on a panel about digitization and the data revolution at the annual Academy of Management meeting last weekend. My co-panelist and I…Aug 15, 2023Aug 15, 2023
Jacob OppenheimMachine Learning as Process EfficiencyThe integration of Machine Learning (ML) into scientific work exists on a continuum between whole-scale replacement of human processes and…Jul 31, 2023Jul 31, 2023
Jacob OppenheimML + Medicine — A Hammer in Search of NailsWe have heard stories about how computation and Machine Learning (ML) are poised to change medicine for well over a decade now…Jun 30, 2023Jun 30, 2023