{"id":44,"date":"2024-12-14T13:43:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T13:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/cassandra-durr\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:41:51","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/cassandra-durr\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44\" class=\"elementor elementor-44\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-undefined-04d4204 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"undefined-04d4204\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-undefined-85b65c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"undefined-85b65c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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style=\"color: #ffffff\"> Machine Learning<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8ad326 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b8ad326\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f76140c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f76140c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faeb26d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"faeb26d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" 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https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/cassandra-durr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/12\/1b922fe0-020b-4d30-8331-0805fb2c0eef.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e14e375 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e14e375\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1951740 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1951740\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1001fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1001fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Me<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2112d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2112d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to my personal corner online!<\/p><p>I am a PhD student studying at STOR-i, a Centre for Doctoral Training specialising in Statistics and Operations Research.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m deeply passionate about statistics and machine learning, driven by a journey that started with an undergraduate degree in actuarial science and has evolved into a focus on statistical modelling and artificial intelligence. Join me on this journey as we delve into these fields to tackle real-world challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe120b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fe120b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0d81bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a0d81bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb4088d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb4088d\" 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style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>PhD in Statistics and Operations Research<\/strong><\/span><ul><li>Date: Oct 2025 &#8211; Sept 2028 <em>(expected completion date)<\/em><\/li><li>Institution: School of Mathematical Sciences, Lancaster University<\/li><li>Research topic: Identifying Epidemic Dynamics from Data Using Machine Learning<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Master of Research in Statistics and Operations Research <\/strong><em>(distinction)<\/em><\/span><ul><li>Date: Sept 2024 &#8211; Sept 2025<\/li><li>Institution: School of Mathematical Sciences, Lancaster University<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Master&#8217;s degree in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence<\/strong> (<em>distinction<\/em>)<\/span><ul><li>Date: 2022-2023<\/li><li>Institution: Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University<\/li><li>Research topic: Automated Malignant Melanoma Detection using Supervised Contrastive Learning<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Honour&#8217;s degree in Mathematical Statistics<\/strong> (<em>distinction<\/em>)<\/span><ul><li>Date: 2021<\/li><li>Institution: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University<\/li><li>Research topic: High-dimensional Co-occurrence Modelling with an Application in Disease Co-morbidity<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Actuarial Science<\/strong><\/span><ul><li>Date: 2017-2020<\/li><li>Institution: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University<\/li><li>Multiple exemptions from the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e53bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19e53bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690687a elementor-widget 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2024<\/li><li>Built software integrating AI components<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Research Engineer Intern<\/strong> (<em>InstaDeep Ltd, Cape Town<\/em>)<\/span><ul><li>Nov 2022 &#8211; Jan 2023<\/li><li>Applied Natural Language Processing techniques to protein sequence data<\/li><li>Machine Learning research<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Junior Data Scientist<\/strong> (<em>Wimmy, Cape Town<\/em>)<\/span><ul><li>Jan 2022 &#8211; Oct 2022<\/li><li>Building mathematical, statistical &amp; machine learning models<\/li><li>Data visualisations and reporting<\/li><li>Project planning<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Research and Information Assistant <\/strong><em>(Wimmy, Cape Town)<\/em><\/span><ul><li>Aug 2021 &#8211; Jan 2022<\/li><li>Disease modelling and healthcare research<\/li><li>Presenting and reporting on research<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Vacation Work 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