Cas Wognum
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Montréal, Canada
One man, many hats!
In my work, I strive to collaborate with an inspiring group of people on projects that I am proud of. Within a team where people treat each other as equals, I want to be challenged and use all of my capacities to have a positive impact on society. In pursuit of these values, I have worn different hats. Whereas film-making was my first passion, I’ve since then become fascinated by the mystery that the human mind proves to be and by the possibilities that the field of artificial intelligence promises.
RECENT Experience
Valence Labs (Recursion)
Associate SCIENTIST
2023 – now
Following the acquisition of Valence Discovery by Recursion, Valence Labs continues as a semi-autonomous R&D engine.
Valence Discovery
ML SCIENTIST
2021 – 2023
After a succesful graduate internship, I was hired to bring the latest advances in machine learning for chemistry to the Valence platform.
Orbisk
ML ENGINEER
2019 – 2021
Researched computer vision models to automatically detect and recognize food waste. Built and maintained the associated annotation pipeline.
Not only does Cas add a lot of value with his expertise on deep learning and computer vision, but also his professional and structural attitude makes him a pleasure to work with. His attention to detail, ability to work autonomously and when necessary act as a team player is a big relief in the sometimes hectic environment of a startup. Being there from the start, Cas has been an integral part in developing our team and team spirit to where it is today.
Bart van Arnhem, co-founder and CTO at Orbisk
EDUCATION
Utrecht University
Artificialintelligence
MSc. / 2019 – 2022 / Cum Laude
Learnt a multi-disciplinary and history view of Artificial Intelligence, while remaining up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.
Utrecht University
Game and media technology
MSc. / 2019 – 2022 / Cum Laude
Learnt to build and simulate virtual worlds. Through extensive optimization, generated photo-realistic images of these worlds in real-time.
Eindhoven University of Technology
Computer Science
and engineering
BSc. / 2016 – 2019 / Cum Laude
Gained a deep understanding of how computers operate and learned to effectively design and collaborate on large-scale software projects.
Code
Polaris (2024, open-source)
Community-run, industry-backed benchmarking platform for drug discovery.
codeGraphium (2023, open-source)
Advanced library to more easily scale molecular Graph Neural Networks.
code | blogpostMolfeat (2023, open-source)
Unifies several molecular representations behind a user-friendly interface.
code | blogpost | website
Film
Molecular Out-of-Distribution (2023, English, animation)
Scientific animation to convey the high-level ideas of a recent article.
videoGeen Bereik (2015, Dutch, very short film)
After “Sukkel voor de liefde”, this was an intentionally minimalistic project to experiment with what we had learnt.
videoSukkel voor de Liefde (2014, Dutch, short film)
Made in just 30 days as part of a national sex education campaign.
video | application
Miscellaneous
M2D2 community (founding member)
The M2D2 community hosts various initiatives to bring together scientists in the field of AI-enabled drug discovery.
website