I am a Data Scientist who loves programming and has a strong interest in data visualization and machine learning.

🎓 MSc in Data Science

Birkbeck, University of London

🎓 BSc in Mathematics

West Virginia University

◾ Python  ◾ R
◾ SQL     ◾ HTML
◾ CSS     ◾ JavaScript

◾ Scikit-Learn  ◾ Keras
◾ TensorFlow    ◾ Pandas
◾ Matplotlib    ◾ Plotly
◾ Dash          ◾ Seaborn
◾ GeoPandas     ◾ SciPy
◾ NumPy         ◾ OpenCV

I was first introduced into programming during secondary education where I learned basic C++. Later in university I became familiar with basic JavaScript and Matlab. Primarily my background is in mathematical and statistical analysis, obtaining my BSc in Mathematics from West Virginia University. While in University I was able to help as a research assistant in a flow cytometry lab where I first experienced big data analytics using Microsoft Excel and Matlab.

After University I spent over 5 years teaching primary and secondary education in the United States and in Thailand. During that period I taught myself basic R and Python programming skills. I improved upon my skills by taking various courses online related to Data Science through Coursera and DataCamp.

Eventually I decided to pursue my MSc in Data Science and started attending Birkbeck, University of London where I graduated in September 2020. My focus has been on Python, SQL, R, Java, neural networks, dimensionality reduction, network theory, optimization techniques, data visualization and cloud computing. My side projects tend to utilize various libraries for data manipulation, model building and visualization. My MSc project was focused on LSTM neural networks trained on financial data and optimization through the use of evolutionary algorithms.

I love to travel all over the world 🌍. I've visited Canada, Thailand, India, Palestine, Israel, France, Italy, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey, Costa Rica, and England. Coming from the mountain state of West Virginia where I was raised, I've lived in Virginia, and later moved to Thailand to teach mathematics and science to bilingual students. I now live in London, England with my wonderful wife where we have continued our educational journey.

Besides programming and traveling I have always enjoyed investing, video games, weightlifting, exercise, sports, muay thai, boxing, mixed martial arts, science fiction, fantasy, cooking, and reading. If you share any of these interests or ever need help working with data, please feel free to contact me!

I'm open to work on various data and programming related projects so please feel free to contact me!

• Facial recognition and mask detection

• UK Used Car Dashboard

• Regression analysis on life expectancy

• Covid-19 tracking app

• Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection

💻 My portfolio website: https://danielbsimpson.github.io/

📊 My Kaggle notebooks: https://www.kaggle.com/dbsimpson/notebooks

Visit my LinkedIn page and connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-b-simpson/

📫 How to reach me: [email protected]