Her co-op with a German data analytics and machine-learning artificial intelligence company did not require her to reside in Cologne. But Northeastern University student Ava Knight didn’t let that stop her from learning and working in Europe.
“Since they were saying you’re not really going to need to come into the office, you can just live anywhere in a European time zone — I found a language program in Barcelona, Spain,” says Knight, a fourth-year student at Northeastern with a combined major in data science and biology.
Knight recently completed a co-op with Werusys Industrie Informatik, which is based in Cologne, Germany. While working for the company, she developed an application within a data analytics software that used machine learning to analyze time-series energy usage data from a manufacturing plant in order to identify optimal production conditions.
But Knight explains that the co-op involved a lot of independent coding that could be done outside of typical working hours.
That left mornings free for Spanish classes and immersive experiences around Barcelona.
In many ways the co-op experience reflected the diversity of Knight’s interests and life experiences.
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