Alexander Fengler
Principal Data Scientist
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Fengler is a Principal Data Scientist with 11 years of experience applying Bayesian inference, statistical methods, and ML Ops to problems in finance, cognitive science, and marketing. Currently at PyMC Labs and a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University, he bridges rigorous academic research in cognitive science with practical ML deployments and teaching. His background spans a PhD in Cognitive Science, an MPhil in Statistics from Bocconi, and interdisciplinary training in neuroeconomics, enabling him to translate behavioral models into scalable probabilistic pipelines. Notably, he has repeatedly built end-to-end Bayesian analysis workflows for clients and research projects, blending research rigor with production-ready tooling. Based in Providence, RI, he combines deep domain knowledge with hands-on engineering to make complex uncertainty quantification accessible to decision-makers.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience (Neuroeconomics), MSc. Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience (Neuroeconomics) at Maastricht UniversityPhD. Cognitive Science, PhD. Cognitive Science at Brown UniversityMPhil. Statistics, MPhil. Statistics at Università Bocconi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (49)
bayesian-statistics10
diffusion-models10
python-modules10
pymc10
regression-models10
bayesian10
jekyll10
bayesian-inference10
python9
jekyll-theme9
github-pages9
generative-ai9
deep-learning9
ssm7
quicksort6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AlexanderFengler/LAN_scripts
Jul 2021 - Nov 2022
Scripts for end-to-end training of LANs and other convenience functions
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 4 months
lnccbrown/ssm-simulators
May 2021 - Feb 2023
Python Package which collects simulators for Sequential Sampling Models
Contributions:28 releases, 123 reviews, 132 commits in 1 year 9 months
python
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