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PROJECTS

Data science projects spanning machine learning, statistical analysis, database architecture, and software engineering.

11 Featured
4 Awards
2 Categories
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RESEARCH INTELLIGENCE DASHBOARD — Graph-Powered Research Triage & Agentic Experimentation
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RESEARCH INTELLIGENCE DASHBOARD

Graph-Powered Research Triage & Agentic Experimentation

A personal research intelligence system that ingests newsletters and Instagram content into an Obsidian vault, applies PageRank and community detection for relevance matching, and runs sandboxed AI experiments on promising tools.

Graph AlgorithmsKnowledge ManagementAgentic AI+5
STACK:Python · FastAPI · Next.js
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OVERWATCH — Tactical Habit & Performance Intelligence System
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OVERWATCH

Tactical Habit & Performance Intelligence System

A native macOS intelligence system that fuses habit tracking, biometric data from WHOOP, and AI-powered analytics into a holographic HUD interface. Features NLP parsing, Gemini-driven sentiment analysis, linear regression for habit-mood correlation, and auto-generated performance briefings.

Native macOSSwiftUIGemini AI+5
STACK:Swift 6 · SwiftUI · SwiftData
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kNN RECOMMENDER SYSTEM — Avian Species Classification
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1st Place

kNN RECOMMENDER SYSTEM

Avian Species Classification

Built a k-nearest neighbors recommender system for bird species identification, featuring custom decay functions, soft-zero weighting, and multi-dimensional hyperparameter optimization. Achieved 1st place in class-wide Kaggle competition.

kNNRecommender SystemsClassification+2
STACK:R · kNN · Manhattan Distance
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NEURAL NETWORK CITE — ADT Protein Prediction
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1st Place

NEURAL NETWORK CITE

ADT Protein Prediction

Custom-built feedforward neural network predicting Antibody-Derived Tag (ADT) protein expression from RNA sequencing data. Achieved 0.858 Pearson Correlation and 1st place.

Neural NetworksDeep LearningBioinformatics+1
STACK:R · Matrix Algebra · Neural Networks
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CROSS-MODAL VAE — Biological Prediction
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2nd Place

CROSS-MODAL VAE

Biological Prediction

Built a cross-modal Variational Autoencoder predicting ADT protein expression from RNA sequencing data without paired samples, using adversarial latent space alignment. Achieved 0.75 Pearson Correlation and 2nd place.

VAEGenerative ModelsCross-Modal+2
STACK:Python · PyTorch Lightning · TensorBoard
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WINE AI — Predicting Tasting Notes from Climate
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2nd Place

WINE AI

Predicting Tasting Notes from Climate

Predicted wine tasting note probabilities from climate data and grape varietals using a multi-model ensemble. Achieved MAE of 0.01873 and 2nd place in competition.

TransformersLightGBMNLP+3
STACK:R · Python · PyTorch
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SVM & DIM. REDUCTION — Deconstructing Student Achievement
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SVM & DIM. REDUCTION

Deconstructing Student Achievement

Coupled dimensionality reduction with a Bayesian-optimized SVM to predict high school academic success from high-dimensional, mixed-type US Census survey data. Achieved 90% recall for at-risk students.

SVMPCAmixDimensionality Reduction+3
STACK:R · PCAmix · SVM (RBF Kernel)
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DINNERBOT — AI-Powered Meal Planning
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DINNERBOT

AI-Powered Meal Planning

Serverless weekly meal planner powered by Google Gemini with a Gordon Ramsay persona. Generates dinner options, handles selections via Telegram, and produces aisle-grouped grocery lists.

Gemini LLMServerlessGCP+4
STACK:Python · Google Gemini · GCP Cloud Functions
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LAPLACE DISTRIBUTION — Interactive Statistical Explorer
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LAPLACE DISTRIBUTION

Interactive Statistical Explorer

Interactive R Shiny application for exploring the Laplace (Double Exponential) distribution — featuring PDF/CDF visualization, Monte Carlo simulation with heavy-tail analysis, and real-world case studies.

ProbabilityInteractiveShiny+3
STACK:R · Shiny · bslib
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GUN VIOLENCE ANALYSIS — Geospatial Intelligence
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GUN VIOLENCE ANALYSIS

Geospatial Intelligence

Multi-scale geospatial analysis of U.S. gun violence integrating Gun Violence Archive data with Census Bureau demographics. Revealed that poverty predicts lethality — not incidence — through Welch's t-test, permutation testing, and bootstrap inference.

GeospatialVisualizationHypothesis Testing+4
STACK:R · tidyverse · sf
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ORDER HISTORY DFA — Multivariate Time Series Dimensionality Reduction
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ORDER HISTORY DFA

Multivariate Time Series Dimensionality Reduction

Applied Dynamic Factor Analysis via MARSS state-space modeling to reduce 39 multivariate time series variables into 6 interpretable latent trends explaining 55% of variance — then validated with a public dataset showing 11% MAE improvement over raw features.

Time SeriesDFAForecasting+5
STACK:R · MARSS · psych
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BJJ ADCC ANALYSIS — Competition Analytics
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BJJ ADCC ANALYSIS

Competition Analytics

Interactive Tableau dashboard analyzing ADCC submission grappling championships — uncovering dominant submissions, the rise of leg locks, weight class dynamics, and the counterintuitive finding that fighter specialization outperforms versatility.

Sports AnalyticsTableauData Visualization+2
STACK:Tableau · Python · Pandas
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