Desislava Petkova
Data Scientist
Berlin Metropolitan Area Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDesislava Petkova is a data scientist with 12 years of experience applying statistical rigor and machine learning to production problems, currently building ML solutions and forecasting tooling for Amazon’s Books ML team in Berlin. She brings a strong research foundation—a PhD in Statistics from the University of Chicago and postdoctoral work on large-scale genetic biobank quality control—combined with industry impact across pharma analytics at UCB and IoT energy-monitoring pipelines at Procter & Gamble. Her background spans end-to-end systems: designing experiments and statistical models, implementing scalable data pipelines, and translating results into commercial and operational improvements. Notably, she has delivered high-accuracy cycle-detection for hundreds of connected appliances and optimized sales-physician communication strategies to boost promotional effectiveness.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude at Mount Holyoke CollegeM.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at University of Massachusetts AmherstDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics at University of Chicago
English, Bulgarian
Github Skills (76)
migration10
r-package9
stan8
transfer-learning8
statistics8
structured-data8
multilevel8
neuroimaging8
neuroscience8
statistical-models8
tabular7
python7
mlp7
visualization7
machine-learning7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dipetkov/eems
Apr 2014 - Aug 2021
Estimating Effective Migration Surfaces
Contributions:103 commits, 2 PRs, 75 pushes in 7 years 5 months
effectiveestimatingmigrationsurfaces
dipetkov/actigraph.sleepr
Dec 2016 - Sep 2021
Detect periods of sleep and non-wear from ActiGraph data
Contributions:54 commits, 1 PR, 55 pushes in 4 years 9 months
actigraphdetectwearperiods
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