#033 - Mindset for discovery and productivity

This week we have Mirela Tulbure on the show to talk about her work, mindset and books.
Mirela is a geospatial scientist using terabytes of satellite data to quantify environmental change, particularly flooding.

She is deeply passionate about research that has a societal impact.

In this episode Mirela shares with us:

- Some of the tech she is using to conduct and automate her research (DS libraries and cloud infrastructure).

- Some of the challenges around scalability / portability of the (supervised) ML/ DL models and getting access to labeled image data.

- The impact of flooding and how she has grown her career in this field of research.

- Practical tips to stay productive and continuously grow every day.

- How a growth mindset has really helped her in her career and life.

- How to read more and retain more of what you read.

- How she motivates her students / fellow researchers adding books + mindset lessons in her teaching / mentoring.

- Favorite books.

Enjoy this episode, it’s chuck-full of practical tips and advice you can implement today.
You can reach out to Mirela on Twitter or the PyBites Slack.

Check out Mirela’s favorite books list here.

Other links:
- PyBites productivity course
- PDM coaching program
- Coded Bias Netflix documentary