Nicola Roberts
Senior Data Scientist
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolNicola Roberts is a Trusted AI Lead and data scientist with 11 years’ experience turning complex research and operational data into reliable, risk-aware AI products. With a PhD from Cambridge in computational cancer genomics and a track record building production ML systems at Ambulance Victoria and Australia Post, she combines deep statistical rigour with practical deployment skills across ETL, model ops and governance. At Australia Post she established the organisation’s Trusted AI framework and centralised oversight, embedding AI risk management across legal, privacy, cyber and procurement functions. She has led teams to deliver high-impact projects—from survival-regression delivery-date systems to few-shot LLM intent analysis—and runs practical training to boost AI fluency across technical and non-technical cohorts. Known for bridging academic-grade algorithm design (including open-source tools developed during her PhD) with pragmatic, auditable enterprise controls, she favours thoughtful, human-centered AI adoption.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor, Statistics and Genetics, Honours Bachelor, Statistics and Genetics at University of AdelaideDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Cancer Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Cancer Genomics at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (5)
pkg9
icd6
cran3
decoding2
validation2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nicolaroberts/hdp
Mar 2015 - Apr 2018
R pkg for Hierarchical Dirichlet Process
Contributions:148 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
pkg
nicolaroberts/nicolaroberts.github.io
Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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