Benjamin Scoones

Benjamin Scoones has a diverse work experience in the field of data science and research. Benjamin worked for Kythera Labs as a Senior Data Scientist and previously as a Data Scientist. Benjamin also worked for LogicPlum as a Senior Data Scientist and Data Scientist. Additionally, they were a Freelance Researcher during a period of self-employment. Benjamin has interned as a Research Intern at Christian Heritage, Cambridge and Cambridge University. Benjamin has also worked as an Online Tutor at TutorTap. Notably, they presented a talk titled "Hunting Causes: Causation and the Limitations of Data" at the 2020 Nashville Analytics Summit, discussing the application of causal approaches in business and data science.

Benjamin Scoones has a Master of Science (MSc) degree in History & Philosophy of Science, which they obtained from UCL from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (MSci) from the University of Bristol, where they studied from 2011 to 2015. In addition to their formal education, Benjamin has obtained various certifications in subjects related to data science and machine learning from Dataquest.io. These certifications include topics such as APIs and Web Scraping, Data Structures and Algorithms, Exploring Topics in Data Science, Kaggle Fundamentals, Machine Learning Project Course, Natural Language Processing, Python Programming: Advanced, Calculus for Machine Learning, Decision Trees, Deep Learning Fundamentals, Linear Algebra for Machine Learning, Linear Regression for Machine Learning, Machine Learning Fundamentals, Machine Learning in Python: Intermediate, Probability and Statistics in Python: Intermediate, Statistics Fundamentals, Statistics Intermediate: Averages and Variability, Command Line: Beginner, Command Line: Intermediate, and Data Cleaning.