Research Publications
Cutting-edge research by our members in data science and analytics
Do NBA Players Shoot Better on Their Second Free Throw?
A statistical analysis of sequential dependency in free throw outcomes. This report examines whether the outcome of a player's first free throw in a two-shot sequence predicts the outcome of their second, using a cleaned dataset of regular-season NBA free throw records and multiple statistical models including fixed-effects logistic regression.
Natural Language Processing for Sentiment Analysis in Social Media
A novel approach using fine-tuned BERT models enhanced with specialized attention mechanisms to capture subtle emotional cues in tweets. Achieves state-of-the-art results in both standard sentiment classification and sarcasm detection, with 92.4% accuracy on a 500,000-tweet dataset.
Computer Vision for Automated Wildlife Monitoring
A comprehensive deep learning pipeline for automated species identification and behavior analysis from camera trap images. Combines YOLOv8 detection with ResNet-152 classification to achieve 96% accuracy across 50 species, processing thousands of images daily.