Derek Hansen
Senior Data Engineer
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Hansen is a Senior Data Engineer with an 11-year track record combining statistical rigor and production ML systems, recently transitioning from the FDA where he reviewed AI/ML-enabled diagnostic devices. He holds a PhD in Statistics and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan and has applied his research in industry internships at AWS and KLA, producing work on physics-informed neural nets and image segmentation. At the FDA he not only reviewed submissions but built and deployed a PyTorch model to extract gait biomarkers from wearable IMU and walkway data and helped revise an FDA-recognized standard for AI/ML in medical devices. He also founded a cross-team statistical writing forum that grew to 35+ participants, reflecting his commitment to clear technical communication. Now based in Silver Spring, MD and serving as a Senior Data Engineer at Northwell Health, he blends academic depth in particle filters and state-space models with practical experience shipping regulated, clinically relevant ML pipelines.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Westview High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics and Scientific Computing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics and Scientific Computing at University of MichiganBachelor of Science (B.S.), B.A. Economics and B.S. Mathematics, 3.87, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), B.A. Economics and B.S. Mathematics, 3.87 at University of Oklahoma
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Github Skills (21)
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linux10
bayesian10
bayesian-inference10
nix9
nixos9
nixpkgs8
tomcat6
oracle6
sql-server6
partial-differential-equations6
sql6
angularjs6
uncertainty-quantification6
webservice6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dereklhansen/dereklhansen.github.io
Dec 2017 - Feb 2024
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 4 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
dereklhansen/SMC.jl
Feb 2021 - Jan 2022
Code for running particle filtering and smoothing. Also includes code for inference.
Contributions:21 PRs, 41 pushes, 22 branches in 11 months
particlepythonsmoothinginferencefiltering
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