Peter Meleney
Principal Data Scientist
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Meleney is a founder and independent AI researcher with a decade of experience applying rigorous analytical training from Harvard, MIT, and the University of Washington to build data-driven products and models. He blends hands-on machine learning, feature engineering, and data visualization with scientific communication skills honed in academic geochemistry and lab instrumentation. At Pancake Data he’s leading a stealth startup after prior client-facing data science roles at DemystData and a social-impact microloan project at ArthLabs, demonstrating an ability to move between technical delivery and stakeholder-facing strategy. His research curiosity focuses on how neural networks make moral decisions, signaling a rare intersection of ethics, ML interpretability, and applied economics. Based in New York, he thrives in high-expectation, collaborative environments and brings a background in physical sciences that informs robust, empirically grounded modeling.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at University of WashingtonData Science, Data Science at General AssemblyBachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry/Geology combined, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry/Geology combined at Whitman CollegeHigh School, Focus on math and sciences, especially chemistry and organic chemistry, High School, Focus on math and sciences, especially chemistry and organic chemistry at Lakeside High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
instance-type8
ipython8
similarity8
geometry8
jupyter7
notebook7
convolutional-neural-networks7
python7
structure-from-motion7
computer-vision7
jupyter-notebook6
colmap6
django6
data-science6
azure5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
pmeleney/AWS-foryou
May 2019 - Jun 2019
DATA515 project. We aim to help users select the best AWS instance type given budget and time constraints.
Contributions:43 pushes in 17 days
budgetinstance-typeaimaws
pmeleney/portfolio_data_science
Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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