About

Welcome to the personal site of Ian Thomas Watson. I am a data scientist and communications engineer and my blog covers various interesting datasets, data science topics and visualisations. I am particularly interested in data with a historical or military theme. I hope to add to this regularly but life is short and when the weather is fine I’m more inclined to outdoor pursuits.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king - Desiderius Erasmus

Projects

Map the War

The CWGC

Book Reviews

Recent Posts

Coral Comes High

Review of Coral Comes High by Capt. George P. Hunt

Last updated on Nov 3, 2020 6 min read

Monte Carlo Simulations Using R

Performing a Monte Carlo Simulation using R

Last updated on Oct 28, 2020 7 min read

Analysing the CWGC Data - Part 1

This is the first post in a series that uses R to explore the Commonwealth War Graves Commission dataset

Last updated on Oct 15, 2020 11 min read

Panzer Ace

Review of Panzer Ace by Richard Freiherr von Rosen

Last updated on Jul 20, 2020 9 min read

The Devil's Own Luck

Review of The Devils Own Luck by Denis Edwards

Last updated on Jul 14, 2020 7 min read

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Ian Thomas Watson

Data Scientist

Biography

I am currently employed as a full-stack Data Scientist for a 4G wireless broadband provider. I have developed and maintain a company-wide data analytics system for analysing and reporting on network and customer performance, using R and Shiny to provide interactive applications and reports.

Interests

Machine Learning
Data Visualisation
Military History

Education

MSc. Computing, 2018

Dublin Institute of Tecnhology
Dip. Computing, 2015

Dublin Institute of Tecnhology
BA. Business Studies, 2006

Dublin Business School
Dip. Electronic Eng., 1995

Durban Institute of Technology

Awards

Winner of the Jacinta O’Boyce Medal

Dublin Institute of Technology Mar 2018

Awarded for the best MSc. Computing dissertation in 2018 in DIT