Weekly Report 4 - Feb 23 - Mar 02 2018

Amlaan

What I did

  • Scraped Wunderground API data for last 5 years
  • Used RandomSearch to finetune XGBoost parameters
  • Experimented with running MLP in Caffe2

What I plan to do next week

  • Data integration with Pandas, Seaborn, and Dora
  • Test out Keras implementations of regression models for crime prediction
  • Start on data visualization libraries

Blocks or impediments to the plan for next week

  • The main issue will be integrating data.

Somshubra

What I did

  • Finished developing the Yelp scrapers again
  • Finish creating the base framework for tests
  • Scraped data from Wunderground API for Weather

What I plan to do next week

  • Finish the scraping task and submit work.
  • Prepare for integration task next week
  • Find some way to improve the embeddings for Deep Learning models.

Blocks or impediments to the plan for next week

  • No blocks for now until integration begins.

Debojit

What I did

  • Gathered data from Wunderground API and ran some script on it to understand it more personally
  • Started building the backend service we plan on talking to using Django
  • Discovered Deck.gl and tried using it to map some test maps. Discussed further UI decisions

What I plan to do next week

  • Finish basic server setup and give teammates a platform to host their respective code on
  • Contribute to front-end solution with building user inputs using ReactJS
  • Help finalise what charts are the best for which form of data and test plot it

Blocks or impediments to the plan for next week

  • Setting up some front end design and user flow
  • Deck.gl seems attractive yet might not be the best solution as of now

Christopher

What I did

  • Scraped data from Wunderground API for weather
  • Explored and worked on understanding yelp data scrapping
  • Worked on Report 2 , and was discussed the project pipeline

What I plan to do next week

  • Work on yelp data scrapping and presenting it.
  • Understand the output from data analytics and integration phase.
  • Try to explore more on the visualization and webpage aspects.

Blocks or impediments to the plan for next week

  • Identifying the right libraries for each of the task will be an impediment.