On this episode of The Artists of Data Science, we get a chance to hear from Santona Tuli, a physicist and data scientist who has a PhD in physics specializing

On this episode of The Artists of Data Science, we get a chance to hear from Santona Tuli, a physicist and data scientist who has a PhD in physics specializing in nuclear science and quantum chromodynamics. She currently leads a team of five doctoral and postdoctoral physicists studying a new plasma phase of matter and the elusive nuclear effects in high energy proton and nucleus collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. It was an absolute delight hearing Santona’s advice, and I believe her unique perspectives can help all data scientists! WHERE TO FIND SANTONA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santona-tuli/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/santona-tuli/ SHOW NOTES [00:01:21] Introduction for our guest today [00:02:40] The path into data science [00:03:20] What the heck is quantum chromodynamics? [00:03:54] Data science and the study of nuclear forces [00:04:49] The future of data science [00:08:17] Data science and empathy [00:09:27] How to be a great data scientist [00:10:48] What is CERN? [00:13:13] What is this Upsilon particle? [00:15:15] The data science work flow and particle physics [00:20:25] Data reduction and data bottlenecks [00:23:43] Selection cuts and rules based clustering [00:29:43] The importance of feature engineering [00:32:31] How do you view data science? Do you view it as an art or a science? [00:34:17] How does the creative process come to life in Data science? [00:36:39] Santona talks about the IMAX movie that she stars in [00:40:43] The difference between interpretable and explainable machine learning. [01:12:02] What would you say is the most fundamental truth of physics that all human beings should understand? [01:12:19] What do you think is the most mysterious aspect of our universe?