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Starting a Weekly Blog during my PhD

Tomorrow is my first day at Washington University in St. Louis, where I will be working towards a PhD in Computer Science! While I spend the next 4-6 years of my life here, I’ve decided to make a commitment: I Read more…

By Saumik, 3 yearsSeptember 13, 2020 ago

Rating USCF Tournaments on Lichess.org

Introduction In the last three months, I’ve run twelve USCF rated tournaments online and many more unrated tournaments, as COVID-19 has put all of our OTB tournaments on hold. Our biggest event so far had over 200 players, and a Read more…

By Saumik, 3 yearsJune 23, 2020 ago

Building a Complete aBRT System in Minneapolis

This post has been republished from https://streets.mn/2020/03/26/building-a-complete-abrt-system-in-minneapolis/. Check out the comment section here for reactions to my proposal! aBRT is by far the most important transit project in the state. While it doesn’t get the same attention as pricier projects Read more…

By Saumik, 3 yearsMarch 26, 2020 ago

A Proposal to Double Express Bus Frequency Without Increasing Costs

This post has been republished from https://streets.mn/2019/10/21/a-proposal-to-double-express-bus-frequency-without-increasing-costs/. Check out the comment section here for reactions to my proposal – both positive and negative! The express bus system in the south metro has many inefficiencies in its design, leading to low Read more…

By Saumik, 3 yearsOctober 21, 2019 ago

My thoughts on Kaggle Learn

Introduction After I graduated from college in May, I didn’t want to immediately start searching for jobs for two main reasons. The first was simply that I wanted to take a break, and do things that I wanted to focus Read more…

By Saumik, 4 yearsJuly 17, 2019 ago

Finding Missing Moves in a Chess Scoresheet

Digitizing Chess Scoresheets Project In competitive chess games, players must keep a score of the game as it is played. Notating a game like this is required for two reasons. The first is that it helps tournament officials manage player Read more…

By Saumik, 4 yearsJune 21, 2019 ago

Using Tableau to Visualize Light Rail Ridership in the Twin Cities

Introduction During my final semester at the University of Minnesota this spring, I took an Urban Studies colloquium on Urban Analytics. The course was taught by Andrew Dahl, a former Data Analyst for the City of Minneapolis, and a part-time Read more…

By Saumik, 4 yearsJune 16, 2019 ago

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