The Decision Maker's Handbook to Data Science (PDF)

Dr. Stylianos (Stelios) Kampakis is a data scientist who lives and works in London, UK. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from University College London, as well as an MSc in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh. He also holds degrees in Statistics, Cognitive Psychology, Economics and Intelligent Systems. He is a member of the Royal Statistical Society and an honorary research fellow in the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies. He has many years of academic and industrial experience in all fields of data science like statistical modelling, machine learning, classic AI, optimization and more.Throughout his career, Stylianos has been involved in a wide range of projects: from using deep learning to analyze data from mobile sensors and radar devices, to recommender systems, to natural language processing for social media data to predicting sports outcomes. He has also done work in the areas of econometrics, Bayesian modelling, forecasting and research design. He also has many years of experience in consulting for startups and scale-ups, having successfully worked with companies of all stages, some of which have raised millions of dollars in funding. He is still providing services in data science and blockchain, as a partner in Electi Consulting.



In the academic domain, he is one of the foremost experts in the area of sports analytics, having done his PhD in the use of machine learning for predicting football injuries. He has also published papers in the areas neural networks, computational neuroscience and cognitive science. Finally, he is also involved in blockchain research and more specifically in the areas of tokenomics, supply chains and securitization of assets.Stylianos is also very active in the area of data science education. He is the founder of The Tesseract Academy, a company whose mission is to help decision makers understand deep technical topics such as machine learning and blockchain. He is also teaching "Social