As we embark on a new semester, the excitement within Team INSIGHT is palpable. After a refreshing winter break, we are all rejuvenated and ready to dive back into the Verifone project with fresh energy and ideas. This week, we reconnected with one another and met with our coach to align our goals and plans for the semester. It was an excellent opportunity to reflect on past progress and set the stage for the exciting work ahead.
Our team hit the ground running this week, achieving significant milestones across all subteams. The UI team began developing the user interface, familiarizing themselves with Angular’s development cycle, and setting up the backend for the site. This included configuring the Mongo Atlas database and testing HTTP methods, marking a strong start toward building a robust and dynamic platform.
The Feature Engineering (FE) team made notable strides in data preprocessing by implementing cyclical and binary encoding methods. These refinements enhanced the timeline for data preparation, ensuring smoother downstream processes.
The Machine Learning (ML) team also had a productive start, refining the prediction script and enhancing the model auto-search functionality. These improvements lay the groundwork for more accurate anomaly detection and efficient model integration moving forward.
Looking ahead, each subteam has a focused plan to build on this momentum. The UI team will continue their Angular development efforts, emphasizing integrating a map and researching clustering methods. They will also finalize anomaly and statistics scripts for UI implementation. The FE team plans to complete the proposed features, including normal, z-score, and spatial grouping. In contrast, the ML team will work on formatting JSON outputs and integrating Isolation Forest and Optuna for improved anomaly detection.
We are thrilled about the progress made in this first week and eager to continue building on it in the coming weeks. Here’s to a semester filled with innovation, collaboration, and success!
Goodbye for now, and see you next week!