Curious by breed, empathic by nature, and an innovator by trade - I am passionate about collaborating with leaders across sectors with whom I share a common intent for good, to deliver substantially better outcomes for customers, citizens and communities, creating a better future for all.

My life goal is to utilise my innate drive to continuously learn and grow in a purposeful manner. I believe in acts of compassion and the concept of paying it forward. I am determined to change the world for the better. I am hoping to inspire others to do the same. I am the happiest when I am stretching to my fullest capacity while making a positive impact.

Professionally, it is important for me to become a chimera of highly technical, highly creative, and highly strategic. I’m excited by the idea of crossing unconventional borders, driving disruptive innovation, and setting new precedents. I believe in the beauty of precision, the power of hard work, and the necessity of ambiguity. I place a premium on intellectual curiosity and spend my time creating at the intersection of data science and impactful areas: Health (epidemiology, genomics, wellbeing); Education (educational technology, pedagogy); Environment (accessible energy, sustainable agriculture); Human Resources (people analytics, recruitainment, organisational psychology, diversity and inclusion).

My strongest qualities: (1) Identify and reflect the intentions of doing things; (2) Be ever curious about every element of a problem; (3) Be an imperfectionist, with a high tolerance for ambiguity; (4) Have a “dragonfly eye” view of the world, to see through multiple lenses; (5) Pursue occurrent behaviour and experimenting relentlessly; (6) Tap into the collective intelligence, acknowledging that the smartest people are not in the room; (7) Practice “show and tell” because storytelling begets action.

Personal information
Full name: Jakob Voo
User name: vtv1119
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Volunteer background
Education: Bachelor's on Actuarial Studies, Statistics (The Australian National University)
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Volunteer availability
Start date: March 1, 2022
End date: None
Hours available per week: 10
Volunteering interests
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Skills
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JavaScript
Computer Science (Algorithms)
Python
Data in Relational Databases
SQL
Geospatial
Data > 1TB
Data in Text Files
Text Data (NLP)
Network/Graph Data
Multimedia Data (Video or Audio)
Data from Sensors
GIS tools
Experience working on real-world problems using data
Data Visualization
Experimental Methods (RCTs, A/B testing, etc.)
Social Science (Economics, Sociology, etc.)
Data Analysis
Decision Trees
SVMs
Random Forests
Time Series Models
Unsupervised models
Semi-Supervised models
Causal inference
Neural Networks / Deep Learning
R
Julia
SPSS
Stata
SAS
Matlab

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