Nikos Bosse
Research Engineer at DebateConsult
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolNikos Bosse is a research engineer in Berlin with 8 years' experience building AI-powered decision-support systems and benchmarking tools, currently working on AI forecasting at FutureSearch. He holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Forecasting from LSHTM and previously coordinated research at Metaculus, where he automated forecasting workflows and public alerting systems. Nikos founded the Forecasting Wiki and created open-source tools like scoringutils and crowdforecastr used by COVID-19 forecast hubs, blending applied statistics with reproducible software. A former medical doctor and debating vice world champion, he pairs rigorous quantitative methods with clear rhetoric and community-building skills. He consistently moves projects from research to useful public infrastructure, often focusing on practical automation and evaluation that aren’t obvious from job titles alone.
8 years of coding experience
University of LausanneBachelor of Science - BS, International Business Administration, 1.2, Bachelor of Science - BS, International Business Administration, 1.2 at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen„Early Studies“, university course of study parallel to school, Economics, 1.0 / GPA: 4.0, „Early Studies“, university course of study parallel to school, Economics, 1.0 / GPA: 4.0 at Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMaster, Applied Statistics, 1.0 / GPA: 4.0, Master, Applied Statistics, 1.0 / GPA: 4.0 at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
German, French, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
144reputation
6kreached
6answers
8questions
Github Skills (91)
python10
forecast10
crowd10
truncation10
derived10
r-package10
scoring10
machine-learning10
forecasting10
forecasts9
data-access9
stan9
standardized9
visualization9
estimate9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
epiforecasts/uk-crowd-forecasting-challenge
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:25 commits, 33 pushes, 14 branches in 1 month
epiforecasts/scoringutils
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Utilities for Scoring and Assessing Predictions
Contributions:9 releases, 398 reviews, 752 commits in 2 years 11 months
pythonmachine-learningscoringpredictionsforecast-evaluation
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