Axel Harstad
Senior Data Scientist
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolAxel Harstad is a Senior Data Scientist based in Oslo with eight years of hands-on experience building ML-driven products and analytics at Rystad Energy. He progressed from junior roles to senior positions within the same company, demonstrating rapid technical growth and domain depth in energy analytics. Academically grounded with a Master's in Computer Science from NTNU and an MS in Artificial Intelligence from UC Berkeley, he pairs rigorous theory with practical deployment experience. Early internships and assistant roles—ranging from AI tax-return proofs of concept to geomodelling ML—show a consistent focus on applying AI to real-world problems. He also brings teaching experience in programming and calculus, signaling strong communication skills for translating complex models to stakeholders. Outside of work he maintains a GitHub presence reflecting a computer-science-first mindset and ongoing curiosity about tools and reproducible code.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitetMaster of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence at University of California, BerkeleyÅrsenhet, Idéhistorie | History of Ideas, Årsenhet, Idéhistorie | History of Ideas at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)
Github Skills (46)
depth-estimation10
pytorch10
anomaly-detection10
gnn10
graph10
machine-learning10
time-series10
deep-learning10
visual-odometry10
arxiv10
robot9
robotics8
ros7
fault6
filtering6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
axeloh/gan-pytorch
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:47 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
axeloh/DatabaseProject-TDT4145
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:42 commits, 26 pushes, 3 branches in 16 days
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