Sven Van Der Burg
Stadstuinderij NoordOogst at Geworteld in Noord
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSven Van Der Burg is a research software engineer with 11 years of experience who blends scientific rigor with practical machine learning and software engineering skills. He has built and deployed ML-driven products and APIs, led projects at Netherlands eScience Center, and taught workshops on deep learning, version control, and best practices for research software. Sven has experience across the stack—from developing neural networks for molecular similarity to deploying Dockerized services on Kubernetes—and has worked as a data scientist producing production-ready information extraction and recommendation systems. In recent years he has pivoted toward agroecology, founding Stadstuinderij NoordOogst and Geworteld in Noord while completing vocational training in sustainable agriculture. That unusual mix of academic neuroscience, applied ML, and hands-on farming gives him a pragmatic systems perspective and a knack for translating complex research into usable tools. He is based in Amsterdam and combines project management, teaching, and consulting strengths with a curiosity for interdisciplinary solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MBO 3 Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, MBO 3 Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture at WarmonderhofMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Brain and Cognitive Sciences at University of AmsterdamVWO N&T, VWO N&T at Dalton Den Haag
Dutch, English
Github Skills (148)
python10
intermediate10
convolutional-neural-networks10
software-design10
stable10
glossaries10
rdf10
prerequisites10
rdflib10
keras10
structural-biology9
neural-network9
scientific-workflow9
sphinx-doc9
ecology9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
esciencecenter-digital-skills/carpentries-exercises-extractor
Sep 2022 - Jan 2025
Automatically extracts all exercises from a carpentries lesson
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 3 PRs in 2 years 4 months
esciencecenter-digital-skills/workshop-metadata
Aug 2022 - Feb 2023
a place to gather metadata (audience, prerequisites, workshop descriptions) for carpentries workshops taught at the Netherlands eScience Center
Contributions:22 reviews, 75 commits, 89 PRs in 5 months
placecenterdata-managementprerequisitesworkshop
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