Hi, my name is Michael Hodge. I am a Senior Data Engineer at the Ministry of Justice. Until very recently, I was a Senior Data Scientist at the Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics. After starting a degree in Architecture I switched to Earth Sciences, where I stumbled my way into gaining a doctorates degree. My research involved looking at surface formations from earthquakes in Malawi.
In my previous job I worked at the Office for National Statistics' Data Science Campus to create data science solutions to problems, as well as provide mentoring, to many statistical authorities around the world. I use a wide range of data science skills including natural language processing, time-series analysis, machine learning techniques, data visualisation. I work with numerous Government departments, local authorities, private companies and research institutes. For a brief period I was Head of Data and Automation over at the Office for Statistical Regulation on a maternity cover post. Before my PhD I worked at Natural Resources Wales, and before that, Welsh Water Dwr Cymru. Outside of work I am an enthusiastic father of two, average footballer and terrible golfer.
Skills
- Languages: Python; R; PySpark; JavaScript; HTML; CSS; SQL; BigQuery
- Cloud Environements: Google Cloud Platform; Azure; AWS
- Data science techniques: NLP, time-series, machine learning, data visualisations; computer vision; statistical modelling
- Dashboarding: Dash, RShiny, Google Data Studio; Tableau
- Scrum master and agile advocate
- Graphic designer and photographer hobbyist
- Git (even merge conflicts)
Tools
- @ukpassportcheck, mshodge (GitHub, Twitter)
- pygrams, ONS (GitHub)
- graphite, ONS (GitHub)
- propeR, ONS (GitHub)
- mobius, ONS (GitHub)
- deltweeter, mshodge (GitHub)
- epl-stats (GitHub)
- changing-rooms, mshodge (GitHub)
- Scarp PARameTer Algorithm (sparta), mshodge (GitHub)
- scarp diffusion, mshodge (GitHub)
- choromap (Google Data Studio)
- flightpaths (Google Data Studio)
Projects posts
- Using Sentinel-2 images to measure the change in tree coverage in eastern Uganda: what does it mean for the Mbale Trees Programme?
- How to convert ONS Open Geography portal boundary data to be used in Looker Studio (example)
- Using selenium and Pandas in Python to get table data from a JavaScript website
- * * * * *: How the * * * * to get GitHub Actions to run every minute
- Creating a Twitter Bot to post when a UK Government passport service is online
- Reproducible Analytical Pipelines: Overcoming barriers to adoption
- OSR Model Guidance
- Creating choropleth maps in Google’s Data Studio
- Blending Data Using Choromap
- Multimodel Transport Modelling (propeR)
- Key terminology extraction and forecasting (pyGrams)
- Slack bot for meetings
- Extracting data from PDF graphs
Training blog posts
- How to Setup a Google Cloud VM, pull a GitHub repo, install docker, and run a script at regular intervals using cron (in 22 steps)
- Calling an API and storing data periodically to a GCP bucket
- Linking your Google Cloud Storage Bucket to your Dash application running on App Engine
- Faster public Dash application deployment with Docker and GCP Cloud Run
- Deploy your Dash application with Google Cloud Platform App Engine
Research Papers
- Low Dissipation of Earthquake Energy Where a Fault Follows Pre-Existing Weaknesses: Field and Microstructural Observations of Malawi’s Bilila-Mtakataka Fault; Jack N. Williams, Åke Fagereng, Luke N. J. Wedmore, Juliet Biggs, Hassan Mdala, Felix Mphepo, Michael Hodge; Geophysical Research Letters (49); 2022
- Evidence From High‐Resolution Topography for Multiple Earthquakes on High Slip‐to‐Length Fault Scarps: The Bilila‐Mtakataka Fault, Malawi; M Hodge, J Biggs, Å Fagereng, H Mdala, LNJ Wedmore, JN Williams; Tectonics 39 (2); 2020
- A semi-automated algorithm to quantify scarp morphology (SPARTA): application to normal faults in southern Malawi; M Hodge, J Biggs, Å Fagereng, A Elliott, H Mdala, F Mphepo; Solid Earth 10 (1), 27-57; 2019
- Slack bot for meetings
- Controls on early‐rift geometry: new perspectives from the Bilila‐Mtakataka fault, Malawi; M Hodge, A Fagereng, J Biggs, H Mdala; Geophysical Research Letters; 2018
- Scenario-based seismic risk assessment for Malawi using improved information on earthquake sources and local building characteristics; K Goda, P Kloukinas, R De Risi, M Hodge, I Kafodya, I Ngoma, J Biggs, et al.; Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE); 2018
- Development, deformation style, and seismic hazard of large normal faults; PhD Thesis; Cardiff University; 2018
- The role of coseismic Coulomb stress changes in shaping the hard‐link between normal fault segments.; M Hodge, Å Fagereng, J Biggs; Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123, 797–814; 2017
- Seismic risk assessment of urban and rural settlements around Lake Malawi; K Goda, ED Gibson, HR Smith, J Biggs, M Hodge; Frontiers in Built Environment 2, 30; 2016
- Assessing infrequent large earthquakes using geomorphology and geodesy: the Malawi Rift; M Hodge, J Biggs, K Goda, W Aspinall; Natural Hazards 76 (3), 1781-1806; 2015
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