Austin Marcus
CTO and AI/ML specialist focused on computer vision
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joined August 2025
Summary
Bridges academic perceptual neuroscience and applied machine learning: Marcus has a research background in human vision and neuroimaging (TarrLab, BOLD5000) and has contributed to datasets and tooling that connect cognitive neuroscience with computer vision. github+2
Senior AI/ML and computer vision practitioner: His industry roles (Gather AI, Synkrato) list responsibilities building and deploying vision models and leading ML teams, indicating hands-on experience in production machine learning and model deployment. getprog
Startup technology leader and operator: Listed CTO positions (Allervision Tech and a stealth startup) show a transition to executive technical leadership, overseeing architecture, product direction, and operations. getprog+1
Open-source and technical craftsmanship: Maintains and contributes code repositories (e.g., collective_motion_LJ and contributions to BOLD5000 scripts), demonstrating software development, data-handling, and reproducible-research practices. github+2
Work
Education
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Writing
Effective Connectivity and Bias Entropy Improve Prediction of Dynamical Regime in Automata Networks
February 1, 2023Journal article in Entropy co-authored by Austin M. Marcus examining methods for predicting dynamical regimes in automata networks using effective connectivity and bias entropy.
BOLD5000, a public fMRI dataset while viewing 5000 visual images
May 1, 2019Scientific Data article describing the BOLD5000 dataset: a large-scale slow event-related fMRI study using ~5,000 images drawn from computer vision datasets to enable integration of human and machine vision research.