Miguel Patricio’s journey towards Data Science started by obtaining a background in Pure Mathematics at the University of Coimbra, followed by a PhD in Mathematics from the Technical University of Eindhoven. He went on teach and do research at the Polytechnical Institute of Leiria, the Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra and finally the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, where he mostly focused on Biostatistics.
In 2017 he joined Booking.com as a Data Scientist where juggles data scavenging, averaging numbers in a way that is meaningful, getting value from quick and dirty models, being challenged daily and having great fun.