David Folch
Research Assistant at Arizona State University
Chandler, Arizona, United States
Summary
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RockstarDavid Folch is a research-focused software engineer with 16 years of experience, currently contributing as a Research Assistant at Arizona State University in Chandler, Arizona. He blends back-end development and data science expertise with a specialization in spatial analysis, having made substantive contributions to the widely used PySAL library. His work on refactoring core algorithms, handling edge cases like enclaves, and adding constrained random-region generation demonstrates attention to robustness and practical research needs. David also strengthens projects through unit tests and documentation, showing a commitment to maintainable open-source software. He brings an academic research mindset to applied engineering problems, translating complex spatial-statistics concepts into reliable, reusable code.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
scikit-learn10
python10
spatial-analysis10
numpy10
scikit10
data-analysis9
statistical-models9
algorithms8
code-optimization8
numerical-optimization8
algorithm8
optimization8
optimisation8
unit-testing6
documentation5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pysal/pysal
Jan 2010 - Apr 2016
PySAL: Python Spatial Analysis Library Meta-Package
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Data Scientist
Back-end Developer & Data ScientistContributions:93 commits, 18 PRs, 3 pushes in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the PySAL library, focusing on refactoring and improving existing spatial analysis functionalities. This included refactoring the max-p code to conform to new indexing methods, address enclaves, and handle error cases. Furthermore, the user added a new module for building random regions with constraints, improving flexibility, and integrating it into the max-p code. Their work also touched on unit tests, documentation, and the inclusion of spatial statistics features.
pysalpythonspatial-analysis
dfolch/cenpy
Nov 2015 - Apr 2020
Explore and download data from Census APIs
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
censusdownload-dataexplore
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