Nikolai Sellereite
Senior Data Scientist
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolNikolai Sellereite is a Senior Data Scientist based in Oslo with nine years’ experience applying statistics and machine learning to finance, banking, and pricing problems. He currently helps develop the algorithmic core of Wheelhouse’s dynamic pricing product for short-term rentals, after having consulted for them earlier in his career. Prior to Wheelhouse he was a Research Scientist at the Norwegian Computing Center, where he co-authored work on deep learning for mortgage default prediction and maintained an R package improving Shapley-value explanations for ML models. Trained with an MSc in Statistics and qualified as an actuary, he combines rigorous statistical foundations with production-oriented engineering—building APIs and classification systems for real-world decisioning. A detail that stands out: he has blended long-term research rigor with hands-on product delivery by splitting time between research roles and startup collaboration since 2015.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Statistics, Master of Science (MSc), Statistics at University of Bergen (UiB)
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (9)
r-package10
anova9
tmb9
r-language9
linear-models9
sam8
statistical-inference8
statistics6
regression-models6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
natoyaj/TestPackage
Oct 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:14 PRs, 152 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
NorskRegnesentral/spatioTemporalIndices
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 193 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
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