Elektra Papazoglou
Verified Expert in Engineering
Deep Learning Developer
Elektra has thorough hands-on experience in machine learning projects from conception to architecture design, model implementation, and final production in order to solve open-ended questions. She has worked closely with software engineers to build data platforms and products that would serve as the foundation of the data practices of the business. She has experience in the following industries: consulting, travel, and publishing.
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Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, iOS
The most amazing...
...project I have worked on was an article recommendation engine that managed to bump CTR by 5% for a major UK news company in their digital division.
Work Experience
Data Scientist
Skyscanner
- Achieved speed and cost optimizations on back-end systems and ticket price accuracy via ML models.
Data Scientist
Reach plc
- Created an image processing model with TensorFlow to change the size and focal point of images so that they can be resized to fit smaller screens.
- Created a complex recommendation engine based on three stages: content similarity, item-based collaborative filtering, and user-based collaborative filtering with Spark and Scala.
- Created a deduplication pipeline to pick out new duplicate articles and score them with AWS and NLP.
- Created an NLP engine that generates several different new labels for text data, by using ML and processing them in a streaming fashion with AWS, TensorFlow, and Python.
Data Scientist
Decision Technology
- Worked as a data science and machine learning consultant on proof of concept projects for various clients in the gambling and legal sectors.
Data Scientist
First Group
- Created reporting suite with SQL and statistical analysis to alert on outliers in order to manage ticket pricing for specific routes and dates.
Experience
Recommendation Engine System
NLP Engine
Image Auto-Cropper
Article deduplication pipeline
Determining Court Outcomes
Skills
Languages
Python, Scala, SQL
Frameworks
Spark
Storage
Elasticsearch
Other
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, APIs
Libraries/APIs
TensorFlow
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Drone CI, Docker, iOS, Databricks
Tools
PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA
Education
Master of Science Degree in Data Science
City University of London - London, England
Master of Science Degree in Management
Imperial College Business School - London, England
Master of Science Degree in Statistical Genetics
Imperial College - London, England
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