Alternative data analysis and development, Open-source software developer for Julia. Ayush Patnaik studied Physics, Computer Science and Economics at the Australian National University, and he continues to work at the intersection of these subjects. His current research is in analysing satellite imagery such as nighttime lights for making economic inferences. He actively contributes to open-source software projects, mainly related to the Julia Programming Language. He worked at ThePrint and Crypto Assets Platform before joining XKDR.