Edwin De Jonge is a methodologist and data scientist at Statistics Netherlands with 14+ years of experience applying computational statistics, complexity science and visualization to national-scale data problems. He combines a theoretical physics background with practical software engineering skills across R, Python, Julia, Scala and C/C++, and is co-author of multiple R packages and a Wiley book on data cleaning. Edwin has tackled extreme-scale projects—whole-population network analysis (18M nodes, ~1e9 links), mobile-phone–based daytime population estimation, and big-data visualization and cleaning pipelines—bringing numerical methods and uncertainty visualization into exploratory analysis. An experienced trainer for R, Python and Julia, he also contributes performance and robustness improvements to high-profile open-source tools (notably optimizing file I/O in readr via memory-mapping). Colleagues consult him on network analysis, machine learning and reproducible data-processing workflows, where his blend of research curiosity and production-hardened coding yields pragmatic, auditable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Physics, MSc, Physics at Radboud University
Gymnasium B, Physics,Mathematics,Chemistry,Dutch,English,French,Greek,Economics, Gymnasium B, Physics,Mathematics,Chemistry,Dutch,English,French,Greek,Economics at Dominicus College Nijmegen
Contributions summary:Edwin focused on optimizing and securing file reading functionalities within the `readr` library, leveraging memory mapping techniques using `boost::interprocess`. They implemented and refined `MMapSource` class for efficient file access and updated the `read_file` function. The user also addressed compilation issues, ensuring cross-platform compatibility with Windows, and added exception handling for improved robustness. These changes enhanced the library's performance and reliability.
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