Steve Cygu
Research Fellow at McMaster University
Kenya
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Top SchoolSteve Cygu is a research fellow and data scientist with nine years of experience at the intersection of computational methods and public health, currently affiliated with I-DAIR and the African Population and Health Research Center. He holds a PhD in Computational Science and Engineering from McMaster and brings deep expertise in mathematical and statistical modeling, R package development, and end-to-end data pipelines for large-scale health and survey data. Steve has a strong track record automating data quality checks, web-scraping and building dashboards that turn noisy field data into actionable insights for global development clients. His background in mathematical biology and epidemiological modeling underpins pragmatic predictive modeling and algorithm implementation efforts. Colleagues value his dual fluency in rigorous research and production-ready tooling, and his ongoing contributions to the R open-source community reflect a commitment to reproducible science.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B+ (Plus), B+ (Plus) at Waondo Secondary SchoolMaster's degree, Mathematical Sciences, Second-class honours, upper division, Master's degree, Mathematical Sciences, Second-class honours, upper division at University of Cape TownDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Science and Engineering, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Science and Engineering, 4.0 at McMaster UniversityMaster's degree, Mathematical Biology, cum laude, Master's degree, Mathematical Biology, cum laude at Stellenbosch University/Universiteit StellenboschBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Applied Statistics with Computing, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Applied Statistics with Computing, First Class Honours at Maasai Mara University
English, luo, suba
Github Skills (19)
r-package10
brms9
statistical-models9
bayesian9
stan9
bayesian-inference8
r7
frontend6
random-forest4
simulation3
ubuntu2
agent-based-modeling2
no-code2
toolchain2
debian1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aphrc-nocode/Rautoml
Oct 2024 - Jul 2026
This repo contains the R package for the no-code platform
Contributions:21 PRs, 37 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
CYGUBICKO/wash
May 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:140 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 3 months
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