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Physics Inventory Database: Image Optimization Instructions
This is a subtask of the Carl-Olaf physics inventory database project to provide instructions and assistance to the student worker who will take photos of physics equipment and upload them…
What is Data Science?
Data Science is a sometimes difficult-to-define, increasingly popular and buzzword-y professional field that encompasses the following: People have told me (namely my boss at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and a speaker who…
Using ggplot Themes For In-Print Visualization
While most of the recent conversation around data visualization has focused on optimizing graphs for online viewing (and rightfully so) , some graphs are still made for production in books.…
Creating a Language Placement Dashboard
This term I have been working with some academic technologists to start the process of creating a dashboard for language placement exams. This most recent meeting is a continuation of…
Managing Students, Managing Friends
As a project manager (PM) intern, one of my responsibilities has been to manage the progress of the DataSquad’s various projects. I make sure that squad members have what they…
Satellite Remote Sensing at Cornell University
In June, I had the opportunity to attend an oceanographic satellite remote sensing workshop at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The two-week program was taught by Professor Bruce C. Monger…
Modernizing Mail Merge with Google Forms
Problem Every term at Carleton, the registrar office has to send every teaching professor an email asking them if they want their class to use self-scheduled exams that term. Until…
Sketching a Backend for Language Placement Tests
Sometimes, projects come around that DataSquad can’t directly contribute to because the scope of the project is longer than the time any one student will stay at the school. But…
Every Presidential Ad Ran in 2008
Barbara Allen, a political science prof, approached the DataSquad for help redesigning graphs in her book for better clarity and to meet publisher standards. I was given a word document…
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