Author Spotlights

Matteo Courthoud reflects on leaving academia, his interest in causal inference, and the value of public writing — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Matteo Courthoud. Matteo is a Ph.D. student in Economics at the University of Zürich with…

Abiodun Olaoye discusses his work on renewable energy — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Abiodun Olaoye. Abiodun Olaoye is an experienced data scientist practicing as a Senior Performance Engineer…

Adrienne Kline reflects on a multidisciplinary career that bridges medicine, machine learning, and engineering — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Adrienne Kline. Adrienne Kline is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Preventative Medicine at…

Julia Turc discusses her career path in natural language processing and the future of multimodal machine learning — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Julia Turc. Julia is a software engineer and researcher in Natural Language Processing, with particular…

Known to his close friends as Dave, is a serious reader of science fiction and fantasy, which began when he was very young. David was introduced to Ray Bradbury while in the third grade, in junior high school and he read nearly every SF volume in his junior high school…

Barry Smyth reflects on his dual-path career in academia and industry and on the changing landscape for young data scientists — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Barry Smyth. Barry Smyth (BSc, PhD, Hon. DTech (RGU), MRIA, EurAI) is a scientist and…

Cassie Kozyrkov, Google Cloud’s Chief Decision Scientist, on choosing the right career path and the value of data analytics — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Cassie Kozyrkov. As Chief Decision Scientist at Google Cloud, Cassie advises leadership teams on decision…

Sustainability and energy analyst Himalaya Bir Shrestha reflects on self-learning and the numerous benefits of learning to code — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Himalaya Bir Shrestha. Himalaya is an energy system analyst based in Germany. With a background…

Rashi Desai offers insights on finding success as a data analyst — In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Rashi Desai. Rashi is a Senior Data Analyst in a healthcare company based out of…