Jake Merrill

Enthusiastic Data Scientist Intern eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of C++, Python, Javascript in order to produce clean bug free code. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in field of Data Science.

Shape Drawing Application

• Uses QT creator as the GUI so input is simple for the user
• Allows the user to differentiate between the type of shape, color, dimension, name, and location on screen
• Ability to create new shapes by inputting the dimensions, boarders, and color.
• There is also administrator functionality that will allow the admin the change things like the size and other shape properties after entering the correct password

Stadium Tour Application

• Uses QT creator as the GUI coupled with SQL database that is filled with stadiums and each stadium's corresponding information like location, souvenirs, and other relevant information.
• The user can make a customized trip where they pick the order in which they visit the stadiums and have the option to buy the corresponding souvenirs
• The user also has the options to pick the stadiums they want to visit and take the fastest route (uses Dijkstra's Algorithm), and the user is still able to buy souvenirs along the way
• This application has administrator functionality that will allow the admins to add, remove, or edit stadiums in the data base if they enter the correct password

Movie Recommender Desktop Application

• Uses QT creator as the GUI coupled with SQL database that is filled with over 4000 movies and their corresponding information like Director, lead actor, IMBD score(official movie rating), etc.
• The user has the option to sort the movies by IMBD score, director, etc before they pick a movie they want recommendations from.
• Once a movie is selected the user is able to get different recommendations based on the selected movies selected director, leading actor, supporting actors, movie rating, content rating, release date, genre.