Let’s look at this in some more detail.
Your mission and search statement
says who you are (e.g. Data Scien-
tist), what you want to do, where you
are looking, and why you want to be a
Data Scientist. Next, you should list all
technical skills that you are confident
of and ready to be tested on. I believe
it helps if you indicate your confidence
on a simple scale, e.g. a 3-point scale.
I recommend treating your Ph.D. or
postdoc position as employment and
making the effort to describe it in
ways that would be relevant to a hiring
manager or human resources depart-
ment in industry.
When listing your achievements in
education you may include any data
projects or relevant student jobs you
performed. This is to say, I do not rec-
ommend listing teaching or student
jobs in the employment section, par-
ticularly if they were short-term.
However, looking back at your activi-
ties and achievements over the past
years: Which highly transferable skills
have you acquired? Please do ask a
search engine for help, and decide
which three to five transferable skills
you want to list and provide two spe-
cific examples for each skill.
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long to the author, unless otherwise
noted.
Good luck with your transition to data
science and AI. Not only do we need
more and better talent in this field,
but these are also exciting times and
the dynamic development of new
companies, products and services will
carry us for many years to come. If you
would like to keep up-to-date with the
campaign and its workshops, you can
do so on Eventbrite, Facebook, Me-
dium, or Twitter.
Dr. Chris Armbruster is Director,
Data Science Retreat, Berlin. In
early 2018, he launched the
campaign 10,000 Data Scientists
for Europe with the aim of
finding and empowering within
five years 10,000 talents for AI-
driven product development.
Science Snapshot
My academic background in Biophysics and research experience in Neuroscience
have motivated me to pursue a Ph.D. in Neurobiophysics with a specialization in
Experimental Epileptology at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research. Currently,
I apply electrophysiological and imaging approaches to unravel the molecular
mechanisms of genetically caused epilepsy syndromes. I am particularly interested in
addressing the interrelation of genetic epilepsy related to mutations in the SCN1A gene
(encoding the voltage-gated Na+ channel Na V 1.1) with disturbed sleep and memory
consolidation by using genetic mouse models. Another aspect of my research is to
understand the pathophysiology of rare KCNA2-mediated epilepsies by employing
in utero electroporation, single cell patch clamping and calcium imaging techniques.
These studies will help to uncover novel therapeutic applications for patients. My
future research plans are to continue working in the above mentioned areas.
Harshad P.A. is currently a GTC
doctoral student at the Hertie
Institute for Clinical Brain Research,
University of Tuebingen, Germany
in the Experimental Epileptology
group of Prof. Dr. Holger Lerche.
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