Gavin Smith
Associate Professor
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGavin Smith is an Associate Professor and data science lead at The University of Nottingham's N/LAB with 14 years of experience applying machine learning and time-series data mining to real-world commercial and policy problems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and combines theoretical contributions—published at venues like NeurIPS, ICDM and PERCOM—with applied work for partners including Walgreens Boots Alliance, Co-op, World Bank, M&S and Tesco. His research spans explainable AI, event-series prediction and limits of human-mobility predictability, and he has translated those advances into deployed decision-support metrics and algorithms. Since 2023 he also serves as CTO of Arcaidium, bridging academic innovation with product-focused engineering leadership. Based in Nottingham, he is comfortable moving from rigorous theoretical analysis to building practical solutions that influence business and policy. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of publishing both high-impact theory and interdisciplinary applied studies across computing, social science and environmental venues.
14 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of South AustraliaExchange (Faculty of Engineering and Science), Computer Science, Exchange (Faculty of Engineering and Science), Computer Science at Link��ping University
Github Skills (37)
causal-inference7
graphical-models7
causality7
categorical7
causal7
react6
chat6
client-library6
modeling5
machine-learning5
keybase5
testing5
react-native5
ios4
end-to-end-encryption4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
gavin-s-smith/mcrforest
Jun 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:164 commits, 2 PRs, 166 pushes in 2 years 2 months
gavin-s-smith/pycforest
Aug 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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