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Aatish Kumar is presently working as Head of Data & AI at Eneco Energy Trading (EET), the trading arm of an energy utility company located in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Originally from India, he has worked in several companies and academia in the Netherlands. He has a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering and a Master in Microelectronics (both from IIT Bombay in India) as well as a Master in Digital Business and Innovation from VU Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aatishk/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Michèle Pettinato is an experienced data scientist with a multi-disciplinary background in speech acoustics, linguistics, psychology and cognitive science. She is endlessly fascinated by human interaction and how it shapes information flow. In her spare time, she likes to decompress with friends, reading, exercising, and art in all its forms.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mich%C3%A8le-pettinato/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

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We will have a new episode ready in 2 weeks time, but none this week as we were busy preparing for the start of the S2DS Autumn 2024 programme.

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Ross Williams is a Lead Data Scientist at dunnhumby, a customer data science company. He received a PhD in ultracold atomic physics from the University of Oxford, and worked as a post doc on quantum simulation with a Nobel Laureate at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA. He has also worked on quantum technologies as a Senior Research Scientist at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, UK. Outside work he spends his time attempting to keep up with his toddler.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-williams-040056110/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Carlos Vergel Infante is a physicist with a PhD in Particles Physics from Iowa State University and with an MBA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Carlos worked at CERN during his PhD and after completion, did the S2DS program in 2019. After that, he has worked as a Data Science - Analyst for eBay and currently as a Customer Satisfaction Data Analyst for Open Systems. Originally from the mountains in Colombia, he now enjoys the mountains of Switzerland.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-vergel-infante/

Carlos's business newsletter: https://ponteai.substack.com/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Adrienne Leonard is Head of Data Science at Cirium, a leader in aviation analytics. She was born and grew up in Zimbabwe and did her PhD at the University of Cambridge in Astronomy. Outside of work, she spends her spare time with her two young children.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-leonard-cirium/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Julie Ripplinger has 15+ years of experience working within industry and academia on collaborative projects in both Python and R coding languages. She currently works at Pivigo as a data scientist and mentor to our S2DS programmes. In her free time, she enjoys bird watching, hiking, and open-water swimming.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-ripplinger/

X: @JulieRipplinger

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Mehrab Modi is currently a Data Scientist at EdPlace, an e-learning platform for students’ home use. With a PhD in Neurobiology and Behaviour, he helped organise Neuroscience workshops for people with less access to them in Romania and India and hosted vernacular language webinars on Covid awareness in India. During his PhD, he enjoyed making his own cheese, a hobby he wants to pick up again.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mehrabmodi

X: @mehrabmodi

GitHub: https://github.com/mehrabmodi1

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Duncan Wotherspoon is a Data Scientist and Software Developer in the Financial Services, specifically investment management. Before leaving academia, he initially studied life sciences, including Biochemistry at the University of Leeds and Cell Biology at the Blizard Institute at Queen Mary. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and writing poetry.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-james-wotherspoon/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Recommended poets:

Brian Bilston: https://brianbilston.com/

Bloodaxe Anthologies: https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/

Marcus is currently a Data Scientist at MetaCell, a software company focused on deep domain knowledge of life sciences and catering to universities and pharmaceutical companies. He has a PhD in Developmental Neurobiology and in his spare time, he volunteers as an AI for Good engineer at FruitPunch AI.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-leiwe/

X: @marcusleiwe

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org