This is a personal blog where I write about things that interest me in data science, statistics and programming. Writing helps me to better understand what I have learned. It also helps to connect me with people who have similar interests. If you would like to get in touch please leave a comment or contact me via email at sameerdcosta@gmail.com.

I completed a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2006 from the University of Chicago. My thesis topic was in Algebraic Geometry - The Trace of Frobenius for an Ordinary Elliptic Curve. Then I spent nearly 10 years as a quant researcher / trader in finance. At my most recent job I was a data scientist at a large academic hospital in the Chicago region. These days I mostly do part time data science / computing work at research labs.

I have a passion for applying statistics and algorithms to get insights from data. It is quite beautiful to see noisy data transformed into something meaningful.