Demetrios Papazaharias
Senior Data Scientist
Buffalo, New York, United States
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Top SchoolDemetrios Papazaharias is a Principal Data Scientist with eight years of experience applying operations research, machine learning, and data engineering to commercial problems at Linde. He leads technical projects that deliver production analytics and decision-support applications for North American business units, translating academic optimization methods into scalable solutions. His background includes a research-focused MS in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D.-level work in operations research, where he developed MIP and heuristic approaches for adversarial decision problems. Earlier roles span predictive analytics for wind turbines and teaching core OR and data courses, reflecting both applied and instructional strengths. Comfortable in C++, Python, Gurobi and cloud environments, he combines rigorous modeling with practical deployment experience. He’s notable for bridging survival-analysis and physical-model insights into data-driven maintenance and risk strategies that reduce operational uncertainty.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Industrial Engineering (Operations Research), Master of Science - MS, Industrial Engineering (Operations Research) at University at BuffaloBachelor’s Degree, Applied Physics, Mathematics Minor, 3.58, Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Physics, Mathematics Minor, 3.58 at State University of New York College at Geneseo
Spanish, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Dpapazaharias1/UB-INFORMS-Gurobi-Seminar
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
tidues/researchgamma_website
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:4 PRs, 17 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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