Chizurum Nwachukwu

Data Scientist

Chizurum Nwachukwu
London, United Kingdom

Experience

Nov 2023 - Present
1 year 6 months
London, United Kingdom

Data Scientist

TiiQu

  • Using our QNA-gen system to generate datasets of QNAs from predefined research papers
  • Using ChatGPT to rapidly clean such datasets
  • Using python to eliminate unwanted questions and answers according to a list of undesirable QNAs
  • Using python again to eliminate QNAs that present certain words
  • Using ChatGPT to change pronouns into nouns
  • Using ChatGPT to generate meaningful labels
Feb 2023 - Present
2 years 3 months
London, United Kingdom

Data Scientist

  • Completed a data visualization task for a client based on the Indian tourism industry using Python libraries such as numpy, pandas, matplotlib and seaborn
  • Working on a research project for Christ the Redeemer College (CRC) answering the question "Why are the continuation rates of black people low in tertiary institutions in the UK and in other countries around the world?"
  • Submitted a literary review to CRC
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
3 months
London, United Kingdom

Data Science Trainee

The Developer Academy

  • Engaged in daily stand up where each data science trainee discussed the projects that they were working on in the previous week and offered suggestions on what could have been done better
  • Trained in data science fundamentals and completed projects in each of them. Some of which were data visualizations, supervised learning, unsupervised learning etc
  • Completed weekly projects in teams and on an individual basis on logistic regression, neural networks, and others using Python and SQL programming languages
  • Delivered presentations on a weekly basis and offered constructive feedback to other data science trainees on the presentations that they had delivered

Projects included:

EDA and Predictions of House Price in London An exploratory data analysis and forecast of house prices in London based on the last 319,558 purchases that were made from the 1st of July 2017 to the 31st of February 2023.

Heart Failure Prediction Predicting the likelihood of heart failure using artificial neural networking and support vector machine learning techniques.

Earthquake Data Visualization Project Data visualization of earthquakes that have been recorded between December 2022 and January 2023.

Nov 2022 - Aug 2023
10 months
London, United Kingdom

Care Assistant

Parkwood House Nursing Home

Currently attending to the needs of residents at Parkwood House. Performing duties which include personal care, light housekeeping tasks, safe lifting, repositioning, and movements of residents.

May 2021 - Nov 2022
1 year 7 months
Plymouth, United Kingdom

Care Assistant

Nurseplus Nursing and Care Agency

Attended to the various needs of residents in different nursing homes across Plymouth. Assisting in duties which include personal care, light housekeeping tasks, safe lifting, repositioning, and movements of residents.

Nov 2020 - Sep 2021
11 months
Plymouth, United Kingdom

Data Entry Student Ambassador

University of Plymouth

Data Entry: Converted hard copied surveys into digital format for analysis for Next Steps Southwest.

May 2019 - Sep 2020
1 year 5 months
Lagos, Nigeria

Copywriter and Owner

Extolcopy Copywriting Services

  • Created a copywriting company in Lagos, Nigeria with a goal of using written communication and research skills to help increase the sales of small businesses
  • Collaborated with graphic designers, web developers and videographers on several projects in order to meet the unique requirements of different clients
  • Customer service has been key to the success of all the projects that I have been involved in as it important to listen and understand the specific goals of each client. Sometimes customers have been unsure of what they want and so they have needed me to assist them in making that decision
  • Successfully managed my time between each project by prioritizing each task based on the time that would be required to complete them and their deadlines
  • Gained new customers by marketing directly to small businesses via email and social media and also through referrals from previously satisfied customers

Summary

I am a data scientist with over 1 years' worth of data related training and experience. I also have domain knowledge and experience in healthcare, copywriting, sales, and recruitment. I earned a master's degree in data science and business analytics from the University of Plymouth and successfully completed a data science bootcamp delivered by The Developer Academy. These organizations have equipped me with skills in Python, R, SQL, Neo4j, and Power BI which I have used to create several projects.

Languages

English
Advanced

Education

Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

University of Plymouth

MSc · Data Science and Business Analytics · Plymouth, United Kingdom · Merit - 62.7%

Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

University of Hertfordshire

BA (Hons) · Business Administration · United Kingdom · 2.1

Sep 2008 - Jul 2012

University of Surrey

Diploma of Higher Education · Economics · United Kingdom · Pass

Certifications & licenses

Python Data Science Toolbox (Part 1)

Intermediate Python

Introduction to Deep Learning in Python

Introduction to Python