Writing — Niral J Shah

21 May 2020 / FinTech / 1 min

An ELO-rating model for loan default prediction

Scoring loan applicants the way chess rates players — against a model applicant who repaid — with a confidence interval that says when to buy a credit report.

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22 Aug 2019 / FinTech / 2 min

Stock Price Analyzer using sentiment analysis on news articles and tweets

Averaging the sentiment of each day’s news about Facebook and reading it against the share price, June to July 2019.

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4 Aug 2019 / Health / 1 min

Fall Relief: An effort to reduce falls and related injuries among age group 65 and older

A team project building targeted exercise and diet plans to make falls less likely for people aged 65 and over.

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An ELO-rating model for loan default prediction

Stock Price Analyzer using sentiment analysis on news articles and tweets

Fall Relief: An effort to reduce falls and related injuries among age group 65 and older

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A build. A number. A good read.