Olivier Binette
Research Scientist, Machine Learning at Upstart
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.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Statistics, PhD Statistics at Duke UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics at UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal
French, English
Github Skills (158)
python10
testing10
record-linkage10
pandas-dataframe10
effort10
validating10
duckdb10
database-management10
backend10
patentsview10
data-validation10
duplicate-detection10
validation10
data-matching10
sql10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
OlivierBinette/cache
Jun 2021 - Jul 2022
Easily cache and retrieve computation results in R
Contributions:4 releases, 24 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 1 month
computationcacheretrieve
HRDAG/DGA
Oct 2020 - May 2021
code to do capture-recapture estimation using decomposable graphical models
Contributions:1 release, 30 commits, 4 PRs in 7 months
pythonto-docomputer-visionmachine-learninggraphical-models
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