Dan Nichol Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Data engineering with Python/NIFI for the CALM Study at The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Creating, managing and analyzing clinical databases for the IPSS (International Paediatric Stroke Study) and the Children's Stroke Program using REDCap/Python/Pandas- Lead of the IPSS Data Working Group, collaborating with international investigators to facilitate scientific research and improvement of database practices - Feasibility and data quality reports for ongoing and proposed research studies- Data mapping of archival and external databases to current databases- Data mining of MRI metadata for data cataloging purposes- Creation and Maintenance of the IPSS Analytics Dashboard in Google DataStudio- Contributed to multiple research manuscripts, grant submissions and conference presentations

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Managing and analyzing clinical databases for the IPSS (International Paediatric Stroke Study) and the Children's Stroke Program using REDCap/Python/Pandas- Data mapping of archival databases to current databases- Creation and Maintenance of the IPSS Analytics Dashboard in Google DataStudio- Contributed to multiple research manuscripts, grant submissions and conference presentations

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Designed and implemented a new PostgreSQL relational database architecture using AWS. Improved ETL procedures by extracting all hidden data, reducing database load times and enacting scheduling using Apache Airflow. - Identified opportunities for increased sales and cost cutting measures using various machine learning methods- Created extensive documentation of legacy ETL and analysis code.

Toronto

- Preprocessed and analyzed fMRI and behavioral data from cognitive aging studies using relevant Matlab and Python based software (CONN, FSL, AFNI, FreeSurfer). - Wrote machine learning and statistical analysis algorithms for multiple imaging and network analysis studies. - Managed Terabytes of imaging data and provided technical and data support for the lab

Toronto

Review of experimental methods for eye movement tracking using induced currents in scleral search coils.

Ottawa

-Collated Canadian precipitation data for the last 30 years, from various sources to be used in a national groundwater model.- Performed data quality checks and resolved discrepancies across the dataset

Ottawa

- Collated and organized solar image datasets from across the world and combined them according to spatial location and data quality- Created models of the Sun's magnetic field to be used as boundary conditions for modelling coronal mass ejections, and their subsequent effect on earth's weather.

Ai Residency Program, Data Science And Machine Learning

Topics Covered: - Preparing datasets (ETL) for usage with machine learning - Feature engineering and validation metrics for machine.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer And Systems Engineering

Topics Covered: - Pattern Classification - Optimization Algorithms - Systems Control Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Imaging.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Physics

Completed a physics degree with a minor in biology with a focus on neuroscience. Also completed 4 co-ops at 3 locations.