As you should be aware, the format of the retreat is slightly different this year. Parts of the timetable are dedicated to the Warwick Annual Retreat Projects (WARPs) where you will collaborate with others on a chosen project in a study group style atmosphere.
The aim of these projects is to foster a collaborative atmosphere within the department, particularly between year groups. Therefore it is hoped that this format change will be both enjoyable and informative.
If you wish to propose a potential project then please add a brief problem description as a topic in the forum below, where others can express their interest and give other comments on your ideas.
This could just be a vague idea which others can help you form.
The dataset includes many fields including: Test date, test outcome (inc. failure reason), postcode area, car make, car model, car colour etc.
The aim of this project would be to perform data analysis on this dataset.
Possible directions this project could take based on interest: - Applying simple statistical models/machine learning techniques to gain some insight into factors contributing to failure reasons - How to best visualise large datasets - How to use a SQL database to improve your data-analysis pipe-line
If there was interest in some of the group continuing to work on this after the retreat then geostatistical modelling could be an extension of the work done at the retreat.
Suitable for: anyone with an interest in data science
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Details: -The problem should not be part of your PhD!
- It is encouraged that the problem proposed be sufficiently simple so that someone without domain specific knowledge could contribute.
- ~6 hours are allocated for these projects so some progress should be possible within this time-frame.
- Groups will be expected to give an informal summary at the end of the retreat and will give a presentation the Wednesday following the retreat (12:30, 11th May).
