I am a Technologist, Activist, and Writer based in Berlin, Germany and Charlottesville, Virginia. My background is in computational mathematics and research engineering. I also study far-right extremism and write often about the topic.
I am passionate about good technological citizenship and believe strongly in building an equitable internet that fosters collaboration, community, and autonomy. In this space you will find posts about math and technology, writings on politics, and whatever else I find reflects my view of the world. Thank you for stopping by.
-Emily

— latest reads —

— math+tech —

First Vigil's Tech Stack and the Limits of Static Sites

For a little more than six months, I’ve been running First Vigil entirely as a static site hosted directly on Google Cloud storage, and I’m getting close to the limits of the technical approach. This post will explore static site hosting and look at the challenges I have from a data to a infrastructure perspective. ...

Calm Technology

Amber Case studies humans and computers and how humans interact with computers. Some years ago I had the chance to hear her speak, and was moved by how she described our interface patterns with computers and computing, and how she accurately and adeptly assessed the cycles of computing trends in the industry. I finally got around to reading her book, Calm Technology, and have found it useful in my professional experiences. ...

The curse of the data lake monster
Data Versioning
Transgender Murders: By the Numbers
Linear Algebra Done Right: Chapter 1
Working Review: Linear Algebra Done Right, Sheldon Axler
Followup: OkCupid and Open Science
When Open Science Isn't: The OkCupid Data Breach
Quality in the Consumer IoT

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— currently reading —

Tender Is The Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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— projects —

Advancing Data Justice

I am an advisory board member of the Advancing Data Justice project, a collaboration between the Alan Turing Institute, the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), and individuals and communities across the globe.

Youth Equity and Sexuality Lab

I advise the Youth Equity and Sexuality Lab at Suffolk University, a research lab focused on promoting positive adolescent and young adult sexuality development; preventing sexual violence; and fighting fascism, cis-hetero-patriarchy, and white supremacy.

HowHateSleeps

A study of the daily lives of violent far-right actors using court records to peer inside their living spaces.

whentheycamedown

A people’s history of the removal of statues honoring racists, slave owners, and colonizers, largely during the Uprising in the Summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.

I am an advisory board member of The Prosecution Project, a data-driven project studying the patterns of prosecution of extremism, terrorism, and political violence.

The opinions shared on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization listed above.

— key technologies —

python

Comfortable with many architectures and frameworks.

Azure

I can set up most services with IaC and understand the basic concepts to a practical degree.

AZ-900, DP-900

Apache Airflow

Can build complex dags and optimize workflows, familiar with metadata model.

F#

denotes recent progress. For a more complete overview, see my CV.

— languages —

English

American, Mother Tongue

Deutsch

Can engage in daily conversation.

B2 Zertifikat 2022 (Goethe Institut)

Español

Lapsed

denotes recent progress. For a more complete overview, see my CV.