Sam Murphy, PhD

Hello

I am a data scientist based in Cambridge (UK) currently open for work. My experience includes data science roles in a range of environments from startups to a FTSE 100 to an intergovernmental agency.

I work best in fast paced teams solving a valuable, shared mission.

Superpower

Geospatial technology

Google and NASA paid me to do Remote Sensing (i.e. computer vision with satellite images). Here I am presenting at Google HQ

That's me on the left

Interests

Machine learning

I am an award winning ML practitioner and I have co-founded ML meetup groups in two countries

machine learning winner
Quantitive trading

My side projects gravitate towards financial markets and automated trading algorithms.

Descriptive Algorithms

I enjoy understanding datasets and extracting information in a way that is understandable to humans. This also comes in handy for feature engineering and reducing overfitting.