BigDataFr recommends: “Fashion needs ‘datafication’ that clearly benefits fashion.” – Interview with Data Scientist Jessica Graves

[…] Peadar Coyle “1. What project have you worked on do you wish you could go back to, and do better?

Jessica Graves: « I worked with Dr. Laurens Mets on an iteration of the technology behind Electrochaea, a device where microbes convert waste electricity to clean natural gas. My job was to translate models from electrochemistry journals into code, to help simulate, measure and optimize the parameters of the device. We needed to facilitate electron transport and keep the microbes happy. Read papers, write code, and design alternative energy technology with math + data?! I would hand my past self How to Design Programs as a guide and learn to re-implement from scratch in an open source language.

PC: 2. What advice do you have to younger analytics professionals and in particular PhD students in the Sciences?  […]

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By Peadar Coyle
Source: dataconomy.com

About Jessica Graves

Jessica Graves is a Data Scientist who currently works on fashion problems in New York City. She’s worked with Hilary Mason at Fast Forward Labs and keeps in regular contact with the London startup scene.