Hello! My name is Christoph Molnar and I’m a statistician, machine learning expert, and writer. I write about machine learning topics that got beyond mere performance: interpretability, uncertainty quantification and the mindsets behind modeling. I love breaking down arcane knowledge into understandable language. My work is that of a translator and curator of academic results into data science practice. Turning papers into books. So far, I’ve written the books Interpretable Machine Learning and Modeling Mindsets and some more. I regularly publish Mindful Modeler, a newsletter on machine learning.
When I’m not writing or learning, I enjoy cooking and calisthenics.
Education
I began my education in classical statistics, but during my Master’s, I developed a strong interest in machine learning. This led me to pursue a PhD in interpretable machine learning.
| Date | Degree | Where | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2022 | PhD | LMU | Model-agnostic Interpretable Machine Learning |
| Oct 2014 | MSc in Statistics | LMU | Modeling the booking behavior of customers of a touristic company |
| Sep 2012 | BSc in Statistics | LMU | Automatic Generation of Interactive SVG Maps |
Work Experience
My work experience is a colorful mix of roles as both a classic statistician and in machine learning. I’ve worked across industry, academia, NGOs, and as a self-employed professional. My career has included deep theoretical work, lots of teaching, and extensive hands-on experience with real-world data modeling. Today, my favorite spot is somehwere inbetween: I love bridging from theory to practice. Today, I’m most at home in the space between theory and practice, bridging the two.
| What | Where | When |
|---|---|---|
| ML Author | Self-Employed | Mar 2022 - now |
| AI Consultant | Johner Institute GmbH | Oct 2021 - Dec 2021 |
| Researcher | BIPS GmbH | Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 |
| PhD Candidate | LMU Munich | Oct 2017 - May 2021 |
| Statistician | SCQM Foundation | Jan 2016 - Aug 2017 |
| Data Scientist | Centralway AG | Nov 2014 - Nov 2015 |
| Side jobs | Various | Oct 2010 - Aug 2014 |
Media Occurences
News articles
Podcasts
- AI Fundamentalists (this time about Supervised ML for Science book)
- AI Fundamentalists
- Machine Learning Street Talk
- Analytics Vidhya
- Johner Institute (German)
- Data Futurology
- Data Skeptic
Keynote Talks
- Keynote at ECML-PKDD 2020: “Interpretable Machine Learning – State of the Art and Challenges”
- Keynote at Johner Institutstag 2020: “Interpretable Machine Learning”
