You may have seen me tweeting about some research I did on “Data Visualization for Exploratory Data Analysis” for my Cognitive Systems Engineering course. My presentation went really well! I’m less satisfied with the paper since it was done in a hurry to complete the project deliverables, but i’m including it because it explains some… Continue reading Data Visualization Project
“Becoming a Data Scientist” Podcast?
Well, I’m not fully committed yet, because I think I’m imagining I’m going to have a lot more time when I finish grad school than I actually will (or in reality, I’ve already filled up that available time with fun projects I want to do), but this idea keeps nagging at me…. I’ve been listening… Continue reading “Becoming a Data Scientist” Podcast?
Data Sciencey Podcasts (Updated)
I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts this semester since I am driving 1 hour each way to class twice a week, and I thought I’d share some good ones I’ve found. I started out by listening to the entire season of Serial (which I recommend!), then switched to fun and sciencey ones for… Continue reading Data Sciencey Podcasts (Updated)
A Couple Articles of Interest
Hi, there! I’ve been so busy with projects lately (for work, class, personal), that I haven’t been able to do as many data science learning projects as I’ve wanted to, but I have been reading up, and I wanted to share some articles I recently found interesting with you! The first is “Crushed It! Landing… Continue reading A Couple Articles of Interest
Girl Develop It! Meetup
In the past, I’ve been “semi-anonymous” on this blog, not advertising my real name or employment. However, if I’m going to start doing “appearances”, I might as well make it easy for people to match up my blog with my name! So hello, I’m Renee Marie Parilak Teate, and I’m becoming a data scientist :)… Continue reading Girl Develop It! Meetup
Charlottesville Data Science Internships
There is going to be a meetup on February 23rd in Charlottesville, VA where local companies will present their data science internship opportunities and talk about data science work in general. This will be my first time going to a C’ville Data Science meetup, and I hope to bring some JMU students with me to… Continue reading Charlottesville Data Science Internships
Data Science Practice – Classifying Heart Disease
This post details a casual exploratory project I did over a few days to teach myself more about classifiers. I downloaded the Heart Disease dataset from the UCI Machine Learning respository and thought of a few different ways to approach classifying the provided data. ——————————————- “MANUAL” APPROACH USING EXCEL So first I started out by… Continue reading Data Science Practice – Classifying Heart Disease
My “What is Data Science?” Talk
I got a chance to tell the undergraduate students at JMU about data science tonight! Despite the cold weather and short notice (the invites went out 2 days before), over 20 students showed up for the talk, which was hosted by the IEEE Computer Society club. The students’ majors included Integrated Science & Technology, Computer… Continue reading My “What is Data Science?” Talk
What I’m up to
I haven’t written here in a while because I haven’t “finished” anything I have been wanting to write about, but why wait until I’m completely done, right? So, here’s a bit about what I’ve been up to data-science-wise: I’m in a grad class called Stochastic Models and we’re learning about Markov Chains right now. Fascinating… Continue reading What I’m up to
Codecademy Python Course: Completed
I can cross off another item on my Goals list since i finally jumped back into the Codecademy “Python Fundamentals” course and completed the final topics this afternoon. I think the course would be good for people that have had at least an introductory programming course in the past. I didn’t have much trouble with… Continue reading Codecademy Python Course: Completed