About the Authors

Mark D. M. Leiserson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Computer Science, College Park, MD, United States of America

Vasilis Syrgkanis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Amy Gilson

Roles Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Miroslav Dudik

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microsoft Research New York, New York, NY, United States of America

Sharon Gillett

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Jennifer Chayes

Roles Project administration

Affiliations Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Microsoft Research New York, New York, NY, United States of America

Christian Borgs

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Dean F. Bajorin

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States of America

Jonathan E. Rosenberg

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States of America

Samuel Funt

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States of America

Alexandra Snyder

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States of America, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Lester Mackey

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lmackey@microsoft.com

Affiliation Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

ML is a former employee of and is currently a paid consultant for Microsoft. AG is a former employee of Microsoft. DJ was a paid consultant for Merck within the last 12 months and was a paid consultant for Genentech within the last 24 months. JER is a paid consultant of Roche and Genentech. SAF owns stock in Urogen and receives research funding from AstroZeneca and Genentech. AS is a current employee of and owns stock in Merck, received prior research funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, is a former employee of Adaptive Biotechnologies, and is a prior paid consultant of Genentech. JR has consulted for AstraZeneca, Roche/Genentech, Astellas, Seattle Genetics, EMD Serono, Merck, BMS, Eli Lilly, Sanofi, Adicet Bio, Sensei Biotherapeutics, Oncogenex, Inovio, Gritstone, Pharmacyclics, Western Oncolytics, Bayer, Mirati, Bioclin Therapeutics, QED Therapeutics, and Fortress Biotech. Additionally, JR has received honoraria, royalties, stock, or research funding from the following organizations: Chugai, BMS, Merck, AstraZeneca, Medscape, Uptodate, Genentech/Roche, Oncogenex, Agensys/Astellas, Seattle Genetics, Novartis, Mirati, Incyte, Bayer, Viralytics Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center core grant P30 CA008748. DFB has consulted for Shionogi, Astellas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Merck, Genentech, Vertex, Roche, Hoffman-LaRoche, Fidia Farmaceutici, Pfizer, Esai, Eli-Lilly, AstraZeneca, Urogen. DFB has also received honoraria, grants or research funding from the following: Novartis, Genentech, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, Dendreon, Genentech, Merck, McKesson, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center core grant P30 CA008748. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.