Jessica Walkenhorst
Staff Research Data Scientist
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJessica Walkenhorst is a Staff Research Data Scientist based in London with 16 years of experience bringing physics-grade rigor to real-world data products, from research-grade time-dependent simulations to production ML and MLOps. She blends deep domain expertise in optimization, time-series, NLP and computer vision with hands-on mastery of Python, PySpark, Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure to move models from prototype to deployed systems. Her background as a PhD physicist trained her in high-performance computing, grant-funded collaboration and clear scientific communication—skills she now applies to carbon removal and clean-tech work at Carbon Direct. Known for fast learning, effective cross-functional leadership and community engagement, she writes about data science publicly and maintains active GitHub projects that reflect a theoretical-to-applied trajectory. Quietly resilient and curious, she even carries first-aid certification for workplace safety, underscoring a practical, people-first approach to technical leadership.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
CourseraDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at EHUHadoop 101, Hadoop 101 at Big Data UniversityUdacity was born out of a Stanford University experiment in which Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig offered their Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course online to anyone, for free. We are reinventing education for the 21st century by bridging the gap between real-world skills, relevant education, and employment. Our students will be fluent in new technology, modern mathematics, science, and critical thinking. They will marry skills with creativity and humanity to learn, think, and do. Udacians are curious and engaged world citizens., Udacity was born out of a Stanford University experiment in which Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig offered their Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course online to anyone, for free. We are reinventing education for the 21st century by bridging the gap between real-world skills, relevant education, and employment. Our students will be fluent in new technology, modern mathematics, science, and critical thinking. They will marry skills with creativity and humanity to learn, think, and do. Udacians are curious and engaged world citizens. at UdacityA-Levels, Physics, Mathematics, English, Ethics, A-Levels, Physics, Mathematics, English, Ethics at Gustav-Stresemann GymnasiumLagunita is Stanford's instance of the open-source software release of the Open edX platform, which was developed by the joint Harvard/MIT non-profit organization, and which Stanford engineers have been collaborating on since April 2013. Lagunita hosts many of the free, online courses that are taught by Stanford faculty and made available to lifelong learners around the world for self-enrichment. Lagunita also hosts a variety of professional education opportunities in conjunction with many of Stanford University's schools and departments., Lagunita is Stanford's instance of the open-source software release of the Open edX platform, which was developed by the joint Harvard/MIT non-profit organization, and which Stanford engineers have been collaborating on since April 2013. Lagunita hosts many of the free, online courses that are taught by Stanford faculty and made available to lifelong learners around the world for self-enrichment. Lagunita also hosts a variety of professional education opportunities in conjunction with many of Stanford University's schools and departments. at Stanford Online LagunitaDipl.-Phys. (MSc.), Experimental Physics, Theoretical Physics, Semiconductor Physics, Optoelectronics, Dipl.-Phys. (MSc.), Experimental Physics, Theoretical Physics, Semiconductor Physics, Optoelectronics at University of Kassel
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Github Skills (8)
nextjs8
react8
data-science7
bag-of-words4
python-modules4
latex3
algorithm3
wordcloud3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
walkenho/LaTeXStripper
Sep 2016 - Jun 2022
A python module to get rid of LaTeX code in .tex files. This can e.g. be used to be able to run orginally LaTeX formatted text through a bag-of-words algorithm (like e.g. WordCloud) and get reasonable results.
Contributions:12 PRs, 14 pushes, 14 branches in 5 years 9 months
bag-of-wordslatexpython-moduleswordcloud
walkenho/mp3-tagger
Dec 2020 - Mar 2023
A fully dockerized app to help organize MP3 tags by providing an intuitive interface to bulk-analyze and retag MP3 files.
Contributions:20 PRs, 32 pushes, 22 branches in 2 years 3 months
mp3organizedockerintuitivemp3-files
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