{"id":308,"date":"2019-09-19T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2020-04-16T21:10:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T21:10:30","slug":"what-should-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/19\/what-should-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What should I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am planning to be on sabbatical from June 2020 to August 2021, so I am thinking about how to spend it. Let me tell you what I <em>can<\/em> do, and you can tell me what I <em>should<\/em> do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I consider myself a data scientist, but that means different things to different people.  More specifically, I can contribute in the following areas: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Data exploration, modeling, and prediction, <\/li><li>Bayesian statistics and machine learning, <\/li><li>Scientific computing and optimization, <\/li><li>Software engineering and reproducible science,<\/li><li>Technical communication, including data visualization.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have written a series of books related to data science and scientific computing, including <em>Think Stats<\/em>, <em>Think Bayes<\/em>, <em>Physical Modeling in MATLAB<\/em>, and <em>Modeling and Simulation in Python<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I practice what I teach.  During a previous sabbatical, I was a Visiting Scientist at Google, working in their <em>Make the Web Faster<\/em> initiative.  I worked on measurement and modeling of network performance, related to <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=GxBFR3sAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">my previous research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a way of developing, demonstrating, and teaching data science skills, I write a blog called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/\">Probably Overthinking It<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Software Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been programming since before you (the median-age reader of this article) were born, mostly in C for the first 20 years, and mostly in Python for the last 20.  But I&#8217;ve also worked in Java, MATLAB, and a bunch of functional languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of my code has been for research or education, but in my time at Google I learned to write industrial-grade code with professional software engineering tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I work in public view, so you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AllenDowney\">the good, the bad, and the ugly on GitHub<\/a>.  As a recent example, here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AllenDowney\/empiricaldist\">a library I am designing for representing discrete probability distributions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I work on teams: I have co-taught classes, co-authored books, consulted with companies and colleges, and collaborated on software projects.  I&#8217;ve done <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scruminc.com\">Scrum training<\/a>, and I use agile methods and tools on most of my projects (with varying degrees of fidelity). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are creating a new college from scratch, I am one of a small number of people with that experience.  When I joined Olin College in 2003, the first year curriculum had run once.  I was in for the creation of Years 2, 3, and 4, as well as the reinvention of Year 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, Olin has come to be recognized as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olin.edu\/news-events\/2019\/olin-college-named-one-the-nation\u2019s-top-colleges-princeton-review\/\">top undergraduate engineering program<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olin.edu\/news-events\/2018\/mit-study-names-olin-college-world-leader-engineering-education\/\">world leader in innovative education<\/a>.  I am proud of my work here and the amazing colleagues I have done it with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My projects focus on the role of computing and data science in education, especially engineering education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I was part of a team that developed a novel introduction to <strong>computational modeling and simulation<\/strong>, and I wrote a book about it, now available for <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/physical-modeling-in-matlab\/\">MATLAB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/modsimpy\/\">Python<\/a>.<\/li><li>I developed an introductory <strong>data science<\/strong> course for Olin, <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-stats-2e\/\">a book<\/a>, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacamp.com\/courses\/exploratory-data-analysis-in-python\">online class<\/a>.  Currently I am working with a team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seas.harvard.edu\/directory\/adowney\">Harvard<\/a> to develop a data science class for their GenEd program.<\/li><li><strong>Bayesian statistics<\/strong> is not just for grad students.  I developed an undergraduate class that teaches Bayesian methods first, and wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-bayes\/\">a book about it<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>Data structures<\/strong> is a problematic class in the Computer Science curriculum.  I developed a class on <strong>Complexity Science<\/strong> as an alternative approach to the topic, and wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-complexity-2e\/\">a book about it<\/a>.  And for people coming to the topic later, I developed an online class and <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-data-structures\/\">a book<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have also written a series of books to help people learn to program in <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-python\/\">Python<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-java\/\">Java<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenteapress.com\/thinkcpp\/\">C++<\/a>.  Other authors have adapted my books for <a href=\"https:\/\/benlauwens.github.io\/ThinkJulia.jl\/latest\/book.html\">Julia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-perl-6\/\">Perl<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/greenteapress.com\/thinkocaml\/\">OCaml<\/a>, and other languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My books and curricular materials are used in universities, colleges, and high schools all over the world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have taught webcasts and workshops on these topics at conferences like PyCon and SciPy, and for companies developing in-house expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are creating a new training program, department, or college, maybe I can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What I am looking for<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to work on interesting projects with potential for impact.  I am especially interested in projects related to the following areas, which are the keys we need to get through the 21st Century with a habitable planet and a high quality of life for the people on it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nuclear energy<\/li><li>Desalination<\/li><li>CO\u2082 sequestration<\/li><li>Geoengineering<\/li><li>Alternatives to meat<\/li><li>Transportation without fossil fuels<\/li><li>Global education<\/li><li>Global child welfare<\/li><li>Infrastructure for natural disaster and rising sea level <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I live in Needham MA, and probably will not relocate for this sabbatical, but I could work almost anywhere in eastern Massachusetts.  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