Sam Macbeth
About Sam Macbeth
Sam Macbeth is a Senior Privacy Engineer at DuckDuckGo, with a background in Information Systems Engineering and a PhD from Imperial College London. He has contributed to significant projects in data analysis and validation, particularly in the context of shipping data and privacy technology.
Work at DuckDuckGo
Sam Macbeth has been employed at DuckDuckGo as a Senior Privacy Engineer since 2021. In this role, he focuses on enhancing user privacy and data protection measures within the organization. His expertise in privacy engineering contributes to DuckDuckGo's mission of providing a search engine that prioritizes user privacy.
Education and Expertise
Sam Macbeth studied at Imperial College London, where he earned a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Information Systems Engineering from 2006 to 2010. He further pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Multi-agent Based Simulation of Self-governing Knowledge Commons from 2010 to 2015. His educational background provides a strong foundation in systems engineering and data analysis.
Background
Prior to his current position, Sam Macbeth worked as a Tech Lead at Cliqz GmbH from 2015 to 2020 in Munich, Germany. He also served as a PhD researcher at Imperial College London from 2010 to 2015 and briefly worked as a Technical Consultant at University College London in 2015. His diverse experience spans academia and industry, focusing on data analysis and privacy.
Achievements in Data Analysis
Sam Macbeth contributed to the Shipping in Changing Climates project by developing modules for importing AIS data into a relational database and performing validation and verification. He also designed and implemented a generic software framework for data analysis and query tasks using Python3 and PostgreSQL. Additionally, he implemented a tool for the analysis of AIS shipping data, which was open-sourced and utilized in the same project.