I'm a data analytics student based in Ontario, currently building projects at the intersection of machine learning, geospatial analysis, and business decision-making. I like working on problems where the output isn't just a model metric but it's a dollar figure, a policy recommendation, or something a non-technical stakeholder can actually act on.
Most of my projects start with a real question: Why does something happen? What is the reason for that? Where does the issue lie? The analysis follows from there.
Finance Risk & Fraud Detection
XGBoost classifier on 1M+ credit card transactions. The interesting part wasn't the model — it was building a cost-benefit threshold optimizer that translated predictions into ~$917K in projected savings.
Python XGBoost SHAP Scikit-learn
Milton Transit Desert Analysis
Spatial analysis of transit coverage gaps in Milton, ON using GTFS stop data and 2021 Census population. Found that 22.9% of residents (~37,670 people) live beyond a 5-minute walk from any transit stop.
Python GeoPandas Folium Statistics Canada
Student Churn Early Warning System
Random Forest model on 10M+ OULAD clickstream records that flags at-risk students by Week 4 with 70% precision. Behavioral engagement turned out to be a 5x stronger predictor than demographics.
Python Scikit-learn Pandas
Loan Process Optimisation
Process mining on the BPI 2017 bank loan dataset. Identified "Call incomplete files" as the primary bottleneck and proposed an AI-OCR automation that could cut processing time by 90%.
Python Process Mining Pandas Matplotlib
Olist E-Commerce Analytics
RFM segmentation and CLV modeling on 100k+ orders from Brazil's largest e-commerce platform. Found that customer satisfaction drops sharply once a delivery is more than 3 days late.
Python Pandas Matplotlib Seaborn
Languages: Python, SQL, R ML & Analysis: XGBoost, Scikit-learn, SHAP, Random Forest, RFM, Process Mining Geospatial: GeoPandas, Folium, GTFS, Shapely Visualization & BI: Streamlit, Power BI, Plotly, Matplotlib, Seaborn Tools: Jupyter, Git, Pandas, NumPy
- Email: [email protected]
- LinkedIn: Nisarg Patel
- Portfolio: nishu1717.github.io/Portfolio