Ryan Williams
Ryan is a Staff Software Engineer at TileDB, focused on scalable scRNA-seq data processing and storage using TileDB-SOMA. He has previously built software for distributed analysis of bulk and single-cell genomic data, in industry and as part of a CZI Human Cell Atlas grant at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and holds a BSc in Mathematical & Computational Sciences from Stanford University.
Sessions
As the field of single-cell RNA sequencing continues to evolve, researchers are increasingly interested in using these datasets to train foundational models for a wide range of applications. While training models on smaller datasets that fit into memory is relatively straightforward, scaling up beyond single machines presents significant technical challenges. In this workshop co-presented by TileDB and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, participants will receive hands-on experience training models on a large dataset comprising 70 million cells and learn about the key technologies and resources that make this possible.