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 —

— data mesh —

Drive Impact, Not Hype: What Business Leaders Must Know About GenAI

My colleague Barton and I spoke with Wired UK about GenAI in the enterprise. Have a watch!

GenAI practical governance: How to reduce information security risk

I wrote a piece looking at practical Generative AI governance through a risk analysis lens, specifically regarding information security risk, including some mitigation measures you can take.

2023 Travelogue: Leipzig and Hannover
Decentralized Data Governance as Part of a Data Mesh Platform: Concepts and Approaches
Data Mesh Accelerate Workshop
Data Mesh revisited
Privacy and Data Mesh, Part 1
Data Mesh in practice: Getting off to the right start
Reliability in Data Mesh: Why SLAs and SLOs are Crucial

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— currently reading —

Finnegans Wake

James Joyce

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— projects —

Left✊ to Our Own Devices

A blog about preparedness from a community-oriented point of view.

skeeter-deleter

A tool for regularly purging your Bluesky social media feeds.

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.

HowHateSleeps

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

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.

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.

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.

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, AI-900, SC-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.