PhD in sarcasm (no, really!). Senior analyst @DubaiAirports. Interested in all things multi- & inter-cultural. Lover of travel, tea & dill.
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Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
Just uploaded mine and @AleTurcan's slides for "Data for all: Empowering teams with scalable Shiny applications" at @UseR2019_Conf! The first day has been amazingly fun :D
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Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
Super excited that our #rstats abstract was accepted for @UseR2019_Conf :D
@AleTurcan and I will be presenting "Data for all: empowering teams with scalable Shiny applications", exploring how we build game analytics dashboards with our streamlined data and devops workflows.
Researching #bayesian structural time series models and stumbled across possibly the best YouTube videos for it 😄
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This guy made my Friday - I just wish he had these on other topics too!
Shiny new toy from Google: a search engine for datasets👌🏼 #OpenData #DataScience
🔎 toolbox.google.com/datasetse…
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Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
Published a new #rstats package for interacting seamlessly with the @MongoDB aggregation pipeline, 'mongoplyr'. github.com/returnString/mong…
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Help us @DSDambuster to focus on technologies that best utilise your audio/video setups by taking this quick survey survey.dsdambuster.com/index…
Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
Horia reached #TheHighest8848 peak on Earth, the Everest. A new first for Romania. #pur #climber #performance
Our slides on “The Science of Fun - Data-driven Game Development” are now online slideshare.net/alex_turcan/t… @GamesUR @technottingham
Talking about the science of fun was a lot of fun, thanks to the awesome @technottingham crowd! #GamesUR #technott teapaw.org/dsdambuster/status/838…
We're @technottingham to check out @AleTurcan and @returnString present "The Science of Fun"! #technott
Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
NEXT MONDAY @AleTurcan & @returnString of @DSDambuster take the #TechNott stage to talk Game Development! technottingham.com/events/20…
Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
This week, we had friends visit us from @Confetti_ICT to test out our new GamesLab! Have you signed up yet? bit.ly/DSgameslab
Come work with me in the newly formed video game research lab @DSDambuster dsdambuster.com/?p=684
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A refreshing conversation between Anil Dash and Krista Tippett about the need for more ethical and humane tech bit.ly/2iLWuaG
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Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
Want to help shape the future of the next game from Deep Silver? Find out how and sign up: bit.ly/DSgameslab
Happy launch day @DSFishlabs 🎉 teapaw.org/gof3manticore/status/8…
WE ARE LIVE! Download #gof3manticore now from the @AppStore via itunes.apple.com/app/galaxy-…! See you in space, pilots! #mobile #game #outnow
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When I asked for a large hot choc and the lady @CostaCoffee said they only come in 1 size, I didn't think she meant shot size 😱🙄
Very excited about my first visit to @SotonPsych tomorrow 🎓📊🎮 teapaw.org/sotonpsych/status/7934…
The CVC talk "Data science in game development” by Dr. Alexandra Turcan will take place at 3pm, 2 Nov, Room 2103, B44.
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Alexandra Țurcan retweeted
Happy Halloween!
The team raided their wardrobes to put on their best outfits! What do you think?
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"Not believing in climate change" is not an option. Go watch #BeforeTheFlood if you need a reminder that #climatechange is real and urgent!
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Wish R had more detailed error msgs. Today it helpfully informed me that "1 != 4" 😒 #rstats
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