Christos Merkatas
Assistant Professor at University of the Aegean
Helsinki, Mainland Finland, Greece
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Top SchoolChristos Merkatas is an Assistant Professor and statistican with eight years of research and teaching experience in Bayesian nonparametrics, machine learning, and applied statistics. He completed a PhD in Statistics at the University of the Aegean and has held postdoctoral positions at Aalto University and NIST, blending theoretical model development with practical applications. His work spans nonparametric Bayesian models, time series and statistical computing, and he has a strong track record of teaching probability, statistics, and statistical software. Based in Helsinki but originally from Greece, he combines rigorous academic research with hands-on mentoring of students and early-career researchers. An understated strength is his experience bridging international research environments, translating complex probabilistic methods into usable tools for applied ML problems.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics at University of PatrasDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics at University of the Aegean
Greek, English
Github Skills (28)
probabilistic-graphical-models9
bayesian-inference8
bayesian8
mcmc8
probabilistic8
probabilistic-models8
bayesian-statistics8
probabilistic-programming7
differential-equations7
machine-learning7
bayesian-methods7
reservoir6
julia6
scientific-machine-learning6
artificial-intelligence6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cmerkatas/bayesid
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:82 commits, 8 pushes in 1 year 6 months
cmerkatas/cmerkatas.github.io
Jun 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:45 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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