Jason Cole is a physicist turned software engineer from Bristol, working on next-generation data analytics at Count. He writes about physics, mathematics, data visualization, and software engineering, with work featured across major media outlets.
65 articles from this blog
Explains singular value decomposition (SVD) for image compression using a pedagogical example with grayscale images.
A mathematical derivation of mirror surface shape from a warped reflection observed at Rome airport.
Using Jamie Oliver's 5-ingredient cookbook to explore ingredient optimization and efficient shopping through data analysis.
A blog author describes turning their WordPress blog into a printed book, including the technical process and personal reflections.
A numerical simulation exploring the orbital mechanics and fragmentation of the moon as depicted in Neal Stephenson's novel Seveneves.
A data exploration app using Dash by Plotly to visualize UK Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2017 scores from a CSV file.
Optimizing QWERTY keyboard layout to minimize thumb travel distance for Swype-style typing.
Analysis of a malfunctioning bathroom extractor fan's grinding noise using signal processing and chaotic dynamics.
A personal project building a web app to categorize and analyze bank transaction CSV data using JavaScript and Chart.js.
A physics puzzle about light reflection in scintillating crystals, calculating light transmission and reflection with geometric series.
Using the traveling salesman problem to find the optimal route for a London pub crawl with Google Directions API.
A technical exploration of TSP art, using algorithms to create artistic images from the Travelling Salesman Problem.
A humorous analysis of the physics and logistics of Santa's Christmas Eve journey using the Travelling Salesman Problem.
A mathematical puzzle about probability and expected number of turns in a random drawing game.
Exploring stochastic geometry through the London Underground, analyzing point processes like Poisson and binomial distributions.
A mathematical blog post explaining regularization in inverse problems, focusing on ill-posed matrices and image deconvolution.
Analysis of 21 million England and Wales house price records using data science techniques like Gini coefficient and inflation adjustment.
A PhD graduate shares tips and observations on writing a long LaTeX thesis, including visualizations and color analysis.
Article explores visualizing the Visible Human Project dataset using ffmpeg, ImageJ, and Drishti for 3D volume rendering.
A simulation of the card game 'Stop the Bus' using Python and Blender, analyzing optimal stopping strategies through millions of simulated games.
