Nicholas Cifuentes-Goodbody
- Role
- Chief Data Scientist at Worldquant University
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Chief Data Scientist
Jun 2021 — Present
Creator and director of WorldQuant University\'s Applied Data Science Lab, which serves thousands of students in nearly every country in the world. • Designed data science curriculum that uses project-based learning and authentic datasets to cover topics like descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, machine learning, data visualization, web applications, and data ethics. • Created CI/CD tools for testing and deploying of data science curriculum, using pre-commit hooks, pytest, and GitHub Actions. • Built virtual Linux machines given to all students upon enrollment, using Docker, Jupyter Lab, MongoDB, and SQLite. • Created `grading-tools`, a Python library for programmatic grading of student work. • Manage team of five contract content developers and instructors.
Education
Williams College
BA, Spanish Language and Literature
1999 — 2003
Yale University
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
2004 — 2010
Universidad Veracruzana
Letras Latinoamericanas
2001 — 2002
Yale University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
2004 — 2010
Yale University
Master of Arts (MA), Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
2004 — 2010
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