Nadia Krishnasamy
City of residence: India
Intended Major: Mathematics
Age: Grade 11
Nadia is good at Python programming language and she would like to use this advantage and apply it to her mathematical work in data analytics.
What challenges did she face?
- She knows Python well, but she needed a solid research project to add to her CV.
Matched professor:
The mentor is a lecturer at MIT in the Mathematics Department. He also serves as an investment manager, exploiting advanced statistical analytics to manage a variety of investment programs.
How did our program help her?
- The mentor showed the student how to use Python and R together to specify time series models, allowing the student to compute standard errors of coefficient estimates and p-values.
- She obtained a better understanding of ARIMA models and was able to examine time series stock exchange.