Daniel Egbo
Data Scientist
Cape Town,WC
Summary
Analytical Research Specialist with experience in Machine learning, experimental research and Data Science. Detail-oriented and methodical professional successful in algorithm development, empirical research and data analysis. Reliable team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Research Scientist
South African Astronomical Observatory
Cape Town, Western Cape
02.2021 - Current
- Cross-correlation and statistical analysis MeerKAT surveys with other waveband surveys.
- Classifying transients using machine learning technique.
- Completed research duties per professor/supervisor request.
- Prepared literature for reports, presentations or submission to peer-review journals.
- Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
- Gathered, reviewed, and summarized literature from scientific journals produced graphs and other scientific calculations using Python.
Machine Learning Engineer
Ubenwa Health
Enugu, Enugu
09.2020 - 01.2021
- Signal processing and analysis of clinical data for prediction tasks.
- Developed advanced graphic visualization concepts to map and simplify analysis of heavily-numeric data and reports.
- Transformed raw data to conform to assumptions of machine learning algorithm.
- Researched, designed and implemented machine learning applications to solve problems affecting Infant kids with asphyxia infections.
- Used interpersonal and communication skills in interactions, enriching team collaboration, customer relationships on Ubenwa project.
Education
Master of Science - Astronomy
University of Nigeria
Nsukka 01.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Physics & Astronomy
University of Nigeria
Nsukka 10.2010 - 08.2014
Ph.D. - Astronomy
University of Cape Town
Western Cape 04.2021 - Current
Skills
PythonBashLaTeXLinuxVisualisation
Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly
Data AnalysisNumpy, Scipy, Pandas
Machine LearningSklearn, Tensorflow, NLTK
Web scrapingRequest, Beautiful-soup
DatabasePostgresql
DockerOfficeGitAnalysis MethodsLinear RegressionMultivariate AnalysisDimensionality Reduction
Data Collection
Report generation
Experiment Design
Certification
Scientific Computing & Python Programming, WorldQuant
Award
- 2018 African-German Network of Excellence in Science Research Mobility Grant.
- 2020 SAAO Prize PhD Scholarship at University of Cape Town.
Timeline
Scientific Computing & Python Programming, WorldQuant
07-2021
Data Science Summer School, ESCAPE
07-2021
Introduction to Machine Learning, Kaggle
05-2021
Ph.D. - Astronomy
University of Cape Town
04.2021 - Current
Research Scientist
South African Astronomical Observatory
02.2021 - Current
Machine Learning Engineer
Ubenwa Health
09.2020 - 01.2021
Master of Science - Astronomy
University of Nigeria
01.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Physics & Astronomy
University of Nigeria
10.2010 - 08.2014