
Mr James Thomas
BA, MSci
Expertise
Senior Data Scientist at the Jean Golding Institute, the University of Bristol hub for Data and AI. Leading its Research Engineering team and collaborating with researchers across the University and external partners.
Current positions
Senior Data Scientist
Jean Golding Institute
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Biography
Experienced in processing complex and messy data sets, using AI and modelling to inform decision-making and policy interventions, including informing non-technical audiences.
Current interests include urban analytics: data collected by electric micromobility, air quality data, monitoring infrastructure and understanding the vulnerability of people and infrastructure to the effects of climate change. Specific expertise in environmental impact of domestic energy use and low carbon technologies.
Research interests
Senior Data Scientist at the Jean Golding Institute, the University of Bristol hub for Data and AI. Leading its Research Engineering team (data scientists and research software engineers) and collaborating with researchers across the University and external partners (government, industry and the third sector).
Experienced in processing complex and messy data sets, using AI and modelling to inform decision-making and policy interventions, including informing non-technical audiences.
Current interests include urban analytics: data collected by electric micromobility, air quality data, monitoring infrastructure and understanding the vulnerability of people and infrastructure to the effects of climate change. Specific expertise in environmental impact of domestic energy use and low carbon technologies.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Connecting Administrative Vehicle Data For Research On Sustainable Transport
Role
Researcher
Description
Cars and vans are significant contributors to air pollution and climate change. This project will enable analysis of issues and trends relating to use of these vehicles at a national,…Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/07/2022 to 31/03/2027
Publications
Recent publications
21/01/2026Smart cities and the challenge of lived experience
Journal of Smart Cities and Society
Building Local Authorities' Resilience to Climate Change: Recognising and Responding to Vulnerability
Can others reproduce your results? Recipes for using uv and pixi to manage Python dependencies
Managing dependencies in a data science project using uv and pixi
Finite element simulation of novel Polybenzoxazine-Carbon fibre composites prior to Low Earth Orbit
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

