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An immersive 12-week program in data science. Developed several projects that covered topics such as data scraping, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and big database storage.Forecasting Traffic AccidentsCreated Tableau dashboard for 1.5 million traffic accidents in the UK over an 8 year period, then used the data in a gradient boosting model to forecast accidents in specific cities.Determining and Classifying Toxic CommentsDeveloped an automated forum moderation tool. Used unsupervised Natural Language Processing techniques and pre-trained word embeddings to classify wikipedia comments into multiple categories of toxicity (Insult, Obscene, Threat, Identity Hate). Used the trained model to test on new tweets scraped from API.Classifying Wildfire CausesTrained a gradient boosting model to predict and classify wildfire causes (About 25% of the 1.3 million fires I looked at had unknown causes). Created a Tableau visual of California fires to see monthly trends of fire causes.Predicting Movie SuccessUsed Python web scraping packages (Beautifulsoup, Selenium) to obtain movie information from IMDB and boxofficemojo. Cleaned the resulting dataset and performed regression analysis to optimize a model for predicting ticket sales.New York City Subway Transportation AnalysisObtained several months of NYC subway turnstile traffic data, then used various database manipulation techniques in Pandas to find the most popular areas in NYC around breakfast, lunch, and dinner time. I used this information to devise a business plan for a hypothetical food truck - Crepe Cart.

The Ohzone is a startup aiming to use 3D imaging to create a new paradigm for online shopping. ∙Researched optimal target market for initial entry ∙Discovered and communicated with potential clients for Ohzone’s pilot project

DCI is a community based non-profit organization that provides opportunities and treatment for underprivileged children in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Nicaragua∙Coordinated with club executives and local businesses to host fundraising events ∙Donated over $2000, providing eye surgery to 42 children with congenital cataracts∙Designed club’s social media marketing campaign to attract over 200 new general body members

FibroGen is a research-based pharmaceutical company∙Oversaw interviews of client base to determine if new packaging provided easy, intuitive access to product ∙Analyzed notes from observations and produced proposal to discuss improvements with management team ∙Compiled and sorted Q3, Q4 2016 employee financial data using VLOOKUP and pivot tables