Taught A-level maths, physics and economics, as well as MATLAB, at an international sixth-form college in Liverpool.

Worked on data science projects on a freelance basis, primarily via freelancing websites such as Upwork.

I have privately tutored students throughout most of my post-school life, including tutoring masters students in machine learning projects. Other topics include maths, statistics, economics, English, and chess.

Taught courses in undergraduate and postgraduate human geography, based in the Geographic Data Science Lab (GDSL) in the Department of Geography. Supervised several MSc dissertation projects in Geographic Data Science, using deep learning methods in Python. Taught modules on data science and machine learning in social science, survey analysis and design, and research methods.

Worked on a range of end-to-end machine learning projects, both individually and collaboratively (my portfolio: https://jacacthomas.github.io/portfolio/). This included the research for my own PhD, as well as participating in the work of the Geographic Data Science Lab (GDSL), a nationally-leading research group conducting state-of-the-art research. Specific activities included data acquisition, cleaning, and visualisation, data analysis using conventional and deep learning methods in Python… Show more Worked on a range of end-to-end machine learning projects, both individually and collaboratively (my portfolio: https://jacacthomas.github.io/portfolio/). This included the research for my own PhD, as well as participating in the work of the Geographic Data Science Lab (GDSL), a nationally-leading research group conducting state-of-the-art research. Specific activities included data acquisition, cleaning, and visualisation, data analysis using conventional and deep learning methods in Python and R, and reporting results with Jupyter Notebook and RMarkdown. Git/GitHub were used for maintaining and collaborating on code, and intensive machine learning tasks were run remotely on lab servers accessed through SSH. Outputs include the publishing of academic papers in applied data science, demonstrating that an unequal share of housework is driving low fertility in Taiwan, and that parental leave policies are a cost-effective way for boosting fertility. Show less

As a PhD student I worked as a teaching assistant on a range of modules in the Department of Geography. Topics included programming in Python and R, statistics, and data science.

I taught English as a second language part-time while studying in Taiwan, at an evening school for adults.

I taught English as a second language part-time while studying in Taiwan, at an evening school for children.

I worked under the Parliamentary & Campaigns Officer on the Policy & Campaigns team at Concern Worldwide UK. My role was to campaign for reducing hunger in the developing world, by increasing awareness of these issues with the public (primarily using social media and email) and by engaging UK parliamentarians and other elected officials. I also campaigned for the passage of the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill 2014-15, and had my work quoted in the House… Show more I worked under the Parliamentary & Campaigns Officer on the Policy & Campaigns team at Concern Worldwide UK. My role was to campaign for reducing hunger in the developing world, by increasing awareness of these issues with the public (primarily using social media and email) and by engaging UK parliamentarians and other elected officials. I also campaigned for the passage of the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill 2014-15, and had my work quoted in the House of Commons. Show less