Ricardo Luís Bertolucci Filho

Mathematician | Data Scientist

Data Science • Machine Learning • Mathematics

About Me

I hold a Master's degree in Mathematics with a specialization in Functional Analysis and Operator Theory. Currently working as a Data Scientist, combining rigorous mathematical theory with practical data-driven solutions.

This portfolio showcases my featured projects and explores the intersection of mathematics, data science, and programming. I’m passionate about solving complex problems with principled modeling and modern machine learning techniques.

Skills & Expertise

Programming

Python R Julia SQL Git LaTeX

Data Science

Machine Learning Deep Learning Statistical Analysis Data Visualization Predictive Modeling

Mathematics

Mathematical Analysis Differential Equations Linear Algebra Geometry and Topology Optimization

Featured Projects

Problem → Approach → Result

Churn Prediction for Education Payments

Problem: estimate likelihood of payment after collection actions.
Approach: action-level dataset, temporal features, Logistic Regression → XGBoost, temporal validation, SHAP explainability.
Result: AUC 0.81 Recall@Top 0.72 ~12% expected cost reduction.

Pythonscikit-learnSHAP
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Rental Price Prediction — São Paulo

Problem: rental price estimation in São Paulo.
Approach: log-transform (log_rent), VIF, model assumptions validation; linear + tree models.
Result: R² 0.85 RMSE ≈ R$120 (~3% of price).

PandasStatsmodelsRegression
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Wine Quality Classification

Problem: quality classification from physicochemical features.
Approach: pipelines with cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning, class-level metrics, SHAP; MLflow tracking.
Result: F1-macro 0.71 full reproducibility with MLflow.

PythonMLflowClassification
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Learning & Certifications

Languages

English: Advanced

Portuguese: Native

Certifications

Google Data Analytics

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Currently Studying

Hands-On Machine Learning (Aurélien Géron)

An Introduction to Statistical Learning (ISLR/ISLP)

Contact

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