Hello,

I'm deeply passionate about statistics/Data science and environmental sciences. After a Bachelor in Sociology, a master in Ancient languages and one in EU studies, I did a university certificate in statistics (part of the master) and I'm currently doing a master in biology.

I worked as data scientist for both banks and small startup, and as freelance for some time. I did many different projects : predicting GHG emissions of Belgian companies, predicting companies working in circular economy, classification of companies on the basis of their website's content, finding the right website for a company, building a search engine for belgian companies, topic extraction of text content, sales forecasting, text similarity, etc.

In parallel, I started volunteering in a wild animals rescue center, and did different trainings in ornithology, botany and now currently as nature guide. Realizing that I actually really really like biology, I started a master in biology that I'm currently still doing while still working part time as data scientist.

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Full name: Alexis Buckens
User name: abuck2
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Education: Master's on Statistics, Sociology, Linguistic, EU law, Biology (UCLouvain)
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Python
Computer Science (Algorithms)
SQL
Data in Text Files
Data in Relational Databases
Text Data (NLP)
Data > 1TB
Geospatial
GIS tools
Network/Graph Data
Multimedia Data (Video or Audio)
Data from Sensors
Experience working on real-world problems using data
Data Visualization
Social Science (Economics, Sociology, etc.)
Experimental Methods (RCTs, A/B testing, etc.)
Data Analysis
Decision Trees
SVMs
Random Forests
Neural Networks / Deep Learning
Unsupervised models
Semi-Supervised models
Graphical models
Time Series Models
Causal inference
Regression Discontinuity
Instrumental Variables
Matching (e.g., Propensity Score Matching )
SAS
R
SPSS
Julia

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