Hello,
It has been awhile since my last post. Since then a lot has happened! I was invited to join a project on building a prediction model for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). The group consists of 4 of us, those being James, Colin, Vili, and of course myself. So far the development processes has consisted of entirely of research and documentation. We all have invested a lot of time in determining how exactly we are going to both build a algorithm as well as store the vast amount of data for the algorithm to process. This initial process is crucial for the coming terms as it lays the foundation for us to be able to build a functional program.
Even though we are in the documentation stage we have hit some roadblocks. Initially we had our weekly meeting set to be on Thursday. however, since all the assignments are due on Thursday, this left us with very little time in order to get any problems corrected before the submissions deadline; which was only a few hours after the meeting ended! We decided that Mondays were best to have our weekly meetings and that we should probably continue to meetings on Thursday but instead they would be for the assignments due next week; not the ones due that night!
One exciting development with the project is the potential to implement machine learning. One of our team members, Vili, is very informed and has a lot of experience with machine learning (more then the rest of us anyways). Although it is a stretch goal we hope to be able to implement machine learning in some way to help bolster our prediction models accuracy rating.
During all this I have continued to work on my other 3 classes that I have going on at the same time. I have also been working full time as a part time employee (full time hours but not a full time employee) at my local fire department. Some interesting developments within the department was the opening of two career positions. I have applied for them and may have an interview within the next two weeks for the spots! Hopefully, Iam able to get on, otherwise I will probably be hunting for a job that actually involves using my Computer Science degree!
Here’s hoping for the best. Until next time have a great day!
