Tag: data science

Transitioning from Academia to Industry: My personal experiences

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There are those decisions you make and its almost like something changes in the universe, in your whole outlook and attitude to ensure that that decision becomes a reality. It was the beginning of 2017 when I made a hard decision to transition from Academia to Industry. Having been in Academia for several years (since […]

Importance of Communication and Visualization Skills in Data Science

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Last week, I lead the second session of the Finland-Uganda Data Science Meetups. The topic for this session was data import, cleaning and pre-processing, and visualizations. In the session, we welcomed senior data scientist, Jukka Toivanen, who shared with us the importance of good communication and visualization skills in data science. With the image below, […]