Hi, I am Ricardo

Ricardo G. Sousa

Data Scientist Manager at Farfetch

Data Science Manager at Farfetch. Research interest in Machine Learning and Computer Vision, published 30 articles in journals, conferences and book chapters, and organized 5 events (being VISUM - VISion Understanding and Machine intelligence - a pivotal summer school in Computer Vision in the North region of Portugal).

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Meetings

Before Scheduling a Meeting There are certain preconditions for being successful in what meetings are related. First, remote working guidelines and no meeting day are sufficient but not necessary for a good practice of meetings coordination. Yet, the two patterns mentioned above include rituals that are key to a solid foundation. Follows essential principles that you need to have in mind before scheduling a meeting: Own your calendar - keep your calendar accurate (even, for the non-meeting event), be conscious of the different timezones;

November 22, 2020 Read
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Remote Work

Some of us have been forced by the pandemic to work in a new reality. Even though forced work from home != remote work, I would like to reinforce some practices that are in place in workplaces with distributed teams. Acknowledgments: This page would not be possible without the collaboration and discussions with Nuno Santos, Silvia Bessa and Ana Rebelo Setup Chat Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord Slack/Microsoft Teams are currently the go-to apps for teams communications.

October 25, 2020 Read