Bio
Hello โ๏ธ
I’m a data scientist, currently working for Carbonfact. I’m half British ๐ฌ๐ง and half Belgian ๐ง๐ช. I went to university in Toulouse, France ๐ซ๐ท. My academic ๐ background is a mix of maths ๐งฎ, economics ๐ธ, and computer science ๐ฅ๏ธ. I got hooked into data science in 2014 after watching Moneyball โพ and reading The Signal and the Noise ๐. My PhD topic had to do with database query optimisation and machine learning ๐ค. I like to build an interest in different topics, although I do have an area of mild expertise, which is online machine learning.
I enjoy programming and I maintain some open-source projects. In particular, I’m one of the founding members of River ๐, which is a Python ๐ library for online machine learning. I’m a Kaggle competitions Master ๐ and take an interest in competitive data science. I also get a kick out of giving talks and writing blog posts.
Besides work, I like spending time reading ๐, watching movies ๐ฟ, walking ๐ถ, juggling ๐คน, looking at – and sometimes making – modern art, and cooking ๐ฒ. My favorite snack is a peanut butter ๐ฅ and banana ๐ sandwich – spatially optimised if possible. My go-to beer is Guinness โ๏ธ. I have a brother who’s into physics and operating systems. My mother runs a quirky shop in the French countryside called the Ziboinboin.
Do feel free to send me an email at maxhalford25@gmail.com if you want to get in touch.