Interview with Lizzie Mabe

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Lizzie Mabe is a data scientist at Well, a health tech company that uses AI to help users track their health and build healthy habits. She is also an IAA graduate (class of 2024) whom I’ve had the opportunity to connect with last December during mock interviews. Olivia: What do Continue reading Interview with Lizzie Mabe

Building My Own Stock Portfolio Tracker

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Like many graduate students, I spend a lot of time juggling coursework, projects, and side interests in my everyday life. One of my interests outside the classroom is investing in the stock market. Over the past few years, I have realized that investing is not just about getting the highest Continue reading Building My Own Stock Portfolio Tracker

From Complexity to Community: The Data Behind Board Game Greatness

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What Makes a Board Game Great?  As a passionate board game enthusiast, I often wonder what truly makes a board game exceptional. Using comprehensive data from BoardGameGeek (BGG), the premier platform for board game ratings and reviews, I explored the numbers to uncover the key drivers behind top-rated games. Three Continue reading From Complexity to Community: The Data Behind Board Game Greatness

How AI Accelerated my Learning at the IAA 

Gone are the nights spent stuck on code, just to realize one hour later that the villain was a missing semicolon and a misspelled function name. My use of generative AI to work through similar issues exponentially increased my productivity and understanding, cutting down my working time by an estimated 30%. Continue reading How AI Accelerated my Learning at the IAA