Hi, I'm Daniel

Daniel Netzl

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I love building intelligent systems - almost as much as I love questioning them. As a data scientist and AI researcher, I work where technology meets ethics, sustainability, and public discourse. I believe not everything should be optimized just because it can be - and that progress should be measured by what it protects, not just what it produces.

My work combines hands-on machine learning with a critical lens: How is AI shaping society? Who benefits? Who is left out? I explore these questions through research, community work, and public writing. My mission is to make AI more transparent, more just and more aligned with the limits of our planet.

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  • Personal Finance Analytics System
    End-to-End Automation | Python Dash, SQLite, Bash, Cron, Rule-Based Labeling
    Fully automated dashboard for personal expense tracking and financial insights. Daily syncs with bank data, classifies transactions using hybrid rule/manual labeling system, and presents real-time trends and metrics via an always-up-to-date Dash interface.
  • Bioactivity Prediction
    QSAR | RDKit, Feature Engineering, Scaffold CV, Model Ensembling
    Multi-task pipeline to predict molecular activity from SMILES using fingerprints and ensembles.
  • Protein Binding Site Prediction
    Classification | P2Rank, XGBoost, LightGBM, DBSCANg
    Feature-based ensemble model to predict binding residues in proteins, outperforming structure-only baselines.
  • Model Interpretability
    Explainable AI (XAI) | Latent space analysis, interactive Dash visualization
    Model Explanations for a Deep Feature Consistent Variational Autoencoder (DFC-VAE)
  • Climate Pattern Detection
    Unsupervised learning | UMAP, t-SNE, NASA POWER API, ReliefWeb API
    AI visualization of latent space to detect worldwide weather clusters and patterns
  • Molecular Generation
    Generative Modeling | LSTM, SMILES, Fréchet ChemNet Distance
    Autoregressive LSTM model trained on SMILES to generate valid, unique, and novel molecules.
  • Deep Q-Learning
    Continuous Control | DQN, Replay Buffer, ε-Greedy
    Trained a pixel-based agent with DQN for high-reward convergence in continuous control tasks.
  • Proximal Policy Optimization
    Continuous Control | PPO, Actor-Critic, GAE
    Trained a BipedalWalker-v3 agent using PPO with GAE and reward shaping for stable walking.
  • Imitation Learning
    Deep Reinforcement Learning | Behavioral Cloning, DAgger, CNN, OpenAI Gym
    Trained an agent to drive in CarRacing using expert demos and DAgger policy refinement.
  • Financial Analytics
    Business Performance Visualization | Flask, AWS
    Monthly financial insights dashboard for tracking business & economic performance
  • Predictive Analytics
    Order Intake Forecasting | Regression Models, Python Dash, AWS
    Predictive business analytics dashboard based on external industrial indicators
  • Market Basket Analysis
    Cross-Selling Insights | Association Rules, R Shiny, AWS
    Cross-selling analysis using R Shiny and Association Rules
  • Financial Modeling
    Stock Valuation | Machine Learning
    Thesis on Value Investing with Machine Learning
  • Network Analysis
    Visualization of Research Collaborations | Linear Algebra, Selenium, R Shiny, AWS
    Network Analysis and Visualization of Partners in International Project Collaborations
  • Medical Imaging
    Tumor Classification and Segmentation | Fully Convolutional Networks
    Automated Mammogram Analysis and Breast Cancer Detection
  • Bioinformatics
    Differential Gene Expression Analysis | R
    Pathway Analysis & Data Normalization of Mouse Embryos
  • Natural Language Processing
    Recommender Systems | Matrix Factorization
    Spotify Playlist Enrichment through Machine Learning
  • Time Series Analysis
    Player Prediction | Long-Short-Term Memory
    Professional Chess Player Prediction using LSTM

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