Djura Smits
Research Engineer at Netherlands eScience Center
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolDjura Smits is a research engineer and data scientist based in Amsterdam with 10 years of experience applying machine learning and data engineering across academia, research centers, and industry. He combines a strong academic background in artificial intelligence from the University of Amsterdam with hands-on roles at the Netherlands eScience Center, startups, and financial and media firms, building data pipelines and research-oriented tooling. Comfortable moving between research and production, he has led data engineering work at organizations like ING, Sanoma, and Eonics while running his own analytics practice. His early work modeling pedestrian behavior and a background in brain and cognitive sciences hint at a curiosity for human-centered and behaviorally informed AI. Known for bridging theoretical ML with pragmatic engineering, he thrives on turning complex research ideas into reproducible, production-ready solutions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Gymnasium, profiel natuur & gezondheid, Gymnasium, profiel natuur & gezondheid at de Nassau, BredaMaster of Science, Artificial intelligence, Master of Science, Artificial intelligence at Universiteit van Amsterdam
Dutch, English
Github Skills (87)
python-client10
versioning10
stable10
prerequisites10
nodes10
keras10
parallel-processing9
python9
deep-learning9
cudnn9
server9
multiprocessing9
glossaries9
version-control9
cli8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
vantage6/v6-node-to-node-diagnostics
Sep 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:12 PRs, 58 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 9 months
CARRIER-project/vantage6-local-setup
May 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:4 reviews, 8 PRs, 76 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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