Scientist, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor specializing in IT companies and startups applying Computer Vision, Machine Learning in Pharma, Microscopy, and Robotics.
Szymon Stoma is a scientist, entrepreneur, and angel investor specializing in IT ventures applying computer vision and machine learning in the fields of life sciences, microscopy, pharma, and robotics. He is a Senior Staff Scientist at the Image and Data Analysis group within the Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM) at ETH Zurich, where he leads image analysis efforts at the intersection of Life Science and AI.
Szymon is the founder and former CEO of MicroscopeIT, a software house focused on R&D in AI and computer vision. In 2019, MicroscopeIT was successfully merged with Tooploox, where he went on to lead the 30+ person R&D department as Head of Tooploox Research. He also served as CSO of Cat-astrophe Games Studio, an indie studio developing augmented reality–driven educational and entertainment applications.
Szymon holds an MSc from the University of Wroclaw, where he worked on Artificial Intelligence, as well as a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Montpellier, where he worked on simulations of dynamic systems with dynamic structures in the context of plant morphogenesis.
He has worked within world-class institutions including INRIA, Harvard Medical School, ETH Zurich, and Humboldt University Berlin, and has spent over 15 years working at the cutting edge of science and innovation. He is also the founder of ZIDAS, an initiative supporting data-driven life science research, and currently offers interdisciplinary consulting through his company Histopixel. Szymon has led over €3M in direct research funding and contributed to large-scale projects exceeding €50M in total volume.
He has many possibilities to set up a collaboration / internships, so please do not hesitate to contact him if you have an interesting idea.
Selected projects:
2020 - Angel Investor at ZOWIE, MobilWay S.A., and a few others in the seed phase
2019 - Head of R&D at Tooploox - a company that acquired a control package of shares in MicroscopeIT
2018 - Co-founder at Cat-astrophe Games: An indy game studio specializing in AR/VR technologies.
2017 - Co-founder at ZIDAS: An international school on Image and Data Analysis for Life Scientists.
2015 - CEO & Partner at MicroscopeIT: An AI R&D software house specializing in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Optimization. Now, after successfully M&A part of Tooploox Group.
Finished projects:
2017 - Investor at Vratis: Consultancy in Computational Fluid Dynamics consulting. Exited in 2020.
2012 - Founder at Yeast-Image-Toolkit (YIT).
2011 - Founder at Systems Biology Model Checker (SBMC).
2009 - Founder at Spatio-Temporal Simulation Environment STSE.
| szymon (dot) stomaREMOVEME (at) gmail (dot) com | |
| web1 | http://stoma.name/ |
| web2 | http://let-your-data-speak.com |
| web3 | http://microscopeit.com |
| web4 | http://tooploox.com |
| web5 | http://cat-astrophe-games.com |
| Tweeter | sstoma |
| Skype | sstoma |
| sstoma |
| Address | ETH Zürich |
| Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM) | |
| HPZ G 35 | |
| Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 14 | |
| CH-8093 Zurich / Switzerland | |
| (mobile-ch) | +41 766 390 449 |
| (book-meeting) | https://calendly.com/sstoma/telco-45 |