Benjamin Houghton
Senior Data Scientist
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Houghton is a Senior Data Scientist specializing in applying AI to the Oil & Gas sector, with five years of multidisciplinary experience bridging petroleum engineering and machine learning. He teaches Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Reinforcement Learning at Georgetown University, translating research-grade methods into practical skills for industry and students. His background includes hands-on field and operations leadership at Baker Hughes and BJ Services, informing data-driven solutions that respect operational constraints. At Leidos and Axle Informatics he led applied research and computer vision projects, demonstrating a rare combination of domain expertise and production-focused ML. Based in Alexandria, VA, he leverages an MS in Data Science plus a petroleum engineering foundation to drive innovation where subsurface physics meets modern AI.
5 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Data Science and Analytics, Master of Science - MS, Data Science and Analytics at Georgetown UniversityPetroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering at West Virginia University
Github Skills (9)
python3
cli3
docker3
imagej2
docker-cli1
java1
image1
bioinformatics1
image-processing1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bthoughton/polus-plugins
Jun 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:268 pushes, 76 branches in 1 year 9 months
bthoughton/521-Project
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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