Melvin Adkins Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington, Dc & Beltsville, Md

- Collaborated with research entomologists to develop data science solutions for decades of intercepted pest data.- Conducted ad-hoc analysis and exploratory data analysis, extracting insights on pest-host and pest-origin relationships.- Developed Python programs for customizable data visualizations in Jupyter notebooks, reducing ad-hoc analysis time by 50%.- Developed a Python program to automate the creation of time series ready datasets for individual pest families.- Applied… Show more - Collaborated with research entomologists to develop data science solutions for decades of intercepted pest data.- Conducted ad-hoc analysis and exploratory data analysis, extracting insights on pest-host and pest-origin relationships.- Developed Python programs for customizable data visualizations in Jupyter notebooks, reducing ad-hoc analysis time by 50%.- Developed a Python program to automate the creation of time series ready datasets for individual pest families.- Applied time series modeling using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models to predict pest counts across 135 different pest families.- Automated ARIMA parameter selection with grid search optimization, minimizing root mean squared error, for efficient forecasting.- Enhanced an existing dashboard with Plotly Dash, incorporating new visualization and improving layout.- Presented findings to stakeholders, explaining algorithms and data visualization.- Authored a comprehensive README files with package requirements and environment setup. Show less

- Produced and released over 250 advanced mathematics tutorials at the undergraduate level, supporting online learning during the pandemic. - Formulated and summarized textbook solutions for academically diverse audiences.- Presented on a wide range of topics including calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations.- Designed visualizations to illustrate concepts and aid understanding.

- Collaborated with professors to create a classification model for social media accounts.- Conducted univariate and bivariate statistical analysis in R.- Employed NLP techniques to tokenize account descriptions and optimize features with regex and nltk.- Created a Python dictionary to hold key terms for each class and developed an algorithm to classify accounts based on term frequencies.- Built a machine learning pipeline in Python, experimenting with word count and TF-IDF… Show more - Collaborated with professors to create a classification model for social media accounts.- Conducted univariate and bivariate statistical analysis in R.- Employed NLP techniques to tokenize account descriptions and optimize features with regex and nltk.- Created a Python dictionary to hold key terms for each class and developed an algorithm to classify accounts based on term frequencies.- Built a machine learning pipeline in Python, experimenting with word count and TF-IDF values as features.- Predicted classes with a Multinomial Naive Bayes classifier, applying grid search to optimize hyperparameters.- Presented weekly findings through data visualizations and reports to stakeholders.- Co-authored a research paper accepted at the 2024 International FLAIRS Conference Proceedings. Show less

- Calculated and processed over $1M in monthly subsidy payments with a 100% accuracy record.- Entered client data into an automated database system.- Communicated with members about program requirements and payment questions.- Maintained a Public Trust Clearance.