Federico Botta
Senior Lecturer In Data Science
Exeter, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFederico Botta is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science at the University of Exeter with nine years of experience applying data science, AI and network theory to understand human behaviour from large-scale digital traces. His research blends complexity science, behavioural and computational social science to extract insights from mobile, internet and sensor data, building interpretable models of both individual and collective behaviour. Trained with a PhD and MSc in Complexity Science and strong physics foundations, he moves fluidly between theoretical methods and applied analytics. Based in Exeter, he brings an academic rigor to practical problems—often leveraging novel data streams and methods that reveal social patterns invisible to traditional surveys.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Science (Liceo Scientifico), 100/100, High School Diploma, Science (Liceo Scientifico), 100/100 at Collegio GallioMaster of Science, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 109/110, Master of Science, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 109/110 at Università degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Complexity Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Complexity Science at University of Warwick
Italian, English, French
Github Skills (8)
cran9
forecast9
linear-models9
forecasting8
r8
time-series5
analytics1
data-science1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FedericoBotta/FedericoBotta.github.io
Jul 2018 - May 2026
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:121 pushes in 7 years 11 months
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FedericoBotta/railfares
Aug 2023 - Jul 2025
Contributions:12 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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