Rick Scavetta
Founder And Data Scientist Consultant
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolRick Scavetta is a founder and data scientist consultant based in Berlin with over a decade of hands-on experience translating biological research into clear, practical data science training and curriculum. As founder of Scavetta Academy he has designed and delivered workshops worldwide and created widely used video courses on data visualization for platforms like DataCamp and Manning. He co-authored the O’Reilly book Python & R for the Modern Data Scientist, contributing primary chapters that bridge the two languages for practitioners. Rick also built and taught a 12-week immersive Data Science bootcamp for job-seekers commissioned by the Misk Foundation, and has led curriculum development across multiple technical disciplines. His background as an evolutionary biologist (PhD) gives him a rare ability to communicate complex quantitative concepts to scientists across domains. Passionate about data communication, he combines academic rigor with pragmatic teaching methods to help learners apply tools, not just learn them.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology, Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology at University of CologneHon.B.Sc. Biology General, Hon.B.Sc. Biology General at University of TorontoM.Sc. Developmental Biology and Embryology, M.Sc. Developmental Biology and Embryology at University of Calgary
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (10)
statistics7
ggplot6
predictive6
python6
r6
science4
machine-learning3
predictive-analytics3
data-science3
analytics2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Scavetta/deep-learning-with-r-companion
Dec 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 7 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Scavetta/conf_tensorflow_training_day1
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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