User:Scloew

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

Week 3

• Engaged in discussion and lecture on the metaphysics and practice of morality in the ever expanding domain of research (went through ethics training...)
• Meetings with Dr. Corliss
• Attended Dr. Corliss LaTex seminar
• Read up on probabilistic forecasts
• Read up on scoring metrics
• Began writing paper to document work

Week 4

• Meetings with Dr. Corliss
• REU lunch
• Read papers on probabilistic forecasting
• Worked on MATLAB code for scoring metrics
• Continued work on paper