About Me
I’m Søren Orm Hansen, currently pursuing an MSc in Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen. My professional interests lie at the intersection of data science, social good, cognitive science, and the exploration of social complexity.
Interests: Data Science for Social Good | Explainable AI | AI Safety | Algorithmic Fairness | Data Visualization | Social Complexity | NLP | Data Ethics.
Education
MSc. in Social Data Science
2022 - 2024 · University of CopenhagenThesis: Beyond Representation: Diversity of Speakers and Information Diffusion in European Parliaments
Curriculum included:- Data ethics, GDPR, and data management
- Advanced statistics, econometrics, and GLMs
- Machine learning, deep learning, and NLP
- Web scraping, digital methods, and social network analysis
- Exchange semester at St Andrews University studying Health Data Science
BSc. in Cognitive Science and Mathematics
2019 - 2022 · Aarhus UniversityThesis: Bringing Numerical Stability to the Hierarchical Gaussian Filter
Curriculum included:- Cognitive psycology, models of cognition, and social- and cultural modelling
- Frequentist and Bayesian statistics, machine learning, and agent-based modelling
- Eye- and mouse tracking, EEG and fMIR analysis
Experiences
Data Analyst
March 2021 - September 2022 · Systematic A/S
Responsibilities included:- Creating statistical models informing business decisions
- Reporting insights for statistical literate and non-technical audiences
- Data quality assurance
Treasurer
December 2020 - June 2022 · Cognitive Science Association
Responsibilities included:- Co-leading a team of 20 volunteers
- Organising biweekly educational and social events for 200+ guests
- Playing a central role in stabilizing the organization during the post-COVID recovery period.
Extra-Curricular Activities
St Andrews AI Safety Fellowship
2024 · Investigating AI risks, regulatory challenges, and long-term impact.
Data Science Volunteer
2024 · Consulted in the development of a vision transformer for key-point tracking, assisted with computational analysis of experiments, and configured and maintained GPUs in the Allodi laboratory at St Andrews University.
Presenter at St Leonard's Postgraduate Collage Lecture Series
2023 · Invited to present my research on parliamentary representation using ParlaMint2.1.
Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute
2018 · Community development volunteer, working on various projects including building a clinic for a local doctor.
Save the Children Youth
2018-2019 · Volunteer, helping refugee children getting to know their new home town.
Publications
Journal Articles
2020. EMMA: Danish Natural-Language Processing of Emotion in Text. Esben Kran and Søren Orm. Journal of Language Works Vol. 5 (No. 1), 92-110.
Projects
Learning RI-CLPM
I’m getting to know the Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model for a project investigating what activities social media is taking time from and how this is modulated by socio-economic conditions.
napari plugin
Creating a GDPR bot
I am learning the langchain workflow through the creation of a constructed agent, which can answer questions pertaining to the GDPR.
Programming Languages
- Python
- R
- JavaScript
- Java
- html
- SQL