About Me

Portrait of Alun Rees-Lindley, data scientist and statistical methodologist

Data Scientist | Statistical Methodologist | Developer

I currently work as a Senior Statistical Methodologist (SEO) at the Office for National Statistics, focusing on time series analysis and seasonal adjustment. I hold a PhD in Physics (Fusion Energy — Computational) from the University of Warwick.

Greater Leeds, United Kingdom

Education

  • PhD in Physics (Fusion Energy — Computational) — University of Warwick, 2022
  • MSc Fusion Energy — University of York, 2018 (First Class Honours)
  • MPhys Physics — Durham University, 2016 (Upper Second Class Honours)

Technical Skills

Programming

  • Python
  • R
  • SQL
  • SAS
  • JavaScript

Data Science

  • Time series and seasonal adjustment
  • Forecasting and backcasting
  • Bayesian state-space models
  • Machine learning
  • NLP
  • ARIMA / X13-ARIMA-SEATS
  • BigQuery / Azure

Applied AI

  • LangChain
  • Claude API
  • Retrieval-augmented generation
  • Git