CSE PhD student · NSF CSGrad4US Fellow
Michael Vanden Heuvel
I’m a Computer Science & Engineering PhD student at the University of Washington, advised by Jeff Nivala, and an NSF CSGrad4US Fellow. I’m interested in machine learning for understanding and designing biology.
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Started my Computer Science & Engineering PhD at the University of Washington, advised by Jeff Nivala.
Began as co-lead of the Seattle chapter of Bits in Bio.
Promoted to Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Received Microsoft's Above and Beyond Award.
Awarded the NSF CSGrad4US Fellowship to support my doctoral studies.
Research, software, and service.
During my undergraduate studies, I worked with the Informatics Skunkworks research group and UW School of Medicine on machine learning for medical imaging. Before graduate school, I was a software engineer at Microsoft Security, where I built full-stack systems for Microsoft Sentinel and led features from early design through general availability.
I also care deeply about teaching and community: from computer science education and wet-lab instruction to disability advocacy and student-led events.