Hi, I’m preqon.
I’m a graduate in neuroscience and computer science, seeking opportunities in neurotechnology R&D for medical applications.
Here’s a bio that explains why.
Leaving high school, I wanted to understand the natural structure of materials around me and what consciousness was. I pursued chemistry and neuroscience. Electrochemical interactions explain alot of material structure, and neuroscience certainly attempts to explain conscious phenomena. (I actually find research directions here very promising; and I don’t view the Hard Problem of Consciousness as something that will be too hard).
In the third year of a B Sc., it became more pressing to choose a career path. Neurotechnology attracted me (at this stage, it was honestly for its science-fiction-like allure). I did a little research into what disciplines are needed in neurotechnology; I didn’t have the best understanding, but computer science seemed like a reasonable choice. Only it was too late to start a new major. So, I decided to delay my graduation and turn my B Sc. into a combined degree, with B Advanced Computing.
I then fell in love with computer science for its own sake. Particularly, the delight in finding an optimal information representation and designing its transformations. I started tutoring and assisting lecturers in the School of Computer Science. Three years of teaching students taught me how to study and how to explain a technical idea to people of all educational backgrounds.
Towards the end of my combined degree, I started taking courses in AI, ML and computational neuroscience. This really felt like the culmination of everything I had been studying. It was a beautiful feeling. I was in awe of information processing as it appears in computer systems and in nature.
But it had always been in the back of my mind to turn my passion for neuroscience and computer science into a craft; into the development of neurotechnology that can change lives. Through experiences like attempting medical device development with a group of students, interning at Emotiv, building a VR solution for concussion diagnostics and just getting out there and talking to industry leaders in neurotechnology, I’ve learned about how wide the gap can be between shiny new devices and the needs that patients suffering neurological illnesses actually have.
My goal now is to understand patient needs, and apply my domain of knowledge/skills to make a functional improvement to their lives; wherever they need it. That way, I can turn my inherent curiosities, into a craft that serves people, and grow my passion for that craft.
I hope to write about my craft on this web site, and also show any personal projects. I will still be reading widely (and writing) about questions in consciousness, neural computation, and intelligence (natural or artificial).
Much further down the line, if ever, my skill set and domain knowledge might let me make a contribution to general human augmentation. Though please note this isn’t a necessary end goal of mine; I have no end goal, beyond bringing a given project to completion, that utilises my skill set, and helps people.
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