Navid Jery Pulikkottil is one of the top 5 overall scorers in the entire data 101 class of over 200 students. In addition Navid, has tied for the "podium" (third) in overall ranking for prediction challenges.
Here is what he says about himself:
Hi, my name is Navid and I’m a freshman planning to double major in Computer Science and Data Science. Before coming to Rutgers, I had initially only planned on majoring in CS with a possible minor in economics or mathematics. But after taking Data 101, I now know that data science is a field I definitely want to delve deeper into. Prior to taking this course, I had minimal knowledge of data science as I didn’t even know what R was. Now, even after only learning the basics, I know what a powerful tool R can be. I also especially liked participating in the prediction challenges because even though they were difficult, it was rewarding to see my accuracy go up as I tried my best to figure out the hidden pattern. Thank you Professor Imielinski for this amazing class!
