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.

Career

Data Scientist

I build algorithms which learn from data automatically.

Career Roadmap

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.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took: