Economics ❤️ Data Science

Apart from doing economic research I consider myself being an Economist/Data Scientist. I have worked in data-centric roles with model-based approaches at different institutions such as technology firms, commercial banks and central banks, mainly in (macro) economic research departments. I also participated in four hackathons (1x Porticode UCL, 3x HackZurich) and won the Optiver challenge 2022 by applying market microstructure theory to a real-world trading algorithm.

Data Science and Machine Learning

I teach courses on "Data Science and Machine Learning for Economic Research" in Python to advanced PhD students/Post-Docs and professionals/analysts. These are intensive coding bootcamps, covering the entire Data Science, Machine Learning and basic Engineering stack.

You can find the syllabus of a course I taught at the ifo Institute in the beginning of 2024 below.

Syllabus

Allianz SE

"Thank you very much for the interesting workshop! It was definitely fun and super insightful and it was really nice to meet you. Thank you also for the useful notebooks that you shared with us, they’re very useful."

Allianz Group Economic Research

Deutsche Bundesbank

Workshop on automatic data retrieval and visualization techniques for financial indicators

Zahlungsbilanz-, Wechselkurs- und Kapitalmarktanalyse

European Central Bank

"Thanks for your contribution to our division, I am sure that your course has left a great legacy in the bank."

Michele Lenza, Head of Section Monetary Policy Research

ifo Institute

"It was a great course and I took a lot from it. It was also a lot of fun :)"

Data Analyst / Specialist

ifoHack 2023

I lead-organized the first Hackathon at an economic research institute in Germany, ifoHack 2023, which brought together around 100 participants from Europe from various disciplines who developed innovative prototypes to solve economic and social challenges.

Driven by curiosity and an experimental approach to solving business and economic problems I started programming about ten years ago (with a large-scale webscraping project) and integrated novel tools and techniques into my research toolbox over the years.

I believe that the greatest challenges to humanity and economies require unconventional measures and collaborations that start with the individual; routines and outdated practices may hinder progress and limited knowledge about existing solutions prevent oneself from asking the right questions.

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