Inquiry

Research

Formal investigations in machine learning, quantitative modeling, and data-driven analysis, oriented toward reproducibility and tractable results.

Selected research

Studies & analyses

2025 - 2026 ML - Finance

Financial Distress Research

Financial distress prediction modeled across approximately 105,000 firm-year observations. The pipeline combines structured financial signals with temporal sequence models. Gradient-boosted ensembles and LSTM variants used for multi-horizon forecasting on holdout evaluation sets.

~0.84 ROC-AUC
105k Firm-year obs.
2024 - 2025 Clustering - Education

Student Engagement Analysis

Clustering and PCA applied to longitudinal student engagement records from ProofX infrastructure. Identifies behavioral cohorts and participation trajectory signals from institutional data. Conducted in collaboration with MIT E14 Lab partners; documented as a technical report.

May 2024 - Aug 2024 Integer Dynamics

Computational Analysis of Collatz Dynamics

Early-stage computational research on Collatz total stopping time distributions across structured integer classes. Used large-scale simulations and visualization to compare prime and composite behavior, surface empirical regularities, and guide later ProofX architecture for deterministic integer-dynamics experiments.

Discrete Mathematics

Integer Explorations

A working archive of exploratory mathematical inquiry, not a catalog of proven results. Entries document observations, computational traces, and open questions encountered while building and running ProofX infrastructure. The focus is on process and tractable partial findings rather than claims of resolution.

2024 – present Ongoing

Collatz Stopping Time Distribution

Distribution of stopping times across initial values up to 2^28. Measured trajectory length to 1 for each seed. Distribution exhibits a heavy tail with outlier clustering near powers of 2. No deterministic pattern in outlier placement identified.

Infrastructure: ProofX · Language: Python
2024 Complete

Parity Transition Density

Computed odd-to-even transition ratios within Collatz trajectories across a stratified sample of initial values. Investigated whether parity alternation frequency correlates with stopping time. Preliminary analysis shows no consistent monotonic relationship.

Infrastructure: ProofX · Language: Python
2025 Exploratory

Generalized 3n + k Extensions

Investigated Collatz-type variants using 3n + k for odd values of k. Examined cycle existence and divergence behavior across selected parameter values. Some variants exhibit verifiably periodic behavior under constrained domains; the general case remains open.

Infrastructure: ProofX · Language: Python