Ericka Howard
I'm a data scientist looking to share some of my excitement for data exploration and analysis.
Welcome!
My name is Ericka. I’m a data scientist and I’ve spent a lot of time working with all sorts of data. Here you’ll find a bit about my background. For more info you can check out my LinkedIn, or just reach out at ericka.smith.howard@gmail.com
Some of my projects:
Shiny apps
- Interactive and Explorative Web-Based Tool for Communication of Large Ensemble Models and Climate Reanalysis Datasets. We won 2nd Place (Honorable Mention) in this nationwide American Statistical Association contest! [shinyapps.io] (Note: This link is SLOW due to the high volume of data relative to compute purchased.) [GitHub]
- An interactive shiny app for visualizing species distribution data. [shinyapps.io] (Note: This link is also a little slow for the same reasons)
- I presented at Cascadia R Conf 2021! Check out my talk on Addressing Gaps in Data Accessibility with Shiny Dashboards. [YouTube]
Data Analyses
- Local Climate Zone Classification Using Random Forests. [Project Site] (My master’s project!)
- Bootstrapping the Pacific Crest Trail in Parallel. [Project Site]
- A comparison of negative binomial, quasi-Poisson, and Poisson regression of COVID-19 cases. [Project Site]
- Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization of Scientific Survey Data. [GitHub] [Resulting Scientific Paper]
My story:
Originally from Washington State, I completed my undergraduate degree at Western Washington University in math/biology. I spent quite a few years afterwards in Natural Resources, before returning to school to earn my master’s degree in statistics. Now I’m living in Seattle and working as a data scientist. I love hiking, backpacking, scuba diving, and hanging out with my cats. I’d love to chat about anything data, please don’t hesitate to contact me to connect.