Philipp Rudiger
About Philipp Rudiger
Philipp Rudiger is a Staff Software Engineer at Anaconda, Inc. in Berlin, Germany, with a strong background in computational neuroscience and data science, having authored several open-source visualization libraries.
Work at Anaconda
Philipp Rudiger has been employed at Anaconda, Inc. since 2015, initially serving as a Software Engineer for five years. In 2020, he transitioned to the role of Senior Software Engineer, where he worked for four years. In 2022, he advanced to the position of Staff Software Engineer, a role he has held for two years. His work is based in Berlin, Germany, where he contributes to the development of data science tools and libraries.
Education and Expertise
Philipp Rudiger completed his PhD and MSc in Computational Neuroscience at The University of Edinburgh, focusing on biologically inspired neural network models. He also holds a BEng in Electronic Engineering and Music Technology Systems from the University of York. His education has equipped him with a strong foundation in neuroinformatics and computational neuroscience, complemented by expertise in the Python data science stack, including visualization, machine learning, and numerical analysis.
Background
Philipp Rudiger's academic journey began at Berlin International School, where he studied from 1999 to 2006. He later attended The University of Edinburgh, where he pursued both his MSc and PhD in Computational Neuroscience from 2010 to 2016. His early career included roles as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Edinburgh, where he focused on Computational Neuroscience of Vision, and as a Linguistic Research Assistant at WebCertain in York, United Kingdom.
Achievements
Philipp Rudiger is recognized as one of the core developers of several open-source libraries, including Bokeh, Datashader, HoloViews, Panel, hvPlot, and GeoViews. These libraries are widely used in the data science community for dashboarding and visualization. His contributions have significantly impacted the development of tools that facilitate data analysis and visualization.