"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts"

-- Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892)

Profession

I'm a self-employed Data Scientist (Type B). My professional focus is currently on advanced analytical problems, which can be solved by methods of Machine Learning, especially in the fields of language and text.

Methods:

• Data Analytics
• Statistical Modeling
• Data Visualization
• Machine Learning, including Deep Learning
• TrustworthyAI
• Natural Language Processing

Toolbox

Data Science:

• PyData Stack (Anaconda, Jupyter, Pandas, Numpy, scikit-learn, ...)
• spaCy, NLTK
• Elasticsearch, MongoDB, PostgreSQL/ PostGIS, SQLite
• Keras, TensorFlow, Transformers, MLflow
• QGIS, Folium
• Apache Spark

Software Development:

• Git
• Python, PyCharm
• Scala, Akka, SBT, IntelliJ
• Flask, Pelican, Node.js, JS, HTML, Bootstrap (all of them, only if necessary)
• Linux, Bash
• AWS, GCP, IBM Cloud

Certificates and Achievements

Showcase of certificates, I collected during the last years (there are some more, >40):

• Deep Learning Specialization
• Mathematics for Machine Learning Specialization
• Applied AI with DeepLearning
• Deep Learning with Python and PyTorch
• Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark
• Advanced Machine Learning and Signal Processing
• Scalable Machine Learning
• Applied Machine Learning in Python
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis
• Graph Analytics for Big Data
• Lightbend Reactive Architecture: Foundations & Advanced (Learning Paths)
• Akka Essentials, Akka Streams

Recent achievements:

• Committee Member in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial Intelligence - Working Group 3 Trustworthiness & in Austrian Standards' Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (AG 001 42 - Artificial Intelligence)
• Co-Author of a Policy Paper on Artificial Intelligence's (AI) Impact on Freedom of Expression in Political Campaign and Elections and its supplementary Guidelines for API Access to Social Media
• Skill Mentor on Data and Machine Learning / AI at EUvsVirus Hackathon
• Social Media Monitoring during an election phase
• Did projects in 4 different (human) languages in a year
• Data Science Lead of a Data4Good project
• Contributed to a specialized book about Data Science
• Mentor in a workshop at WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2018
• Author on Towards Data Science
• Contributor to pandas and fklearn