David Hurtado
Senior Data Scientist
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Hurtado is a Senior Data Scientist in Stockholm with 14 years of experience who transitioned from physics to bioinformatics and now applies deep learning to protein structures and diverse consulting problems spanning human behavior, infrastructure, hardware, and electronics. He blends rigorous academic training (PhD in Bioinformatics) with practical, production-minded engineering, contributing to major open-source projects like SciPy where he fixed bugs, improved docs, and addressed memory leaks. Known for reframing problems, he explores novel architectures, data representations, and sampling algorithms to unlock new solutions. Comfortable moving from research prototyping to real-world systems, he brings a rare mix of theoretical insight and hands-on implementation across digital and physical domains.
14 years of coding experience
Licentiate degree, Physics, Licentiate degree, Physics at UCMDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Stockholm University
Spanish, English, Swedish
Github Skills (11)
algorithms10
scipy10
python10
scientific-computing10
numpy10
signal-processing9
documentation9
interpolation9
c178
testing8
c118
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
scipy/scipy
Oct 2013 - Jul 2015
SciPy library main repository
Role in this project:
Developer/Maintainer
Developer/MaintainerContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the SciPy library by addressing bugs, improving documentation, and enhancing code quality. Their work included fixing a formula in the documentation, resolving a bug related to the `range` keyword in `binned_statistic`, and refactoring code to utilize Python's warning system instead of prints. They also addressed memory leaks and implemented code style improvements.
scipypythonscientific-computing
Dapid/stockholm_reformat
Jun 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 release, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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