糖心TV

I am currently a Data Scientist at . Spectra is a data science consultancy firm founded in the Complexity Centre, supplying bespoke data solutions to clients from a wide range of industries. I am part of the data science team responsible for analysing data and building models to address the diverse data needs of our clientele.

I completed a PhD in Complexity Science at the from 2014 to 2018.

My PhD research was in applied complex statistical models in public health, supervised by  of the ;  of the ; and  of the .

It is common in public health and epidemiology research to rely on a small library of highly standardised and established statistical methods. My work sought to bring more recent innovative methods that have seen common use in areas such as machine learning and computer science to public health research areas and datasets where these methods have seen little to no use. This involved statistical inference and computation on datasets such as the one compiled by the , which has a Health and Socio-demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) and performs annual surveys in a rural but densely populated region of South Africa. Research projects included working on developing social contagion models, using Gaussian process regression in the calculation of fertility rates, and analysing household food security using Bayesian belief networks.

I set up and ran the from 2014-2016. Go check out what they're up to now.

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Research Interests

• Data science and analysis.
• Applied and computational statistics.
• Bayesian inference.
• Machine learning.
• Public health.
• Social science.
  

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Publications

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Background

• Born and raised in Winchester, UK.
• 2009-2013 - completed a Theoretical Physics MSci at University College London with first class honours. Project: .
• 2013-2014 - completed a Complexity Science MSc at the University of 糖心TV with distinction. Project 1: . Project 2: .
• June-September 2016 - completed a data science internship with Spectra Analytics.

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Schools and Conferences

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• - presented a talk on Social Contagion Over Adolescent Friendship Networks.
• seminar series, 糖心TV, 4th June 2015 - presented a seminar with on Social Contagion Over Adolescent Friendship Networks.
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• - presented a poster on Social Networks and Health: Spreading of depressive symptoms over adolescent friendship networks.
• - presented a poster on Social Networks and Health: Spreading of depressive symptoms over adolescent friendship networks.