Iain Barr
Staff Research Engineer at Google DeepMind
London, England, Other
Summary
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Top SchoolIain Barr is a Staff Research Engineer at Google DeepMind with over a decade of experience translating advanced physics and data science into production research systems. His career bridges experimental quantum physics (PhD, Imperial College) and applied machine learning, with roles ranging from data scientist at Booking.com and Royal Mail to successive research engineering positions at DeepMind. He specializes in turning complex scientific problems into scalable engineering solutions, drawing on deep domain knowledge from both academia and industry. Based in London, he combines a rigorous experimental mindset with practical product-facing data science, making him adept at both prototyping novel models and deploying them at scale. An understated strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency—he moves comfortably between pure research, production engineering, and commercial analytics.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (M.Sci) Physics, Master's degree (M.Sci) Physics at University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Atomic/Molecular Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Atomic/Molecular Physics at Imperial College LondonIvybridge Community College
Github Skills (60)
pytorch10
python10
spellchecker10
data-science10
data-manipulation10
pandas10
dataframes10
jupyterlab10
manipulation10
jupyterlab-extension10
data-structures10
frame10
data-analysis10
jupyter9
notebook9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ijmbarr/notes-on-causal-inference
Jan 2018 - Apr 2019
Some notes on Causal Inference, with examples in python
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
notespythoncausalinferencecausal-inference
ijmbarr/pythonic-metal
Apr 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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