Alexandre Gandini
Data Scientist, Auditor
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexandre Gandini is a data scientist and auditor with 7+ years applying statistical rigour and machine learning to public-sector oversight in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. With an MSc in Statistics and a background in economics and finance, he builds outlier- and fraud-detection models that turn messy public spending data into actionable insights. Previously he developed econometric forecasting and portfolio models at Banco do Brasil, blending quantitative research with practical investment advice. A Python and pandas expert, he also contributes open-source tooling—authoring a script to harvest free Springer books during the 2020 COVID quarantine—showing attention to reproducible data workflows and pragmatic automation. His combined training in electronics, economics and statistics gives him a rare cross-disciplinary edge for production-ready analytic systems.
7 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MSc, Statistics, Master of Science - MSc, Statistics at Federal University of Rio Grande do SulTechnician, Eletronics, Technician, Eletronics at Fundacao Escola Técnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (6)
pandas10
python10
http-request9
file-management9
data-manipulation8
webscraping8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alexgand/springer_free_books
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
Python script to download all Springer books released for free during the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:80 commits, 68 PRs, 78 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alexandre primarily focused on developing and modifying the Python script to download free Springer books. Their contributions included organizing books by subject in subfolders, updating the file naming convention, and correcting indices within the code. They also reverted changes related to filename length limitations. These changes indicate a focus on improving the functionality and organization of the book download process.
pythonpython-scriptreleasedspringerquarantine
alexgand/adaLASSO_STR_RF
Jul 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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