Laura Rokita

data scientist

Laura is a student in the Masters Program in Computer Science at the University of Chicago and a Data Scientist at Datascope Analytics. An entrepreneur at heart, Laura founded two companies in Chicago, Loop & Lab42 before discovering her passion for coding and data science. She's always excited to talk about data science, new product ideas, and urban gardening over coffee, lots of coffee. Laura received her BBA from the University of Notre Dame and enjoys working at Datascope despite there being too many Michigan grads.

blog posts

• Who's Divvying in the winter?

  Building a data visualization that shows how weather affected Divvy rides in 2014.

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about our culture

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  Building a data science team

  A data science team is more than a room full of nerds

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  Pair programming: when are two better than one?

  (a) Developing reusable software. (b) During crunch-time. (c) Training colleagues. (d) All of the above.

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  Designing a Creative Space: Part 1

  Moving to a new office gave us the opportunity to rethink our work environment.

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  Getting Things Done the Datascope Way

  The Post-it Note Method