Data science MINDSETS

Data scientist MINDSETS podcast

By highlighting diverse career pathways, the Data science MINDSETS podcast demonstrates that achieving in a data science career is not a 'one-size-fits-all' pursuit.

The data science community is composed of a highly interdisciplinary and diverse group of people with various disciplinary backgrounds, professional and personal experiences.

We’ll inspire knowledge and learning about data science that is responsible and inclusive. We’ll highlight the breadth, depth, and impact of data science as a cross-disciplinary field. Importantly, we want to create a feeling of belonging for everyone at UM who is working, studying or interested in data science. 

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Podcasts | 2022

Episode 13: Does 'Wokeness' threaten Academic Freedom?

In this episode, host Chang Sun invited Dr. Constance Sommerey and Dr. Darian Meacham to join the DSMINDSETS Podcast.

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Episode 12: Academia and Practice in Financial Services Research

In this episode, host Chang Sun invited Professor Elisabeth Brüggen to join the DSMINDSETS Podcast. Elisabeth (Lisa) is a Professor for Financial Services at the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management under School of Business and Economics (SBE) at Maastricht University. She is also the Scientific Lead at Brightlands Institute for Smart Society (BISS).

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Episode 11: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

In this episode, host Chang Sun invited Dr. Martina Summer-Kutmon to join the DSMINDSETS Podcast. Martina is an Assistant professor at the Department of Bioinformatics (BiGCaT) and the Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio).

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Episode 10: Clinical innovation in radiotherapy

In this new DSMINDSETS Podcast episode we invited Ana Vaniqui.  Ana worked as an Innovation Physicist at Maastro Clinic for many years where she is also very involved in the research projects. Maastro Clinic is a top recognized clinical institution that provides patient care with radiotherapy and also does a lot of research in the field of clinical radiotherapy.

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Episode 9: WiDS special: A reflection from students perspectives

In this episode Chang Sun is the host and our student assistant Anna-Lena Arlt is co-hosting. We will talk about this year’s Women in Data Science (WiDS) Maastricht Datathon, of which Chang was one of the organizers. Anna-Lena participated in this event, together with two friends and fellow students Sophia Longwe and Marisol Martin.

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Episode 8: The Road from Data Science to Data Policymaking

This new DSMINDSETS podcast episode is hosted by Chang Sun and we invited a special guest - Pedro Hernández. Pedro has recently been appointed as the Faculty Advisor for Research Data Management and Data Policies at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. He is part of the Data Steward committee at the Maastricht University Library, where he co-coordinates activities related to digital infrastructure and professionalisation of data stewardship.

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Episode 7: Privilege and Power in Higher Education, Science, and Medicine

In this week's episode our host Tiffany Leung had an amazing conversation with Dr. Jamiu Busari who sees himself as an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusivity.

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Episode 6: Telling Stories with Data: Aggression Research

In this new DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Morsal Yusoufzai Morsal is a research assistant at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience working on experimental psychology. Her research focuses on aggression, specifically the effect of boredom on aggression. Also looking at the effect of boredom on self-harm. 

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Podcasts | 2021

Episode 5: Body image research and diversity

Content warning: This episode contains the mention of eating disorders.

In this new episode, we invited Dr. Jessica Alleva who is a Body Image researcher from Canada. Jessica is an assistant Prof. at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research in the UK. Her research mission is to improve the way people think and feel about their own body and focus on understanding how negative body image is caused and how the body image can be improved. At Maastricht University, she is also the coordinator of Mind Your Body, a course in the Bachelor of Psychology concerning body image research. In addition, Jessica is an associate editor for the journal “Body Image: An International Journal of Research''. Besides her research work she writes a column for the university newspaper observant and she is mother of a little son. (Jessica's Column in the Observant)

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Episode 4: Computational Social Sciences

In our new Episode of the DSMINDSETS podcast, we invited Prof. Anda Iamnitchi to talk with us about her research. She recently started a new position as Chair of Computational Social Sciences at the Institute of Data Science at Maastricht University.

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Episode 3: Computational Modeling in Regenerative Medicine

In this new DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Dr. Aurélie Carlier. Aurélie is an assistant. prof. at the Department of Cell Biology-Inspired Tissue Engineering at the Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, in short MERLN. 

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Episode 2: Political Behavior and Quantitative Methods

In this new DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Dr. Luana Russo, an  Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

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Episode 1: Ethics and AI

In our very first DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Dr. Katleen Gabriels, a moral philosopher from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, to talk to us about her career, interests and research.

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Trailer: Meet the DS Mindsets Team!

Welcome to the trailer of the UM Data Scientist MINDSETS podcast. We will chat with a special guest in each episode to explore this interdisciplinary and diverse world of data science.

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Acknowledgement

  • This project is financially funded by UM Diversity & Inclusivity Grant 2022
  • We specially thank our partner: UM Inner City Library Makerspace for providing facilities for recording
UM Diversity & Inclusivity Grant