The WDS-ITO has hired Emilie Altman as a Data Science Developer. Emilie has a master’s degree in Cognitive Science of Language from McMaster University, and a bachelor’s degree in Computing and Cognitive Science from Queen’s University. During her master’s, Emilie performed a quantitative analysis on the transcripts of interviews with Holocaust survivors. She also worked on a virtual exhibit of written testimonies of the Russia-Ukraine War.
After completing her master’s, Emilie worked as a temporary Research Data Management Specialist with the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. Emilie is looking forward to using her data management and data science experience in this new position with WDS-ITO.