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Welcome. I’m a versatile developer with expertise in machine learning, quantitative finance and web design, answering real-world questions through computation, optimization and visualization. I have a bachelor’s in mathematics and a data science certificate.

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  • October 16, 2026

    Correlate iOS Health Metrics

    Every day, Apple Watches and iPhones quietly collect millions of data points about our bodies. We track our sleep, log our meals, measure heart rate, record workouts, and track steps. Apple’s native Health app is great for centralizing all this data. But when it comes to the question: “How does one habit affect another?” – We hit a wall. Does…

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  • July 23, 2026

    Deep Learning for Classification

    To practice convolutional neural network (CNN) design, I worked on a classification problem that was more challenging than toy datasets but still lightweight enough to train quickly on my local machine. The following details the design of a 3-block CNN architecture and the lessons I learned from training it on clothing image data. Dataset Characteristics Clothing classification with the Fashion-MNIST…

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  • July 1, 2026

    Java Elevator Simulator

    This is an interactive elevator simulator written in Java with Swing graphics. Users can click the ▲ (up) and ▼ (down) buttons on each floor to spawn riders and call the elevator. When a rider enters the elevator, the user selects their destination floor via a pop-up panel. The program uses a scheduling algorithm called LOOK to fulfill passenger requests…

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