Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
Doing a physics degree and advanced mathematics.
Spent some time in scientific research to understand the power of computers.
Did some work with machine based learning during my PhD.
Moved into industry to get some commercial experience.
Education
High School
Career
Data Scientist
I build algorithms which learn from data automatically.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Technology
Numbers
Building Things
Day to Day
Spending some time at the computer to explore new algorithms, visualise and explore data, and understand how various things interplay. Understanding how to scale out a prototype to match organisational deployment requirements, and iterating on software builds to continue to add value.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for college students
Focus on statistics and programming to understand at least at some functional level how they work, and then develop an interest in solving numerical problems.