Jan Beckert is a freelance consultant and data platform engineer based in Leipzig with 8 years of experience building data-driven systems, APIs, and ML workflows. He combines hands-on API and DevOps work (OpenAPI, HAL, AWS Lambda) for startups like Whaaat AI with research experience in medical imaging and explainable CNNs from his time at ScaDS.AI. As founder of Beckert IT and co-founder of Constlab, he bridges product design, implementation, and operationalization of data products. Currently completing a Master’s in Data Science at Leipzig University, he brings a pragmatic mix of academic rigor and startup velocity, often translating complex models into production-ready services.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Data Science, Master of Science - MS, Data Science at Universität Leipzig
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Informatics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Informatics at Technische Hochschule Brandenburg
This work showcases a binary classifier for chest X-ray images which distinguishes between COVID-19 and no finding (healthy) using a convolutional neural network. Additionally, both LIME- and GradCAM-explainer are integrated into a web interface.
Contributions:35 commits, 4 PRs, 8 pushes in 9 months
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Jan Beckert - Professional Freelancer, Consultant at Beckert IT