“I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot.” — Nadia Comăneci. Part 1 — Week 11 Timeline Monday Researched the difference between emotion vs. sentiment analysis Worked on the NRC Emotion Lexicon functions I…

“Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.” — Franz Kafka. This week was my most productive over the course of 10 weeks. I accomplished a lot this week, which I will explain in more detail later on. Since I had some break…

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” — Frank A. Clark. Before we delve into this week’s (Week 9) journal, here are some things I did during week eight, as it was our mid-summer break!

“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.” — Mary Tyler Moore. Part 1 — Week 7 Timeline Monday Responded to my colleagues’ Week 6 reflection posts I looked through the comments my supervisor and colleagues provided, and took some notes on ideas/areas for improvement. Tuesday I worked on refining…

“Above all else, show the data.” — Edward R. Tufte. Part 1 — Week 6 Timeline Monday Revise project proposal Tuesday Revise project proposal Wednesday Met with Janice, began pre-processing data Peer-edited Felix’s project proposal Thursday I met with Janice again and finalized and made the pre-processing data work! Revised…

“You’re always working to improve, and you’re always being critiqued on your next performance. It’s not about what you’ve done. There’s always room to grow.” — Misty Copeland Part 1 — Week 5 Timeline Monday Refined QALMRI research article notes Edited the annotated bibliography Tuesday Revised project proposal, specifically the…

Part 1 — Week 4 Timeline Monday Group meeting Rest Day after 24 hour Hackathon (TO Hacks) Tuesday Worked on NLTK Module 8 and 9 Wednesday Read research articles on cluster analysis, sentiment analysis, and LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) Met with Janice online Worked on refining our research question Co-worked…

Part 1 — Week 3 Timeline Monday Victoria Day (went to Canada’s Wonderland :D) Tuesday Worked on Module 5–7 on the NLTK Book Wednesday Met with Alex Helped Alex install pip on his laptop so he could start the NLTK modules Read articles on Active Learning, and RealTime Physics Lab …

Part 1 — Week 2 Timeline Monday I looked at the Preface of the NLTK Book, and started looking into Chapter 1 before I downloaded the files Tuesday Download the starter files for the NLTK Book, import different packages and modules Wednesday Met with Alex I looked at PHY131 and…