Chris Conlan

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Alteryx for Good Teams Up with University of Virginia to Support New Class: STAT 4559

December 13, 2017 By Chris Conlan Leave a Comment

I’d like to give a big “thanks” to Alteryx and DataMeaning for hosting Big Data & Self-Service Analytics at the Jack Rose Saloon in Washington D.C. I met a lot of great professionals, and learned a ton about the rise of self-service analytics. Before discussing the partnership, I would like to share some of my […]

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TPM for Biologists: My Experience with a UVA Bio Lab

May 15, 2017 By Chris Conlan Leave a Comment

Gilmer Claire UVA Biology Department

This past spring, I offered my services to a biology lab at the University of Virginia. This lab was pushing the limits on a few fronts, including malaria diagnosis, cell imaging, and DNA processing. My job was to help the lead researchers understand advanced programming concepts, organize code, and administer servers. Setting Goals I first […]

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Supporting Technical Books: Experiences and Ideas

May 11, 2017 By Chris Conlan Leave a Comment

A piece of a bookshelf in my den. Some of my favorite technical books.

Having a technical book on the shelves can make anyone anxious. Technical authors publish entire books that depend on open-source software, free APIs, and constantly changing data. In some ways, supporting a technical book is like maintaining a popular GitHub repository. When users find bugs, I attempt to address and remedy them. In some other […]

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Stepping Into Data Science (Presentation & Photo Gallery)

April 22, 2017 By Chris Conlan Leave a Comment

We had great success last week presenting our new software for multivariate data visualization. I’d like to thank James Wang, Gretchen Martinet, and Jeff Holt of University of Virginia for making this presentation possible. Background James and I have a history of linking up to prototype cool tech products. We have very complimentary skill sets […]

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Printing My Own Newspaper: Building Our Own Tools

December 14, 2016 By Chris Conlan 1 Comment

Overview Bias in news media was a point of contention in the 2016 election season. Everyone is familiar with this topic, so I will not attempt to explain further or give any more background.  I did what any reasonable statistician would do to reduce bias: I took a random sample. More specifically, I used the […]

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