Andrea Coifman
Andrea is a Senior Data Scientist at Devoteam, where she works on different data engineering and data science cloud-based projects. Previously, Andrea was working as Machine Learning Software Engineer at Qlik. During that time, she was a major contributor to the development of algorithms for ML-based augmented analytics in the Advanced Analytics team, delivering the very first Machine Learning capabilities in Qlik's cloud-based platform including their K-Means algorithms and Mutual Information function.
Andrea's passion for music and photography led her to pursue a career in Audio-Visual Engineering with a focus on Computer Vision technologies. Her first work as Data Scientist had a focus on Visual/Acoustic Emotion Recognition systems. With her different experiences and diverse background, she enjoys using her creativity to improve data-driven solutions with the latest technologies.
Aside from her work, she spends time creating Data Science content in multiple social media platforms for all levels of interest.
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