Dr. Cao completed her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta. Shortly thereafter, she joined the Derda Research Group in August 2017 as a computing research assistant. Jessica’s research in the Derda lab focused on database design, management, web application development, data visualisation and analysis. She transitioned to 48Hour Discovery in April 2018 as Lead Data Scientist, where she focused on the implementation of data science and machine learning in our data analysis pipeline. She also was responsible for leading the development of web application and database. Dr. Cao has nearly 8 years experience of algorithm development, software development and database management. She also has extensive experience with Data Science.