I spent the past year or so accumulating nice resources for data scientists and developers, and I've decided to collect them for everyone to enjoy. If you want to get one in your feed every day during the Christmas period, make sure to follow my Twitter or my LinkedIn profile. In any case, I'll be collecting them in four […]
Category: media
The New Witch-Hunt
Since fall 2016, I'm a regular contributor to the magazine Yliopisto-lehti. I write columns, based on my experiences as a professional, an expat, and even simply as myself. Articles are translated and published in Finnish, but I'll be publishing a translation of my pieces in English here on my blog. The New Witch-Hunt (originally published […]
The future together
Since fall 2016, I'm a regular contributor to the magazine Yliopisto-lehti. I write columns, based on my experiences as a professional, an expat, and even simply as myself. Articles are translated and published in Finnish, but I'll be publishing a translation of my pieces in English here on my blog. The future together (originally published […]
Who changed?
Since fall 2016, I'm a regular contributor to the magazine Yliopisto-lehti. I write columns, based on my experiences as a professional, an expat, and even simply as myself. Articles are translated and published in Finnish, but I'll be publishing a translation of my pieces in English here on my blog. Who changed? (originally published on […]
The man who knew infinity: a movie about Ramanujan
Thank you Youtube suggestions! Today I came across this trailer of an upcoming movie, "The man who knew infinity". The movie depicts the story of one of the finest minds of last century and one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, Srinivasa Ramanujan. He was what you'd call a true genius, an independent thinker […]
Alessandra Sala, scientist and manager
Few days ago I was reading one of my favourite Italian columns and I found this nice piece by Edoardo Segantini, a journalist at Il Corriere della Sera, a main national newspaper. I love to read about successful women in science and management, and this story about Alessandra Sala talks about both. I translated Edoardo's article into […]
Tweeting for Real Scientists: aftermath.
My week as curator of the Twitter channel @realscientists has just ended. It was refreshing and a lot of fun. I had the chance to review my own work from a fresh perspective and to check out old problems I didn't read about for a while. For those who don't know what Real Scientists is, I […]
Exciting news: profile article and tweeting for Real Scientists
This week I got a couple of good news that I feel the need to share. A profile article on me was published on the latest issue of Yliopisto-lehti, the university magazine. You can find it at this link; unfortunately it's in Finnish! Anyway, I was interview regarding my research, my extracurricular activities - such as […]
Curiosity and determination: the example of Amalia Ercoli-Finzi
Today I came across this nice piece on one of my favorite Italian columns on women. The following article is extracted from a book called “Il senso delle donne per la scienza” by Maria Luisa Agnese and tells the story of Amalia Ercoli-Finzi, an Italian scientist who is deeply involved in the amazing space mission Rosetta. The […]
Making science pictures: a fascinating MITx photography course
Last week I completed an exciting six week photography course I found on edX, a MOOC platform I have been following in the past few years. EdX was originally founded by Harvard University and MIT, but nowadays many universities worldwide contribute with their free high quality lectures. Few weeks ago I successfully completed a course on framing - […]