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Disaster Response Pipeline Project
Introduction
As a Udemy Data Scientist Nanodegree Program student, I'm tasked with solving the Disaster Response Pipeline Project and publishing the results.
This project aims to revolutionize disaster response by developing an intelligent system that rapidly categorizes and routes incoming messages to appropriate relief agencies. Using advanced NLP and machine learning, it provides instant multi-category classification through a user-friendly web interface, enabling swift and efficient resource allocation. The goal is to significantly improve disaster management effectiveness, ultimately saving more lives and minimizing crisis impact through data-driven response strategies.
This project applies data engineering skills to analyze disaster data from Appen and build a model for an API that classifies disaster messages. The main components include:
- ETL Pipeline: Processes and cleans disaster message data, storing it in a SQLite database.
- ML Pipeline: Develops a machine learning model to categorize disaster messages.
- Flask Web App: Provides an interface for emergency workers to input new messages and receive classification results.
Key features:
- Real-time classification of disaster messages
- Data visualizations of the disaster response data
- Utilizes NLP and machine learning techniques
The project showcases:
- Data pipeline development
- Machine learning model creation
- Web application deployment
- Clean, organized code structure
The notebook and source code are available here:
Repository: https://github.com/anibalsanchez/disaster-response-pipeline-project
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As a Udemy Data Scientist Nanodegree Program student, I'm tasked with writing a blog post and a kernel following the CRISP-DM process. In my blog post, I'll take a fresh approach by adhering to the CRISP-DM process to address three fundamental questions often posed in the housing markets, using the Ames dataset as a case study.
The Kaggle House Prices - Advanced Regression Techniques competition is a fantastic playground for budding data scientists like myself. It challenges us to predict house prices in Ames, Iowa, leveraging 79 predictor variables through machine learning models. This well-analyzed dataset has received over 20,000 submissions, making it an excellent resource for developing and showcasing our skills.
Objectives
In my blog post, I'll take a fresh approach by adhering to the CRISP-DM process to address three fundamental questions often posed in the housing markets, using the Ames dataset as a case study.
What are the main house price ranges?
Identify the primary price ranges for houses in the dataset. Identifying the specific price ranges encompassing most homes and their distribution is essential. This information will help segment the housing market and tailor the analysis to the most relevant price ranges.
Which areas can you locate these price ranges?
Determine the areas or neighborhoods where these price ranges are concentrated. Identifying the geographic areas or neighborhoods associated with different price ranges is crucial. I can uncover patterns and identify undervalued or overvalued regions by mapping price ranges to specific areas.
What variables best predict the price range of each home?
Identify the key variables that best predict the price range of each home. The dataset contains numerous features describing various aspects of the houses, such as the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, lot size, construction materials, and neighborhood characteristics. Determining the most influential variables that accurately predict the price range for individual homes is vital. This information can guide feature engineering efforts and ensure the most relevant predictors are included in the modeling process.
Following the CRISP-DM process, I'll systematically analyze and preprocess the data, build predictive models, and present the findings in a comprehensive blog post and notebook. This project will allow me to showcase my skills, including data exploration, feature engineering, model selection, and result interpretation.
The notebook and source code are available here: https://github.com/anibalsanchez/answering-house-prices-questions-based-on-advanced-regression-techniques
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In December 2021, Tailwind CSS released v3 and it was a HUGE upgrade. In terms of the utility framework semantic, the upgrade included incremental improvements; but, in terms of the framework tooling, the upgrade revamped the developer experience.
Just to name a few of the amazing tools that now empower Tailwind:
Standalone CLI
Now, it is possible to compile the styles with a simple command line. For instance:
npx tailwindcss -i ./src/styles.css -o ./dist/main.css
--watch
It is a nice addition for quick projects. In most projects, it is better to keep using PostCSS and everything else.
Just-in-Time, all the time
Until JIT, Tailwind v1 and v2 were limited due to the exponential growth of the combinatory styling. You could add colors, text sizes, fonts, and variants; but you had to keep an eye on the raw stylesheet size while you were developing. The final stylesheet was tiny (a few kb) in comparison with the development stylesheet (several MBs).
Now, JIT has been released on Tailwind v3 and it optimizes the stylesheet "on-the-fly". This improvement opens a new door for the framework and now it can grow without limits:
- The variants' limitations are gone (you can apply variants to all selectors. For instance: group-hover:text-slate-900)
- The default palette has more colors
- There are more shadows
- There are new modifiers (For instance, RTL and LTR modifiers: ltr:ml-3 rtl:mr-3)
To Sum Up
It is nice to see how Tailwind CSS is reaching new highs and you can design instantly with the utility framework overcoming the limitations of the previous versions. To test the waters, I'm upgrading my Tailwind CSS theme for Joomla, modernizing my blog style, and publishing the template here: https://github.com/anibalsanchez/XT-Tailwind-for-Joomla/releases/tag/7.0.0
Read more https://blog.anibalhsanchez.com/en/blogging/81-tailwind-css-v3-for-joomla-4-is-here.html
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Attendees: AK Shehu, Laura Gordon, Todd Woodward, David Aswani, Philip Walton, SD WilliamsSobiPro to DPCalendar Migration The migration launching any day, the issues have been resolved with the help of Allon Moritz, from Digital Peak. Thanks to the team especially, Viviana Menzel. The new form enables submissions for virtual/online
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Open Source Matters, Inc.
Special Members Meeting for the purpose to amend the Bylaws
This Special Members Meeting is called with the purpose to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation and it's called pursuant Article XI and Section 4.06(C) of the Bylaws of the Corporation.
Date: December 02, 2021
Time: 18:00 UTC
Total time of meeting: 45 minutes
Attendees:
Board Representatives: Robert Deutz (President), Nicola Galgano (Vice President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Radek Suski (Treasurer), Philip Walton (Director),
Attendees: Davide Messia, Oh Martin, Richard Fath, Viviana Menzel, GIovanni Genovino, Alison Meeks, Hans van der Meer, Laura Gordon, Anja de Crom, Jennifer Gress, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane
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