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Solving the knapsack problem with Python and Gurobi

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Resources to learn mathematical optimisation

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PyCon: why data scientists should learn mathematical optimisation

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Exploring the impact of constraints on a solar farm in the National...

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How does AEMO predict demand in the National Electricity Market?

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Big Battery Bidding and Rebidding!

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How does a gigawatt of renewables disappear?

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Data science tip: store constants in their own file

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Summary of reliability forecasting in the NEM

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Visualising the Tesla big battery at Hornsdale

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AER State of the energy market 2021 Summary

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Electricity Market Modelling Resources

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  • Why energy markets are so interesting

    by Jack Simpson November 18, 2020
    by Jack Simpson November 18, 2020

    Something interesting happened this week – on Tuesday at 1:20pm the dispatch price of electricity was $15,000/MWh in NSW and -$1,000 (yes, negative 1k) in Queensland at the exact same…

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  • How to verify the analysis of your data scientist

    by Jack Simpson November 16, 2019
    by Jack Simpson November 16, 2019

    Purpose I wrote this article for non-technical consultants at my firm to provide guidance on how to interact with a data scientist on a project and have confidence in their…

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  • Genomics and Healthcare

    by Jack Simpson October 28, 2017
    by Jack Simpson October 28, 2017

    On Friday afternoon I attended a seminar by Professor John Christodoulou titled “Genomic Medicine: What is its place in the Australian healthcare system?”. One of the interesting points he brought…

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  • How to write a conclusion

    by Jack Simpson October 27, 2017
    by Jack Simpson October 27, 2017

    As I’ve been writing my thesis I came across a paper with such an excellent conclusion I wanted to share it. I think there are two lessons we can take…

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  • Fruit flies, honeybees, and alcohol

    by Jack Simpson October 18, 2017
    by Jack Simpson October 18, 2017

    Whilst writing my thesis, I came across an interesting paper discussing how you can get fruit flies hooked on alcohol, whilst honeybees will consistently turn their noses up to a…

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  • I’m going to Silicon Valley!

    by Jack Simpson October 15, 2017
    by Jack Simpson October 15, 2017

    I’m extremely excited to announce that I was one of the 20 young Australians selected by Startup Catalyst for their Future Founders Mission to Silicon Valley at the end of…

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  • Sometimes working in the biology department is pretty neat

    by Jack Simpson October 10, 2017
    by Jack Simpson October 10, 2017

     

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  • Honeybees and missing data part 3: Ant search optimisation

    by Jack Simpson October 4, 2017
    by Jack Simpson October 4, 2017

    Earlier in the year I had to reset the observation hive and sadly that process resulted in the death of a fair few bees who ended up on the ground.…

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  • PhD Exit Seminar

    by Jack Simpson October 1, 2017
    by Jack Simpson October 1, 2017

    On Friday afternoon I presented my exit seminar to the biology department. Things went really well, and I rather enjoyed the questions session that came after – there was a…

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  • Fantastic thesis quotes page

    by Jack Simpson September 18, 2017
    by Jack Simpson September 18, 2017

    Recently, I was reading through a thesis titled “On Honey Bee Colony Dynamics and Disease Transmission” and on page vi I came across a page of quotes. Nothing too out…

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    Bees, lasers, and machine learning

    February 3, 2017
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    How to vectorize conditional calculations in Python

    April 4, 2021
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    How to verify the analysis of your data scientist

    November 16, 2019
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    Data science tip: store constants in their own file

    July 7, 2021
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    Visualising the impact of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown on Solar Panel Installations

    April 7, 2021
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    Visualising the Tesla big battery at Hornsdale

    July 5, 2021
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    How does AEMO predict demand in the National Electricity Market?

    July 26, 2021
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    PyCon: why data scientists should learn mathematical optimisation

    December 10, 2024
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    Electricity Market Modelling Resources

    June 21, 2021
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    Simple explanations of data science and statistics concepts

    June 20, 2021
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