Summary
Marcin Jurek is an assistant professor of statistics at Southern Methodist University who builds scalable data assimilation pipelines to rapidly process massive spatio-temporal and environmental datasets, with a strong focus on satellite and GPS-derived observations. With over a decade of experience bridging academia and industry, he applies statistical and computational methods to calibrate scientific models, having developed large-scale malware classifiers and production databases earlier in his career. His background spans a PhD in Statistics, an MA in Economics from Stanford, and research at UT Austin and Texas A&M, reflecting deep interdisciplinary training in math, economics, and computation. Notably, he often blends algorithmic improvements with practical software tweaks—such as accelerating Dynare estimations—to make scientific workflows faster and more reliable.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.A, Economics, B.A, Economics at Warsaw School of Economics
B.A, Mathematics, B.A, Mathematics at Uniwersytet Warszawski
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at Texas A&M University
Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics, Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics at Stanford University
Polish, German, French