Andy Pryke

Data scientist, environmentalist & arts aficionado based in based in Toronto🍁

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

I'm delighted to announce I started work at Prodigy this week 😃

[Prodigy Careers @ProdigyCareers]

It was a busy week for our new team member & #DataScientist @AndyPryke who saw both his kids head into their first day of school while he headed into his first day at Prodigy!🧡

Welcome to the team, Andy! #insideprodigy #meettheteam #backtoschool

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

I just love this!
“I have students who are low-performing in my class as well as gifted students. In Prodigy, my low-performing students can compete with my high-performing students without tension or negative consequences, which causes them to perform better.”

[Prodigy Education @ProdigyGame]

Through the pandemic, Prodigy was there for the Beulah Elementary to help boost learning!

On average, students from Beulah Elementary School mastered more skills per month on Prodigy in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19.

Check out the success story!
➡️ https://t.co/JpUWquneuT

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@joranelias Sounds awful! Out of interest, what is your platform?

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@FiveThirtyEight did you notice that fox news seem to have disabled their "probability meters" showing forecasts from their statistical model. Or maybe they just broke...
https://t.co/QisWEBIhbJ

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@d_olivaw @olga_mie @useR2020muc Thanks!

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

Is there a recording of the #useR2020 Tackling Climate Change breakout panel? I'm afraid I missed it. @olga_mie @useR2020muc

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

Great that #useR2020 is now online. Missing the beers & chat & meeting/catching up with so many interesting people! https://t.co/1D8EMJCdL2
(note: more talks under the "program" drop down)

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@StatStas Sounds closer to "Tragedy of the Commons" to me https://t.co/jYtFE6ROWV

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

Lockdown tip: Don't forget to update your LinkedIn with new in-demand skills. 😊

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@ben_millwood @jamestplunkett @N_Damschke @tomaspueyo @Austen @paulg The link @ridsab re-posted works for me:
https://t.co/qgF96vgFFH
and here's a link to a copy I made:
https://t.co/98W9lkvGhO
If these don't work, let me know.

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@ridsab @tomaspueyo @Austen @paulg That also works for me

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@N_Damschke @tomaspueyo @Austen @paulg Thanks. Following your suggestion, I opened the model in the Google Sheets phone app, then closed it, then from the list of recently opened file I could make a copy I can edit.

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

Great article on coronavirus risks with model to predict for your region. Charts clearly explain expected growth & why the official numbers lag behind the actual numbers.
https://t.co/5LR3B5Vvv3

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

Very interesting explanation of how to determine disease spread from virus genomes

[Trevor Bedford @trvrb]

I wrote a blog post that details Saturday's finding of "cryptic transmission" of #SARSCoV2 in Washington State. Genomic evidence suggests that #COVID19 has been circulating here since Jan 15, but undetected due to lack of testing. https://t.co/cYmyTdU4Cg

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

Good visualisation of how the Wuhan Coronavirus compares with other diseases.
Key takeaways: less fatal than some "big name" diseases, but might spread faster
Source: https://t.co/jlTu1FS4Yh

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@CaliCoyote e.g. we could switch in a python/scikit learn ML component, and have also experimented with using H2O autoML for model building.

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

We have a highly automated data science system which builds, checks and deploys 100s of models (binary prediction, recommender etc) for clients each week.

What open source or commercial options there are for this data science use case, or parts of it?
https://t.co/xXayWMhxNL

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@CaliCoyote We use:
Relational DBs for feature engineering, audit & result storage;
R for modelling, data/model auditing & report generation (rmarkdown);
Jenkins for orchestration;
.net with web interface for configuration UI.
Interfaces are well specified - easy to switch components.

[Andy Pryke @AndyPryke]

@ETFOeducators can you give some advice for parents regarding picket lines? Our kids have full day daycare available in school. Does the picket line intend parents not to cross to use daycare?