About
David Wood is Co-Founder and CTO of Moonsift, where he is developing a recommendation engine for product discovery. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience, during which he built models of the neural connectome of the fruit fly larva using terabytes of imaging data. His work involves fast algorithms, machine learning, and data processing.
CTO at Moonsift
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Experience
- MoonsiftCo-Foundercurrent2018 — presentLondon, United Kingdom / Edinburgh, Scotland
- Grayscale AIAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Entrepreneur FirstEntrepreneur2018London, United Kingdom
- Science to Data ScienceS2DS Fellow2017London, United Kingdom
- The University of EdinburghTutor and Demonstrator2015 — 2017Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) MünchenResearch Intern2010Munich Area, Germany
- Hamburg University of TechnologyRISE Research Intern2009Hamburg
Skills & more
Japanese1German2Research19Machine Learning18Data Analysis17Science9Inkscape1Teaching3Software Engineering2Image Processing2Statistics5Film Production1
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Image AnalysisArtificial IntelligenceData ScienceEntrepreneurshipGraph DatabasesServerless ComputingMicrosoft ExcelMatlabMicrosoft WordPythonJavaLinuxLanguages German · Japanese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Wood?
- David Wood is Co-Founder and CTO of Moonsift, where he is developing a recommendation engine for product discovery. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience, during which he built models of the neural connectome of the fruit fly larva using terabytes of imaging data. His work involves fast algorithms, machine learning, and data processing.
- Where does David Wood work?
- David Wood is CTO of Moonsift.
- What companies did David Wood found?
- David Wood founded Moonsift.
- Where did David Wood go to school?
- David Wood studied at The University of Edinburgh (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Neuroscience); University of Oxford (Masters Degree, Physics); The University of Edinburgh (Masters Degree, Informatics: Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience).
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