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:::{profile} Laura Acion
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roles: |
    Book Dash Participant (2020)
github: lauracion
orcid: 0000-0001-5213-6012
bio: |
    I am a Biostatistician who transitioned to Data Science. I work at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). I specialize in several areas of Health Sciences.
    I am passionate about changing the way applied stats is taught and practised. I have so much to learn and do; it seems I will need extra lives to accomplish all. More about me [here](https://lacion.rbind.io).
highlights: |
    I am currently co-developing a chapter on "Leadership in Data Science" and supporting the Spanish community in translating and getting involved in the project.
    I hope this is my first of several Book Dashes! It was an outstanding experience. Thank you so much, Malvika and Kirstie, for brilliantly organizing and coordinating this event! ✨ 💖
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:::{profile} Laura Carter
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roles: |
    Contributor to Guide for Ethical Research (2020-2021);
    Book Dash Planning Committee (2021-2022);
    Book Dash Participant (2020)
github: LauraCarter
orcid: 0000-0002-4285-1140
bio: |
    I'm a PhD candidate in the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, UK, researching the human rights implications of the use of data-driven technologies in the UK public sector, focusing on gender stereotyping and gender discrimination. Prior to my PhD, I worked as a human rights researcher for almost a decade, specialising mostly in human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. I carried out field research in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa covering topics including homophobic and transphobic hate crimes, criminalisation of homosexuality and of sex work, legal gender recognition for trans people, and health rights for intersex people.
highlights: |
    I'm really enjoying learning more about Open Science practices and communities! I'm excited to be part of an [OLS-2](https://openlifesci.org/) mentee cohort alongside [Ismael Kherroubi Garcia](https://github.com/Ismael-KG) and [Sophia Batchelor](https://github.com/BrainonSilicon), working on the _Guide to Ethical Research_: if you're interested in building a community of thoughtful, reflective, ethical data scientists, please come and join us!
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    I'm interested in feminist and queer research methodologies and in interrogating structures of power and systems of categorisation. Throughout my career, most of my work has been on understanding these systems, how they work, and how they harm: so that they can be dismantled!
    More information about me on my [website](https://lauracarter.github.io/).
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    I'm not from a tech field but I've learned so much about GitHub as a tool for collaborative working: thanks so much to everyone who was part of the November 2020 book dash for all your useful advice!
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:::{profile} Léllé Demertzi
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roles: |
    Research Project Manager, The Turing Way Practitioners Hub;
    Community Management Working Group Co-Chair (2025);
    Book Dash Participant (2024);
    TPS Staff (2024-Present), Project Delivery Team member
github: LelleDi
orcid: 0009-0009-2782-0408
bio: |
    Léllé is the Research Project Manager for The Turing Way, since September 2024. An architect by training, she has previously worked in cultural management in art institutions around the world. She is Organiser for the AI&Arts Interest Group at The Alan Turing Institute, where she can bridge her art practice with computational methods, as well as promote scholarship and engagement activities in the cross-disciplinary field.
highlights: |
    So looking forward to the upcoming **November 2024 Book Dash**, it will be my first one! I'm really excited to support people from around the world to contribute to the Turing Way
    I am also supporting the 2024 Cohort of The Turing Way Practitioners Hub, with 20 participating companies and 50 Experts in Residence.
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    As a new member, I am eager to get to know the community and explore new spaces of collaboration within the creative sector.
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:::{profile} Lena Karvovskaya
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roles: |
    Core Member, VU Amsterdam Representative (2021-Present);
    Book Dash Planning Committee Member (2022-2023);
    Book Dash Participant (2021)
github: karvovskaya
twitter: LangData
orcid: 0000-0001-7777-5603
bio: |
    Lena Karvovskaya is the Community Manager for Research Data Management and Open Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam).
    She works with support staff and researchers to facilitate organizational change towards a reproducible and transparent research culture.
highlights: |
    I've been excited about the Turing Way for a long time. I am so happy and grateful that I could take part in the book dash. The wonderful team made me feel that every second of my time there was very well spent. With some help, I managed to do my first proper pull request! Yay! I loved our interactions, our Pomodoro sprints, and the sharing of personal stuff. A special highlight was an opportunity to work with an artist to visualize my ideas. I feel proud that I contributed to this amazing project.
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    I will be carrying on working on the Peer Review chapter and hope to collaborate with \@vhellon \@EstherPlomp and other participants.
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:::{profile} Liz Hare
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roles: |
   Core Member, Accessibility Working Group Co-Lead (2023);
   Book Dash Committee Member (2023-Present);
   Book Dash participant (2022-2024)
github: LizHareDogs
orcid: 0000-0002-3978-2543
bio: |
    I'm a quantitative geneticist providing statistical analysis to working dog organizations, and the Director of Data Management and Open Science at the [ManyDogs Project](https://manydogsproject.github.io).
    I work on genetics and general statistical analysis for working dog programs and do most of my work in R.
    As a blind person I've become interested in R and open science, working to ensure inclusivity on many levels but particularly accessibility for scientists with disabilities.
highlights: |
    As a first-timer in 2022, it was a great chance to get a more intensive introduction to how the Turing Way Project works.
    Terrific, collaborative discussions on how to make the book, the process of making and maintaining the book, and open science in general, more inclusive. Also planning a Guide to Accessibility -- scoping out and outlining what it would cover.

    In 2023, I've been working on accessibility with the TTW leadership, both for the book itself and for the ways we work together on the book. We discussed The Turing Way's accessibility policy and a new Guide for Access, and I began a chapter on writing effective alt text.

    In 2024, I have continued being a Book Dash Organising Committee member. I organised a Fireside Chat related to accessibility for the June 2024 event, and for the November 2024 Book Dash, helped with onboarding and planning with new participants, editing the accessibility policy (issue 3145), initiated reviews of a new chapter (issue 3930), and hosted three contribution sessions.
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:::{profile} Louise Bowler
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roles: |
    Project Delivery Team Member (2019-2020);
    Book Dash Participant/Helper (2020)
github: LouiseABowler
orcid: 0000-0002-4910-9205
bio: |
    I’m a Research Data Scientist in the Alan Turing Institute's Research Engineering Group.
    I have a degree in Physics from Imperial College London, after which I joined the Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Oxford.
    I worked on an interdisciplinary PhD project that combined mathematical modelling, cardiac electrophysiology and safety pharmacology and moved over to the Turing afterwards.
    Since then, I've worked on a range of projects spanning synthetic data, data visualisation, and of course, the Turing Way!
highlights: |
    I got involved with _The Turing Way_ via case studies of reproducibility in academic projects - essentially, I was a reproducibility detective during the initial phase of the project! :female_detective: The Turing Way was my first experience of working with collaborators from so many different institutions, and the community around this project has been a real highlight for me. My official time on the Turing Way has come to an end, but I still enjoy keeping in touch through the Book Dashes and other events.
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    As scientists, we share our work via papers and talks, but the intricacies of precisely *how* we implement an analysis pipeline or novel algorithm can be very difficult to convey in those formats.
    We're currently seeing changes in the default way we want to publish our papers through the open access movement, and I'd love to see a similar change in mindset happen about the data that we collect and the code that we develop so that others can reproduce, learn from and build upon our work.
    I want to ensure that the route to sharing these types of research output is open to everyone, regardless of their level of programming experience - the route might not always be straightforward, but it's a great opportunity to share and learn from our experiences!
    So many research projects now contain computational elements, yet it is easy to forget that not everyone has access to training in software engineering, or has a group of colleagues with such interests.
    If we say that we want people to make their research open and reproducible, we need to give them the tools they need to be confident in doing so.
    I see the Turing Way as the means of bridging that gap, by providing a friendly, practical and helpful guide for researchers at all stages of their careers.
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:::{profile} Lucy Stephenson
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roles: |
    Book Dash participant (2024)
github: lucyjstephenson
orcid: 0000-0003-2489-7476
bio: |
    I'm a Scientific Data Coordinator at the Polar Data Centre hosted at the British Antarctic Survey. The Polar Data Centre is part of the NERC Environmental Data Service. I help UK polar scientists throughout the research data lifecycle, from data management planning to making data open access with a DOI. I also work with the other NERC data centres to harmonise policies and processes. My background is as a marine biologist and I have a Code First Girls Data Science qualification.
highlights: |
    Participating in the first cohort of the TW Practitioner's Hub. Learning how to work collaboratively using GitHub - before I had only collaborated on projects with <5 participants. Hearing from other community members about the ways the TW has helped them professionally.
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    I am interested in research data management, collecting data from remote places, data management planning, reusable code publishing, environmental data science
quote: |
    The Turing Way community keeps me coming back - I learn so much from everyone I interact with!
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:::{profile} Luisa Cutillo
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roles: |
    Book Dash participant (2024)
github: luisacutillo78
orcid: 0000-0002-2205-0338
bio: |
    I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at the School of Mathematics, University of Leeds and have a very multidisciplinary background. I received my PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Naples “Federico II”. I recently joined the board of director of Women In Machine Learning. My main role at UoL is to be Programme Manager for the following Masters programmes in the School of Mathematics:
    Data Science and Analytics MSc Statistics MSc, Statistics with Applications to Finance MSc.
highlights: |
    This was my first bookdash, it was very inclusive and collaborative and I feel like I want to contribute much more!
quote: |
    I believe that sharing knowledge is the way to grow a better community and the bookdash was a great example of this.
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