Huub Hoofs
Data Scientist
Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHuub Hoofs is a Data Scientist with 11 years of professional experience and over 8 years focused specifically on applied data science and machine learning. He has built societally impactful AI solutions in forensic contexts at the Nederlands Forensisch Instituut and now applies data science to defense challenges at Koninklijke Luchtmacht. Trained as a researcher with a PhD background in epidemiology from Maastricht University, he combines rigorous statistical thinking with practical model development and code quality practices. His work history spans academia and government, giving him deep experience in sensitive, regulated data and translating research questions into production-ready analytics. Colleagues know him for bridging domain expertise in youth health and criminology with reproducible, well-documented analytic workflows. Based in Breda, he brings a measured, research-driven approach to solving real-world problems where interpretability and robustness matter.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Research Doctorate, Epidemiology, Research Doctorate, Epidemiology at Maastricht UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence, Master of Science (MSc), Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence at Utrecht UniversityVWO, NT & NG, VWO, NT & NG at Mollerlyceum
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (45)
pytorch10
python10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
calibration10
natural-language-processing10
transformer10
speech-recognition10
nlp10
transformers9
language-model9
bert9
tensorflow9
keras9
jax9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
HHoofs/shift
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024
Contributions:52 pushes in 3 months
HHoofs/lir
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
LIR Python Likelihood Ratio Library
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
pythonlikelihoodratio
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