written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-06-02 | tags: insight data science data science job hunt
Insight's Week 1 is done! Here's some of my thoughts so far.
Firstly, the Fellows at Insight is very fast at learning things. Everybody is either a PhD or MD, some have done post-doctoral work, and even fewer have become professors, but... (read more)
(355 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-05-22 | tags: pycon conferences python
A selection of my favourite talks and tutorials from PyCon 2017!
Read on... (888 words, approximately 5 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-05-21 | tags: pycon conferences python
This year's PyCon 2017 is over! Well, for me at least, as I head back to Boston, a place I've had to call home for the past 6 years.
I've noticed my Portland PyCons have felt different from my Montreal PyCons.
In Montreal, I felt more... (read more)
(477 words, approximately 3 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-05-15 | tags: grad school academia thesis defence
My thesis defence video is up on YouTube!
Read on... (68 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-05-13 | tags: pycon conferences data science
I'm very excited to be at PyCon! It's a bit of a personal challenge this year, as I'll be leading two tutorials, one on Network Analysis and one on Data Testing.
With a bit of time on hand, I've done a bit of introspection as to why I love... (read more)
(183 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-05-04 | tags: pycon conferences python
This year, I'll be at PyCon 2017 presenting two tutorials and one talk! I'm very excited to be attending!
The first tutorial I will deliver is on network analysis. The GitHub repository is
written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-05-03
I recently got around to hacking a system for managing my conda environments better. Previously, my coding projects mostly relied on one master environment (with exceptions, e.g. bokeh development, or my Network Analysis...
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written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-04-28
It is done! I have defended my doctoral thesis, supervised by Prof. Jonathan A. Runstadler, advised by Prof. Mark Bathe and Prof. Jukka-Pekka Onnela, conducted as a student in the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT.
Looking back,... (read more)
(65 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-04-24 | tags: graduate school thesis defence
My thesis defence announcement has been made to the department!
written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-04-21 | tags: graduate school job hunt insight data science data science mit
It's my final week before defending my thesis.
The thesis has been submitted to my committee, and my slides, as usual, are being made until the last minute.
I've had a number of conversations with a number of people, both in person... (read more)
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