FREELANCE DATA SCIENTIST & SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stefan Gindl
As a data scientist I analyze data for you and guide you through all steps of your data science project. I can help you finding out if data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are the "right thing" in the current stage of your business case, and assist you in the selection of the best technologies. I can also train models for you, implement prototypes for proof-of-concept, and implement and deploy small-to-medium software projects. I have expertise in these areas: natural language processing, sentiment analysis, text mining, big data analytics, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, social media analytics, and data collection and annotation. If you would like to hire my services, please contact me at any time.
SERVICES
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING & MACHINE LEARNING
I guide you through your NLP/ML project from the beginning to the end, from data acquisition to model evaluation. I advise the best technologies for your business case. I build machine-learning models, prototypes or ready-implemented libraries your data-science project
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
A lot of data is available when customers interact with a company, e.g. what they buy, when they buy or where they buy. Learning from this behavior is an important step for a good customer relationship. I help you analyse the data according to scientific standards and provide the results for you in easy-to-understand graphs and visualizations.
BIO
I am a Vienna-based data scientist and software developer with strong background in academia and expertise in natural language processing, text mining, sentiment analysis, and machine learning in general. I am a seasoned Python programmer for both software development and data science, and a passionate Linux user.
After finishing school I started studying computer sciences at the University of Technology in Vienna. Changes in the study plans offered the opportunity to study medical computer sciences, which I immediately took. I finished my Master's with my thesis on "Negation Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines" (with distinction). This was my first experience with natural language processing. I started working at the department of New Media Technology at MODUL University Vienna and began researching in the field of natural language processing, text mining, and machine learning. My research culminated in my PhD in sentiment analysis (with distinction).
After nearly a decade of working in academia and research, I decided it was time to apply my knowledge in industry. While working as a software developer for a market maker to develop a social media analysis and management tool, I developed the wish to start my own thing. So I became a freelance data scientist and software developer. I offer data exploration, the development of prototypes and the implementation of small- to medium-scale software projects.
EXTERNAL LECTURER
MODUL University Vienna
Teaching has always been one of my passions. Besides my activities as a freelance data scientist I teach multiple courses with a technical background.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
BBF-IT GmbH
The development of a system for social media management and analytics was the core focus of my work at BBF-IT GmbH. Besides, I assisted in the planning stage of a machine-learning component for the finance industry.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, POST-DOC RESEARCHER
MODUL University Vienna
As an assistant professor I conducted research, mostly in the field of natural language processing and semantic technologies, assisted in proposal writing and extensively taught graduate and under-graduate courses.
RESEARCHER AND LECTURER
MODUL University Vienna
I started my academic career as a researcher in sentiment analysis, a sub-area of natural language processing.
EDUCATION
PHD IN COMPUTER SCIENCES (WITH DISTINCTION)
Vienna University of Technology
Doctoral Thesis: “Context-aware Sentiment Analysis: a Machine-learning Approach”: conceptual design, evaluation and deployment of a software artifact for the recognition of context to improve sentiment analysis.
MSC. IN MEDICAL INFORMATICS (WITH DISTINCTION)
Vienna University of Technology
Master Thesis: “Negation Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines”: Application of natural language processing to discover negated concepts in clinical practice guidelines.
BSC. IN MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Vienna University of Technology
Bachelor Thesis: “Paleopathology”: Creation of a platform storing image data and textual data of the preserved specimen of the Narrenturm.
MATURA (WITH DISTINCTION)
Gymnasium Brigittenau
COURSES TAUGHT...
EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY
Content analysis and semantic analysis of text (half-day workshop)
MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA
Big Data and Decision Support (MBA, MSc.)
Emerging Tools for News Media and Information Management (MSc.)
Information Systems (BBA, BSc.)
Information Systems Management (MBA)
Integrated Marketing Communications (BSc.)
New Media and E-Business Applications (BBA, BSc.)
Tourism and Hospitality Business Applications (BBA)
Web Information Systems Management (BBA)
VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Introduction to Technical Informatics (tutoring)
Introduction to Informatics (tutoring)
... AT THESE UNIVERSITIES
Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
IUBH University of Applied Sciences
MODUL University Vienna
University of Technology Vienna
