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Using Math to Draw Flowers

Patterns in nature “A scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful” - Henri PoincarĂ© There are many examples of natural facts that can be described in mathematical terms. Nice examples are the shape of snowflakes, the fractal geometry of romanesco broccoli or how self-similarity rules the growth of plants. R is a tool for doing serious analysis, but not everything in life is serious.

Mobile App for Lottery Addiction

Many people start playing the lottery for fun, but for some this activity turns into a habit which eventually escalates into addiction. Like other compulsive gamblers, lottery addicts soon begin spending from their savings and loans, they start to accumulate debts, and eventually engage in desperate behaviors like theft. In this project, we are going to contribute to the development of a mobile app by writing a couple of functions that are mostly focused on calculating probabilities.

Turning Tweets into Knowledge

Sentiment analysis is about detecting emotions, opinions of people about certain topics by analyzing their texts from tweets, fb comments or status , youtube comments so on and so forth. Retail industries and companies in general use sentiment analysis to get an overview of their clients’ opinions on their products which enables them to make improvements and certain modifications to their products so that it meets their clients’ standards. There are a lot of social media sites like Google Plus, Facebook, and Twitter that allow expressing opinions, views, and emotions about certain topics and events.