Daniel Tait
Senior Data Scientist
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Tait is a Senior Data Scientist with nine years of experience at the intersection of statistics and machine learning, currently applying his expertise at C3 AI. He specializes in integrating prior scientific and domain knowledge with flexible, high-performance ML models to improve interpretability and predictive power. His background includes a PhD in Statistics from the University of Edinburgh, a postdoc at the University of Warwick, and a visiting research role at the Alan Turing Institute. At Clear Dynamics he translated research ideas into practical AI solutions, bridging academic rigor with industry-ready systems. Daniel’s work reflects a rare combination of formal statistical training and hands-on AI research, enabling principled solutions for complex real-world problems. Based in the UK, he brings both deep theory and applied engineering to data-driven decision making.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at The University of Edinburgh
Github Skills (20)
pytorch9
automatic-differentiation9
flexibility9
python8
jit8
jax8
composable8
gpu8
machine-learning8
autodiff8
tpu7
numpy7
deep-learning7
neural-network5
gaussian3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
danieljtait/tenfem
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:217 commits, 112 pushes, 7 branches in 24 days
danieljtait/danieljtait.github.io
Oct 2016 - Jun 2020
Contributions:211 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
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