Summary
Maria Varga is a statistician and data scientist with 10 years of experience applying advanced quantitative methods across finance, mining engineering, and visual effects. As co-founder and lead data scientist at Blue Fairy Inc., she prototypes and productionizes end-to-end CNN-based image processing systems and architects ML infrastructure on AWS. Her background includes building credit-risk models and regulatory reporting at a major bank, hands-on field research and visualization for international development, and analytics roles in industry—demonstrating a rare mix of domain breadth and production ML experience. A PhD candidate at UBC with a master’s in statistics, she actively shares playful statistical explorations on GitHub and stays engaged in the data-science community through meetups and workshops, which keeps her work both cutting-edge and accessible.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at The University of British Columbia
Master's degree, Statistics, Master's degree, Statistics at Universidade Federal de São Carlos
English, Portuguese