Miklós KoreninCEU ThreadsThe Economist as a Software EngineerWhenever my kids ask me what I do, I tell them I am trying to figure out how the world works. They don’t believe me.Dec 4, 2023Dec 4, 2023
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectA Love Letter to MakeMake is 43 this year and it is still my tool of choice to automate my data cleaning and analysis.Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectWish I Could Be Like David WattsEntity resolution helps you decide whether this David Watts is the same as that David Watts.Apr 2, 2019Apr 2, 2019
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectSpatial RelationsLook around and start seeing the world in points, lines, and polygons.Mar 25, 2019Mar 25, 2019
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectRegression Testing for RegressionsHow do different samples, data cleaning methods, feature engineering and statistical algorithms change our estimates?Mar 21, 20191Mar 21, 20191
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectChoose Great KeysKeys should human readable, not just machine readable.Mar 12, 20191Mar 12, 20191
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectReproducible Data WranglingFor the movements of “reproducible research” and “open data” to really catch on, we need more tools to assist.Mar 5, 2019Mar 5, 2019
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectEggs Are Easier to Ship than OmelettesI estimated the regression model we discussed last week and it didn’t work. Which regression model? What do you mean it didn’t work?Feb 26, 2019Feb 26, 2019
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectSpellsFind a model that fits your data as it is. Don’t torture your data to conform to models you know.Feb 18, 2019Feb 18, 2019
Miklós KoreninData ArchitectEverything is a FunctionProcedural programming comes natural to scientists, because it reads like a precise protocol for an experiment. Do this. Then do that.Feb 13, 2019Feb 13, 2019
