Stefan Nikolić

Stefan Nikolić has a diverse work experience in the field of data science, software development, and teaching. Stefan started their career as a software developer intern at Lanaco in 2010. Stefan then gained further experience as a software developer intern at Levi9 IT Services in 2011. In 2012, they became a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, where they taught programming and database courses while also pursuing a PhD program until 2015.

Following that, Stefan joined Execom in 2015 as a software developer, where they worked on big data and back-end programming, focusing on the implementation of a Cassandra database for data storage and retrieval. Stefan also gained experience in using Apache Spark for data analysis. In 2016, they moved to SmartCat.io as a Data Scientist, where they worked on churn prediction projects in the online betting and telecom industry. Their work involved analyzing user behavior and implementing machine learning models using R, plyr, plotly, and randomForest.

Most recently, Stefan joined dataroots in 2018 as a Data Scientist/Data Engineer. No specific end date is provided for this role, suggesting they are currently employed there.

Stefan Nikolić obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, from 2007 to 2011. Stefan went on to pursue a Master's degree in Computer Science at the same institution, completing it in 2012.

In addition to their formal education, Stefan Nikolić has acquired several certifications. Stefan obtained certifications in various topics such as Convolutional Neural Networks, Sequence Models, Improving Deep Neural Networks, Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Applied Machine Learning in Python, Applied Text Mining in Python, and Introduction to Data Science in Python from Coursera, with completion dates ranging from September 2017 to June 2018.

Stefan also obtained certification as a Developer for Apache Spark from O'Reilly Media in June 2017. In March 2017, they received the First Certificate in English (C1 level) from Cambridge English Language Assessment. In December 2016, they obtained a certificate in Functional Programming Principles in Scala from Coursera Course Certificates.

Stefan Nikolić earned certifications in Algorithms: Design and Analysis (Part 1 and Part 2) and Machine Learning from Coursera in 2014. In April 2014, they obtained a certificate in Data Analysis and Statistical Inference from Coursera Verified Certificates.

Furthermore, they attended the Domain Specific Languages - Summer School organized by the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade in 2013, though the specific duration or month is not provided.

Most recently, in October 2018, Stefan Nikolić became a certified Professional Data Engineer from Google Cloud Platform.