Barbara Ikica
Data Scientist
Switzerland
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Top SchoolBarbara Ikica is a data scientist and mathematician with eight years of research experience applying evolutionary game theory and complex network analysis to real-world problems. She holds a PhD with top grades from the University of Ljubljana and has held postdoctoral and fellowship positions at institutions including the University of Zurich and Stanford’s SNAP group, where she worked on temporal transaction dynamics and sensor anomaly detection. Her background blends rigorous theoretical training with practical programming and data skills developed during internships and long-term research projects, plus teaching experience in advanced mathematics. Active in debating societies since high school, she brings strong communication, critical thinking, and a curiosity-driven approach that fuels robust hypothesis generation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Based in Switzerland, she excels at turning complex mathematical models into actionable data-driven insights for academic and applied settings.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Gimnazija in ekonomska srednja šola TrbovljeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics, GPA: 10/10, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics, GPA: 10/10 at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Slovenian, DutchProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ikicab/NewsFlow
May 2018 - Jan 2021
A co-evolving multilayer model of the flow of the news
Contributions:2 PRs, 39 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
newsmultilayer
ikicab/mPW
Apr 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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