{"id":1049,"date":"2026-02-13T22:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:50:35","slug":"validation-ux-refinement-and-backend-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/2026\/02\/13\/validation-ux-refinement-and-backend-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Validation, UX Refinement, and Backend Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Week 5 has been defined by a deep dive into data validation and a significant push to refine our user experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We reached a major milestone by manually labeling approximately 1,200 anomalous transactions, providing our ensemble machine learning model with the robust &#8220;ground truth&#8221; necessary for rigorous performance verification. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On the frontend, we\u2019ve improved system interactivity by implementing a feature that allows users to navigate directly from a specific entry in the &#8220;Recent Anomalies&#8221; list to its precise location on the map. Additionally, we\u2019ve made progress on our Feature Extractor by integrating time windowing, which will enhance our model\u2019s temporal awareness. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking toward next week, we are shifting our focus to deploying the ensemble model to AWS, populating MongoDB Atlas with our newly labeled data, and brainstorming high-impact data visualizations for the UI.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code><strong>#MachineLearning<\/strong><\/code>&nbsp;<code><strong>#FullStack<\/strong><\/code>&nbsp;<code><strong>#DataScience<\/strong><\/code>&nbsp;<code><strong>#UIDesign<\/strong><\/code>&nbsp;<code><strong>#SoftwareEngineering<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-5.39.08\u202fPM-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-5.39.08\u202fPM-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-5.39.08\u202fPM-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-5.39.08\u202fPM-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-5.39.08\u202fPM-1536x772.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-5.39.08\u202fPM-418x210.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2526team24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-5.39.08\u202fPM.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 5 has been defined by a deep dive into data validation and a significant push to refine our user experience. 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