CHESS STETSON
email: chess AT alumni.caltech.edu , http://www.chessstetson.com/


EDUCATION
California Institute of Technology, PhD, Computation and Neural Systems | 2006-2012 | Preceptor: Richard Andersen, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | MS, Neuroscience | 2004 - 2006 | Mentor: David Eagleman, Ph.D.
Harvard University | BA, Physics | 1997-2001


EMPLOYMENT
dRISK | CEO | 2019-
Helynx | CEO | 2014-2019
Andersen Lab, Caltech | Post-doctoral Scholar | 2/2012-2014
Laboratory for Perception and Action, UT Houston | Research Associate | 10/2003-12/2003
Designed and built wristwatch-sized "neural chronometer" to measure perception during human free-fall
MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Assistant Staff in Laser Adaptive Optics | 2001-2003
Worked in a team to design and build high-altitude instruments to perform airborne laser propagation experiments | Designed and developed in-flight embedded data acquisition systems and ground-based command system | tested aircraft materials with exposure to high energy lasers
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | X-Ray Rocket Research Assistant | 1999-2001
Co-designed and coded flight software for on-board camera and filter assembly of a rocket-borne telescope | responsible for the unfailing operation of these scientific components. analyzed coronal loop data from the TRACE x-ray satellite
UT Southwestern Medical Center | MRI Research Assistant: Department of Medical Physics | 1999
Designed, build devices for fMRI scanner interface


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Blayney et al. dRISK Inc (2024) Bezier Everywhere All At Once
Scott, H. et al (2023) Scenario Gym: A Scenario-Centric Lightweight Simulator
Smart, A., Stetson, C., Jesudasan, K. (2022) Autonomous Vehicle Safety Assessment with Fully Quantified ODDs
Stetson, C., Andersen, R.A. (2015) Early Planning Activity in Frontal and Parietal Cortex in a Simplified Task
Stetson, C., Andersen, R.A. (2014) The Parietal Reach Region Selectively Anti-Synchronizes with Dorsal Premotor Cortex during Planning
Cui, X., Stetson, C., Montague, P.R., Eagleman, D.M. (2009). Ready...Go: Amplitude of the fMRI Signal Encodes Expectation of Cue Arrival Time. PLoS Biol 7(8): e1000167
Stetson C, Fiesta MP, Eagleman DM. (2007). Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event?. PLoS ONE 2(12): e1295
Stetson C, Cui X, Montague PR, Eagleman DM. (2006). Motor-sensory recalibration leads to an illusory reversal of action and sensation. Neuron. 51(5):651-9.
Master's Thesis (2006). David Eagleman, Ph.D., Advisor
Wang J, Anderson J, Lane T, Stetson C, Moore J. (2000). Contrast-detail characteristic evaluations of several display devices. J Digit Imaging. 13(2 Suppl 1):162-7


PATENTS
"Systems and Methods for Visualizing and Manipulating Graph Databases":
  • 9348947 granted 2016
  • 9740744 granted 2017
  • 10713258 granted 2019
  • 10776965 granted 2021
  • app #17/017,541 granted 2024

    • "Systems and methods for graph-based AI training":
  • 12043280 granted 2024

    • "Device and method for measuring information processing speed of the brain":
  • 9095295 granted 2015



    • TALKS, POSTERS, ABSTRACTS
    Society for Neuroscience Annual Meetings, 2004-2013 (posters; talks in 2007, 2011); RIKEN Summer Program, Japan 2010 , Sloan-Swartz Centers For Theoretical Neurobiology, Annual Meeting, 2007, 2008, 2009 (talks), 2010 (poster); Stetson C, Lakhani A, Eagleman DM. (2006). How do motor acts change time perception? Journal of Vision. 5, 8, 767, p 767a; Society for Neuroeconomics Annual Meeting, September, 2006 (talk); NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan 2005 (talk); Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, 2004 -2005 (posters); Experimental Philosophy Lab, UCSD (talk) 2004;


    TEACHING
    CS/CNS/EE 156b: Learning Systems, Yaser Abu-Mustafa, Ph.D., Winter 2010
    CNS/Bi 256: Decision Making, Richard Andersen, Ph.D., Spring 2010


    AWARDS / FUNDING
    DeepSafe: Project Lead, dRISK, £2M grant. 2018
    D-RISK: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Simulation and Modelling Project Lead, dRISK, £3M grant. 2018
    Clinical Trials Innovation Prize Stage 1 Winner, 2015
    Sloan-Swartz Fellowship | 2007
    RIKEN Institute | Summer Program, Ichiban presentation | 2010



    SKILLS
    Science stuff (experimental design, animal surgery and care, building circuits and other apparatus, R, Python, Matlab, IDL, UNIX) | C++, especially for embedded systems and machine learning


    ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS
    Caltech Math Circle, Instructor

    Building and coding things (electronic musical instruments, animation algorithms ) | Stringed instrument playing, vocalizing, illustration | Mountaineering, bouldering, backcountry skiing, kiteboarding

    The Harvard Krokodiloes | 3 3-month, 6-continent World Tours, 1998 - 2001