Category Archives: Business

Are you masculine enough to be a trusted leader?

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

I’ve been a woman mathematician in Industry for almost 5 years. I have Malcolm Gladwell’s requisite 10,000 hours to be an expert.  Throughout my experience, I have struggled to gain the trust of my more technical colleagues. It’s not a … Continue reading →

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Science March Draws Controversy.

Posted on April 21, 2017 by

There is something about airing dirty laundry that makes everyone uncomfortable. And we scientists have some dirty laundry… And we are struggling to interface with the world about our feelings. Continue reading →

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Data Science Triple Threats

Posted on March 13, 2017 by

Everyone likes a good list. There are some articles working around which talk about why Data Science doesn’t add business value. As a data scientist who love people, I wanted to add my voice to conversation. Here are three things that … Continue reading →

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Pinpoint the moment when…

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

Graphs and data are always there for us, especially if we want to look back in time and find the exact moment that something changed. Today I’m presenting a bit of a poem of images about time series. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Variations of Data Science

Posted on July 5, 2016 by

I spent some time last month at a SIAM conference. Since I graduated and joined the Industry two years ago, I hadn’t been to a conference. The attendees were mostly academics. But there were a few Data Scientists coming from industry as well.  … Continue reading →

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What does a typical day look like?

Posted on May 10, 2016 by
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Boston Home Prices by T stop

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

How much does living one T stop further save you in Boston? Would you travel 5 minutes more each way to save more than $100 per square foot? That could easily be more than $10,000 for the total price of your home. Continue reading →

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