Lindsey Fiedler (lfiedlerc)

In a nutshell, I am a scientist interested in solving the mysteries surrounding illnesses through data analysis, or in general, improving public health with the help of technology.

My educational credentials include an M.Sc. in Computer Science and an MSPH in Epidemiology. I am detail-oriented and skilled in several programming languages, machine learning, statistics, and epidemiology. Previously I have volunteered with the United Nations Online Volunteering doing data analysis. Professionally, I have worked as a Software Developer, a Computational Linguist, and a Teaching Assistant.

Working at the intersection of computer science and public health is a very big interest of mine, so any projects that fall into this definition will definitely interest me. One of my favorite tasks as a software developer was hunting down bugs that made a program behave abnormally, or put another way, appear to be sick. Now, I would like to help do this with communities.

Personal information
Full name: Lindsey Fiedler
User name: lfiedlerc
Organization memberships
Not a member of any organization.
Awards
First 500 volunteers
Volunteer background
Education: Master's on Public Health; Computer Science (University of South Florida; INAOE)
LinkedIn profile
Github profile
Volunteer availability
Start date: None
End date: None
Hours available per week: 10
Volunteering interests
No stated preferences.
Skills
Skill
Beginner
Intermediate
Expert
Java
Python
Computer Science (Algorithms)
JavaScript
Ruby
C/C++/C#
PHP
Data in Relational Databases
SQL
Data in Text Files
Text Data (NLP)
Data Visualization
Experience working on real-world problems using data
Data Analysis
Decision Trees
SVMs
Random Forests
Graphical models
Causal inference
Unsupervised models
SAS
R

Volunteer projects

Project name Organization name Social impact area Project summary Task name Task status
Community Vulnerability Index Community Insight and Impact Education Data driven assessment of community needs across multiple axes; currently focused on COVID-19 but will be useful for other pandemics or disasters. Grant Writing Started