Welcome to my portfolio website!

Hey folks, I'm Sam Ding.

I am currently a Master's student at the University of Chicago, majoring in Applied Data Science. I'm interested in data storytelling and spatial analysis.

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Projects that I have worked on:

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Data Mining Project for Microbusiness Density

Insights on Microbusinesses in the U.S. are hard to find. We set out to help using clustering and predictive forecasting methods.

Link to our GitHub Repo
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Linear/Non-Linear Models Project for Flight Price Prediction

Figuring out when to buy cheapest plane tickets can be daunting. We have a way of predicting using quantile regression.

Link to our GitHub Repo
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Analysis of Chicago Taxi Rides

Rideshares outcompeted Taxis. We sought digital solutions to overturn that.

Click the above link for an interactive dashboard we designed for Chicago taxi companies.

Download our slides
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Correlated Data Analysis of 2016 Election Results in Texas

Texas has been a Red state. Demographic and economic shifts are turning it blue.

Link to our GitHub Repo
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Bayesian Regression Analysis of Transportation Accessibility in NYC

NYC might have the most expansive transit network in the US, yet some neighborhoods are not benefitted much from it.

Link to our GitHub Repo

Say hello

samdingx@gmail.com