Olivier Binette
Computational Legal Scientist
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOlivier Binette is a research scientist in machine learning with eight years of experience bridging academic statistics and applied data science. He holds a PhD in Statistics from Duke and has applied probabilistic and causal methods across roles at Upstart, the American Institutes for Research, and research stints at Los Alamos. Olivier thrives on turning complex problems into simple, robust solutions—evident in a portfolio of projects on GitHub that complement his production-focused work. His background spans consulting, industry data science, and graduate research, giving him fluency in both experimental design and deployable ML systems. Based in Durham, NC, he brings a rare combination of rigorous statistical training and hands-on engineering that accelerates evidence-driven product decisions.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Statistics, PhD, Statistics at Duke UniversityMaster of Science - MS, MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS, Master of Science - MS, MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS at UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal
French, English
Github Skills (125)
python10
record-linkage10
pandas-dataframe10
levenshtein-distance10
duckdb10
deep-learning10
mlmodel10
patentsview10
data-validation10
statistics10
duplicate-detection10
jaro-winkler10
data-matching10
sql10
disambiguation10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
OlivierBinette/dgaFast
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
Multiple Systems Estimation Using Decomposable Graphical Models. This is an efficient re-implementation and extension of the dga R package.
Contributions:4 PRs, 76 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 11 months
graphical-modelsrr-package
OlivierBinette/MSETools
Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:1 release, 26 commits, 15 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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