About me & my projects

Hi, I’m Martina. Glad you popped up here.

The short one

I am a scientist by background and I’ve been working in data science/Machine Learning/AI (you name it) for a few (!) years now. I also doodle data, write about tech, data and sciency things, and share about what I learn. This blog is my lil’ public garden. I’m not the prolific writer I aim to be, but I try.

The longer version

My name is Martina Pugliese, I am a physicist by studies and I’ve been working in/with data science since the glorious times it was still uncool. I love science and have this annoying obsession towards finding quantitative explanations for things. You can read some of my thinking and scientific journey in this old post. On the side, I produce hand-drawn data vizzes on various topics, usually lightweight (but not just), which I share here (and there).

You can sign up to my newsletter here - it has funky vizzes, divertissements and odds and sods, all from this blog.

I’m Italian and a great fan of linguistics and languages, some of my research when in academia was about the evolution of natural languages - I’ve completed a PhD in Physics with a focus on quantitative Linguistics, which may seem like a weird coupling but it’s actually a very fruitful one: you can apply methodologies and frameworks of Physics to other disciplines and help investigate open questions quantitatively. If you want to know more about my research you can have a look at my scientific publications.

For four years I ran, together with some wonderful co-orgs, the Edinburgh chapter of the PyData meetup, which has been a fantastic journey - lots learned, lots of fun, greal folks met, many good chats.

Disclaimers

All images/photos shown on this blog are mine unless otherwise specified, and credited. In some cases, I’ve used free-to-reuse imagery. My little avatar here on the side is by my illustrator friend ladyofshalott89.

Speaking

I regularly speak about topics related to data, from reflections on the field to technical ones. You can see a list of talks I’ve given here.

Follow me

Use the links on the side to find me on (some) socials. Note: despite trying hard a few times, I’m not much of a social media animal - I like to read and observe but I don’t tend to post much, it’s that I prefer longer and more thoughtful conversations.