User:Scloew
From REU@MU
Personal Info
Born and raised in Colorado Springs currently attending Coe College studying mathematics, computer science, and economics.
Week 1
- REU orientation
- Meetings with Dr. Corliss to get introduced to GasDay Lab and discuss project
- Read SuperForecasting by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner
- wrote program to give example of when Brier test fails as a metric of forecasting ability
- Completed MATLAB tutorial
- Wrote simple MATLAB programs
Week 2
- Received GasDay data collection orientation (oh the joys of real data....)
- Got (somewhat) familiar with GasDay wiki as a resource
- Worked on MATLAB coding and reviewed sample code from Dr. Corliss
- Read up on metrics for scoring probabilistic forecasts
- Read up on places probabilistic forecasts are used
- Met with Dr. Corliss to get organized on project and summer goals
- Attended Dr. Brylow's talk on what makes a good research talk
