Using Reflection

Show Notes Topics: Data Visualization, Javascript, Machine Learning, Open Data, Open Source, Software Engineering, Social Responsibility, Teamwork, Team Leadership Companies: Plotly Accompany.io Projects: PivotTableJS, React-PivotTableJs Introduction In this episode we are joined by Nicolas Kruchten, Head of Engineering at Accompany.io. Nicolas looks back on his 15 years of working with data to reflect on the social and human aspects of analytics, machine learning and data visualization. He discusses the motivations and impact of some his many civic data projects based on Montreal Open Data. We talk about visualization as metaphor and “UI for your data,” and touch on Nicolas’ successful open source project PivotTable.js, which brought this venerable analytical tool from the desktop to the browser. Nicolas also shares what he has learned about effective communication through his varied experience in roles as a civil and software engineer, data scientist and head of product and head of engineering.