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I write about data science, machine learning in practice, and personal projects (tech and otherwise). The non-technical making lives on the Making page.

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RTI Insights

RTI SmartReview: Using Data Science to Improve Federal Public Comment Review

How we built an NLP system to help federal agencies review thousands of public comments efficiently.

2025 RTI Insights

Six Innovative Generative AI Use Cases

Practical applications of generative AI in research and public sector work.

2024 RTI Insights

Machine Learning Tool Brings Efficiencies to Criminal Justice Research

Introducing ROTA: an open-source ML tool that automates criminal justice text coding.

2021 Elder Research

An Introduction to Data Pipelines for Aspiring Data Scientists

A practical guide to understanding data pipelines and their role in real-world data science projects.

2020