Projects on Mikey Guinness

Visualisation: Movie Map

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A 2-D interactive map of 40,000 films and documentaries, grouped by similarity using 626 dimensional vectors, UMAP and HDBSCAN.

Data Analysis: South Yorkshire GP Practices & Deprivation

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A large scale exploration of GP access and DNA (did not attend) rates across South Yorkshire, and the link these statistics have to rates of deprivation.

Statistics: Shuffling Cards & Markov Chains

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This project, which was my Master’s dissertation, explored how Markov chains can explain the mathematics of shuffling, and how long it takes a deck to truly be shuffled.

Data Analysis: Exoplanet Detection

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Analysis of a dataset of confirmed exoplanets. Cleaned and visualised detection data across different telescopes and facilities, and performed an investigation into detection methods.

Machine Learning: MNIST Digit Classification

Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Comparison of 6 classification models, from Logistic Regression to CNNs, to predict handwritten digits from the MNIST dataset.

Machine Learning: Wine Quality Analysis

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Built and compared 7 regression models to predict red wine quality from it’s chemical qualities, using methods from simple linear regression to Random Forest and XGBoost.