CV

Sebastian Ruiz

sr23bt@fsu.edu
Florida, USA, , US

Summary

Currently a student at Florida State University. Interested in computational modeling methods applied to neuroscience and psychiatry.

Education

  • B.S. in Statistics with Minors in Computational Science and Psychology
    2027
    Florida State University
    Courses: Computational Methods in Statistics, Computational Probabilistic Modeling, Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Calculus I-III, Linear Algebra, Symbolic and Numerical Computation, Programming for Science Applications
  • A.A. in General Biology
    2023
    Palm Beach State College

Work Experience

  • 2026-2027: Honors in the Major Researcher
    2026 - 2027
    Florida State University
    • Thesis title: TBD
    • Committee Members: TBD
    • Supervisors: Assistant Professor of Statistics Partha Sarkar, Ph.D. (Florida State University), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Mohamed Sherif, M.D., Ph.D (Brown University and Lifespan Physician Group).
  • 2025-2027: Undergraduate Research Assistant
    2025 - 2027
    Brown University
    • Duties included: Examine effects of sensory noise degradation on model behavior, and how it can be abstracted to represent psychiatric illnesses. Review recently published literature on the Thousand Brains System, Active Inference, and Predictive Coding.
    • Supervisors: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Mohamed Sherif, M.D., Ph.D.

Skills

Public Speaking

  • Scientific Communication
  • Active Participant Involvement
  • Presentation Design

Coding and Programming

  • Python (Proficient)
  • Matplotlib
  • SciPy
  • NumPy
  • Monty
  • Pandas
  • Keras
  • Cython
  • MATLAB (Beginner)
  • R (Beginner)
  • Conda environments
  • Linux

Computational Methods and Statistics

  • SAS Data Analysis
  • Bootstrap Hypothesis Testing
  • Linear/Logistic Regression
  • PCA
  • Optimization

Presentations

  • Workshop: Intro to Computational Neuroscience / CompNeuroSociety General Body Meeting 1
    2025
    Florida State University, Innovation Hub
    Tallahassee, FL, USA
  • Collaborative Research Project Meeting
    2026
    Florida State University, Department of Psychology
    Tallahassee, FL, USA
  • Workshop: Python for Neural Data Analysis
    2025
    Florida State University, Department of Psychology
    Tallahassee, FL, USA

Portfolio

  • Poster Presentation
    2024
    Portfolio
    From summer internship at Carnegie Mellon University in Summer 2024
  • Poster Presentation
    2025
    Portfolio
    From summer internship at Brown University in Summer 2025
  • Poster Presentation
    2025
    Portfolio
    From Transfer Student Research and Leadership Symposium at Florida State University in Fall 2025

References

  • Timothy Verstynen, Ph.D.
  • Mohamed Sherif, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Carmen Varela, Ph.D.
  • Jack Burgess, Ph.D.
  • Katherine Freeman-Costin, Ph.D.