"Machine doing, human learning" - Me, 2024
My name is Bert and I am a data scientist and econometrician from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 currently living on Bonaire 🇧🇶 in the Caribbean Netherlands.
- 🧑🏻🎓 I have a PhD in Econometrics with a specialization in forecasting
- 🔉 After that, I have spent the majority of my career in media data world, modeling causal relationships between marketing campaigns and various types of KPIs
- 🤔 I’m looking for help with finding a new remote job that can be done from Bonaire 😉
- 👯 I’m looking to collaborate on anything that interests me - feel free to reach out!
- 🔭 I’m currently working on projects called intervalues, cs-rankings and nl_maps (see below)
- 🌱 I’m self-taught in various programming languages
- ⚡ Fun fact: I am also learning Spanish - ¡Lo hablo un poco pero quiero aprender más!
- 💬 Ask me to help you with topics like:
- 📈 (Bayesian) statistics, Econometrics, Forecasting, Modeling decisions, MCMC samplers
- 🖥️ Python, Docker, Automation, Git, Linux, Rust
- 📺 Media data, Advertisement impact measurement and Marketing effect estimation
- 📫 How to reach me:
| Project name | Languages | Description | Package link | Status |
| intervalues | Python | Efficient combining of intervals | PyPI | Active |
| intervalues_rust | Rust | Efficient combining of intervals - but in Rust! | Crates.io | Active |
| intfloat | Rust | Fast and simple hashable float alternative using ints | Crates.io | Active |
| cs-rankings | Python: Selenium; Git | Pull Counterstrike rankings from HLTV, Valve and ESL in one format | PyPI | Active |
| cs combined rankings | Python | Show and combine Counterstrike rankings from various sources | Table | Active |
| nl-maps | Python: Pillow | Create informative maps of the Netherlands, including the BES islands. | PyPI | Active/WIP |
For an overview of my used Github Actions within these, see GITHUB_ACTIONS_OVERVIEW.md.
| Project name | Languages | Description | Status |
| adventofcode | Python, Rust & Makefile | My submissions to the yearly Advent Of Code challenge | Waiting for december.. |
| adventofsql | SQL & Python, Rust & Makefile | My submissions to the upcoming Advent Of SQL challenge | Waiting for december.. |
| everybody.codes | Rust & Makefile | My submissions to the Everybody Codes challenges | Active |
| codingquest | R and more | My submissions to the Coding Quest challenges | Active |
| Project name | Languages | Description | Status |
| sudoku-via-z3 | Python & z3 | Solve sudoku's using the Z3 solver | On hold |
| random_stuff | Python, Makefile | Random small experiments and simulations | Sporadically |
| my-rustlings | Rust | Learn Rust by following the rustlings project | Completed |
| my-odin-project | HTML/CSS/JavaScript | Learn HTML/CSS/JavaScript by following the Odin Project | Active |
| corona-agnostic-impact | Python: Numpyro, Statsmodels, Tensorflow; Stan | Modeling excess death rates in the Netherlands during covid | On hold |
| personal website | Zola | A personal website including a blog, example work, etc | Active |
| website_examples | Rust, Python | Showing example code for entries on my website | Active |