This week we have Mirela Tulbure on the show to talk about her work, mindset and books.Mirela is a geospatial scientist using terabytes of satellite data to quantify environmental change, particularly flooding.She is deeply passionate about research that has a societal impact.In this episode Mirela shares with us:- Some of the tech she is using to conduct and automate her research (DS libraries and cloud infrastructure).- Some of the challenges around scalability / portability of the (supervised) ML/ DL models and getting access to labeled image data.- The impact of flooding and how she has grown her career in this field of research.- Practical tips to stay productive and continuously grow every day.- How a growth mindset has really helped her in her career and life.- How to read more and retain more of what you read.- How she motivates her students / fellow researchers adding books + mindset lessons in her teaching / mentoring.- Favorite books.Enjoy this episode, it’s chuck-full of practical tips and advice you can implement today.You can reach out to Mirela on Twitter or the PyBites Slack.Check out Mirela’s favorite books list here.Other links:- PyBites productivity course- PDM coaching program- Coded Bias Netflix documentary