Renewal Processes - Advancement to Candidacy
Have you ever finished giving a 45 minute presentation and thought, "I wish I had more time"? I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but at least my family said nice things.
Aug 1, 2021
Functional Analysis of Insurance Loss Reserves
Risk management is a fascinating field. The models are interesting and, more importantly, actuaries are some of my favorite people. They have a certain nerdy panache that I find both endearing and relatable.
Dec 1, 2018
Bayesian Ensembling: Letter Classification
Machine learning algorithms sometimes feel a bit like using a fork-lift to hang a picture. Sure it can work, but you have to be careful, like, really careful. This project was my first substantive foray into machine learning models for image data.
Nov 1, 2018
LASSO Tutorial: Gene Expression
I've been studying statistics for the better part of 10 years now and I still can't tell you what LASSO stands for. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator? Seems like a stretch.
Feb 1, 2018