Profile – Big Data Zone

Education:

National University of Ireland – Galway (2009-2013); University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2006-2008); University of Texas at Austin (1998-2002); St. John’s College (Annapolis, Maryland, USA) (1994-1998)
Qualifications:

PhD – informatics; MSc – library & information science; MA – math; Bachelor’s – Great Books
Work History:

MassMutual Financial Group (insurance math); Odyssey Bookshop; Amherst College Science Library; Appalachian State University; National University of Ireland-Galway; INRIA
Current Job:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

My Typical Day:

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Today I’m at a conference in Seattle. I meet with other scientists to tell them about my work. At talks, I tweet soundbites. And I sneak a peak at what’s going on elsewhere in the conference — if what’s going on in another room sounds particularly interesting, I move there to hear more! I’m always looking for new ideas and for new people to collaborate with. At the end of the day I have dinner with old friends or try to make new ones!

In the office, every day is different. I’m in France this year so the ONLY constant is lunch with the whole group. We talk about movies, politics, philosophy… anything but work.

Most days I:
– talk with colleagues (often online — I work with people in different countries!)
– read lots of email
– download the latest updates from other scientists (scientific papers)
– write about my work
What I'd do with the prize money:

Train experts how to use Wikipedia in order to improve the quality of medical information the public has access to

Jodi Schneider