Naren Prakash — Projects & LogsProjects and learning logs on statistics, machine learning, and data science.https://naren-p.com/The Beta-Binomial Model: A Ground-Up Referencehttps://naren-p.com/logs/beta-binomial-model/https://naren-p.com/logs/beta-binomial-model/Building the Beta-Binomial model from coin flips, with intuition for priors, likelihood, and posterior distributions.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTbayesianprobabilitystatisticsGetting back on the horsehttps://naren-p.com/logs/independent-research/https://naren-p.com/logs/independent-research/Roughly 8 months after graduation, I want to try to take my goals into my own hands.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoalsresearchThe motivation of Research on Research on Researchhttps://naren-p.com/logs/research-cubed/https://naren-p.com/logs/research-cubed/My senior year independent research projectFri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTpythonresearchuclahistoryAirbnb Geostatistical Analysishttps://naren-p.com/projects/airbnb-geostats/https://naren-p.com/projects/airbnb-geostats/Applying my coursework from STATS C173/C273Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTspatial statisticsgeostatisticsuclarGeostatistical Analysis of Airbnb Priceshttps://naren-p.com/logs/airbnb-geostats/https://naren-p.com/logs/airbnb-geostats/Spatial prediction with variograms and kriging implemented in PythonSun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTuclapythonspatial statisticsRedirecting my blog with Quarto!https://naren-p.com/logs/quarto-blog-welcome/https://naren-p.com/logs/quarto-blog-welcome/A new blog homeWed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTquartobloggingWhy I made this websitehttps://naren-p.com/logs/first-portfolio-website/https://naren-p.com/logs/first-portfolio-website/A 2024 Winter Break project I finished up right before the new yearTue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTold websiteweb developmentHow I ended up wanting to become a data scientist (a long post)https://naren-p.com/logs/initial-career-goal/https://naren-p.com/logs/initial-career-goal/A decision I made in the summer of 2022Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTgoalscareerAutoencoder for Anomaly Detectionhttps://naren-p.com/projects/autoencoder/https://naren-p.com/projects/autoencoder/How do we identify potentially dangerous situations and act quickly in real time?Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTpythonhalliburtondeep learningAnomaly detection with autoencodershttps://naren-p.com/logs/autoencoder/https://naren-p.com/logs/autoencoder/Using reconstruction error as a proxy, with simple and more complex examplesTue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTpythonhalliburtondeep learningData Generatorhttps://naren-p.com/projects/data-generator/https://naren-p.com/projects/data-generator/With such large amounts of data that can't fit in memory alone, how can we use all of it for training?Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTpythonhalliburton