Data Journeys

Daniela Huppenkothen is the Associate Director at the DIRAC Institute of University of Washington, home to a diverse team of researchers in astrophysics and cosmology.  Before arriving at DIRAC, she has studied space & data science as a: Moore-Sloan Data Science Fellow of NYU - a multi-dimensional and independent research programs with impact in several scientific domains PhD recipient at University of Amsterdam - where she researched high & low energy astrophysics and the relationship between the two communities, namely “magnetar bursts”. Blogger of Hackathons, Data Science, and Academia - Daniela takes on a number of issues and shares her wise life lessons along the way.   In this conversation, we cover a wide-range of topics, including: The all-too-common (but remarkably important) mix up between astrology and astronomy How data science has a place in astronomy, with telescopes more powerful than several hundred iphones Frustrations with academia, a lack of validity when it comes to standardize