Hi, I'm Chira 👋🏾

I am a developer and data professional inspired by tough problems and helping others make their best decisions.

In this portfolio, I share my latest projects, blog posts, and tutorials in the space of data and technology. Reoccurring topics include algorithmic decision systems and human-centered design in technology and social infrastructure. You can find the code for each technical project on GitHub accompanied with a clear and comprehensive description.

If you would like to collaborate on a project, please reach out to me by e-mail or LinkedIn.

Recent Work

SQL Fundamentals Walkthrough

Wrote a comprehensive review of SQL fundamentals. Topics covered include basic syntax, joins, and aggregations. Many examples are provided.
Utilized: SQL (SQLite, MySQL), R

COVID-19 Media Fact Checker

A research project on the development and performance of two neural networks trained to differentiate between accurate and inaccurate COVID-19 media.
Utilized: Python, TensorFlow, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, NLTK, Seaborn, GloVe, Kaggle

Real-time ETL Pipeline for IoT System

Developed an ETL pipeline that extracts and loads multimodal IoT sensor data into PostgreSQL.
Utilized: SQL (PostgreSQL), PHP, Bash, HTML/CSS, JavaScript

Deep Learning with Biologically Plausible Neural Networks

A performance comparison between spiking neural networks and conventional neural networks on the MNIST, CIFAR-10, and Google Speech Commands Tasks.
Utilized: Python, PyTorch, ssnTorch, Deep Learning

Market and Natural Forces on H1B Visa Adjudication

A data analysis project investigating the influence of COVID-19 and the tech labor market on H1B Visa acceptance rates and wait times.
Utilized: R, Tidyverse, ggplot

Prisoner's Dilemma Game

A command line game simulating creative instances of the prisoner's dilemma.
Utilized: Python

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