Rafael De Souza
Senior Lecturer at University of Hertfordshire
Welwyn Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRafael De Souza is an astrophysicist and data scientist with 11+ years of experience bridging academic research and applied Bayesian modeling across institutions in Europe, Asia, North America and Brazil. As Chair of the Cosmostatistics Initiative and a senior academic at the University of Hertfordshire and UNC Chapel Hill, he leads interdisciplinary teams solving complex, data-driven problems in astrostatistics, machine learning and probabilistic inference. He authored the award-winning book "Bayesian Models for Astrophysical Data," a practical resource that has influenced statistical practice beyond astronomy. Rafael combines hands-on development in Bayesian tools (R, JAGS, Python, Stan) with public outreach and training, regularly running workshops to upskill the next generation of data scientists. Based in Rio de Janeiro, he is known for turning sophisticated statistical theory into usable toolkits and collaborative open-science projects through COIN.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bachelor's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy and Astrophysics at Universidade de São Paulo / USP
English
Github Skills (5)
bayesian9
datasets3
generalized-linear-models2
spatial2
glm1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RafaelSdeSouza/Bayes_ESTEC
Dec 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
RafaelSdeSouza/AMADA
Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:65 commits, 47 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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