Dariya Bakshinska, Ph.D.

At Farsight Vision, I design large-scale computer vision pipelines that make sense of messy, real-world drone imagery. My work spans the entire lifecycle: curating and preprocessing multi-terabyte geospatial datasets, fine-tuning state-of-the-art models (SuperPoint, DINOv2, YOLO) to handle low-texture and harsh-lighting conditions, and packaging them into reproducible tools for the team. I focus on translating cutting-edge research into production-ready systems: building robust, scalable workflows that bring complex visual data into real-world use.

Our goal is to raise awareness around Ukraine. So far we have raised over 50K to rebuild schools in Ukraine and have become one of two official charity partners for the Berkeley Half and the SF Marathon.

Was a translator on the Oscar-winning documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" and "2000 Meters to Andriivka"

Completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in Dr. Ehud Isacoff’s lab, where I led a cross-disciplinary research program focused on the molecular determinants of synaptic heterogeneity. Built and optimized advanced imaging pipelines for calcium imaging and super-resolution confocal microscopy, addressing challenges in noise reduction, signal extraction, and resolution enhancement from high-dimensional datasets. Applied machine learning models to classify genotypes from imaging-derived protein expression, uncovering genotype-specific molecular patterns, and published findings in PNAS and Nature Communications.

▪ One of the fellows selected to carry out a computational neuroscience project using open-source data ▪ Applied an array of computational methods/models to hippocampal place cell data including Generalized Linear Models ▪ Designed and executed an independent computational neuroscience project investigating differential coding between phases of theta and hippocampal place cell activity in 2D environments.

Research Specialist in Sam Wang's lab where I was involved in a few different projects which included the following: ▪ Analyzed and quantified behavioral data obtained from mice undergoing a virtual reality evidence accumulation task. ▪ Performed UV/Vis spectroscopy and fluorimetry measurements to partially characterize GCaMP6f variants (Kd and nH). Furthermore, employed stopped-flow photometry to characterize the on- and off-kinetics of GCaMP6f variants in vitro ▪ Designed subcellular localization plasmid constructs expressing GCaMP6f and localization proteins for further characterization in primary hippocampal culture ▪ Performed surgeries in mice to trace anatomical projections from the cerebellum to the neocortex using HSV-H129 followed by tissue clearing using iDISCO