I am a data scientist fresh out of academia after many years in physics. I spent the 2010’s searching for astrophysical sources of neutrinos: tiny elusive particles that, amazingly, are so far most conveniently observed using a detector at the South Pole.
As we enter the 2020’s, I’m transitioning into data science. On this page I plan to share thoughts on that transition, interesting datasets and methods, and related topics.
When I signed up for GitHub, I was also very interested in a constructed language called lojban. lojban [there’s no capitalization in this language] means logical language in lojban.
In lojbanic “culture”, to the extent it exists, it is common for people to choose a lojbanic name for themselves. I chose la zgana, which translates approximately into a/the observer. Thus, I chose the GitHub handle @zgana.
lo selzga (or, lo se zgana) is approximately that which is observed, which seemed like a fitting title for my first serious blogging attempt through GitHub Pages.
Cadent Associate Data Scientist
January 2020 — present Philadelphia, PA
Drexel University Post Doctoral Researcher
February 2015 — December 2019, Philadelphia, PA
University of Maryland Physics Ph.D.
September 2007 — January 2015, College Park, MD
The College of New Jersey Physics B.S.
September 2003 — May 2007, Ewing, NJ