Kobe Shot Predictor

Problem: Can we predict whether or not Kobe Bryant will make a shot in a particular circumstance? Background: Kobe Bryant made roughly 45% of the shots he took over his illustrious career. The data set from https://www.kaggle.com/c/kobe-bryant-shot-selection contains information about each of Kobe’s shots including what type of shot it was, who his opponents were,

Puzzle Strength Predictor

Problem: Chess.com, the most popular chess site in the world, offers tactical puzzles to their users. The site boasts an impressive library of over 150,000 puzzles and they add more every day. Puzzles are rated on their difficulty on a scale from 100 to 4,000. Currently, new puzzle ratings are calculated by giving them out

Subreddit Classifier

The Problem: How can I build a model to differentiate between two different levels of complexity in a scientific explanation? Specifically, how can I build a classification model to predict whether a given Reddit comment was posted in the subreddit “r/Explainlikeimfive” or “r/Explainlikeimphd“? Background: The purpose of both of these subreddits is for users to