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DBSCAN and the Creation of K-DBSCAN

On the importance of understanding the algorithms you use

Posted on July 28, 2020

During the first “build week” of the computer science portion of my Lambda School education, I was given the option to program from scratch one of several popular algorithms used in data science. After looking through them, I decided DBSCAN would be an interesting choice. [Read More]

Using Topic Modeling On Your Twitter Followers

Creating natural language processing tools for social media engagement analysis

Posted on June 26, 2020

In Lambda School, we are given a five-week long project to work on with other students. This is cross-discipline project, so data science students work with web dev students. [Read More]

Improving Customer Satisfaction in the Airline Industry

A key driver analysis of airplane passenger survey data.

Posted on March 6, 2020

If you went around asking what the airline industry could do to make their flights more enjoyable, you’d certainly get a few different answers. Better legroom, more comfortable seats, maybe food that doesn’t suck and a movie that isn’t terrible? They could try to make the perfect flight, but there’s... [Read More]

What Makes A Near-Earth Object Hazardous?

Why that big scary meteor in the news won't kill us all... probably.

Posted on February 6, 2020

It seems like every month there is at least one news article talking about how an asteroid is coming our way. In fact, as I’m writing this, news articles are being written about how the asteroid titled “2002 PZ39” is making a close approach on February 15th. [Read More]