Richard Buck

Experience

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  Citizens'​ Climate Lobby

  Apr 2014 - Aug 2017

  Volunteer

  Gave nearly a dozen talks regarding climate change to various audiences. Gave a talk at a forum that has hosted members of the U.S. Congress.Wrote over a dozen letters to the editor and op-eds that were accepted by the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News.Ran tabling events to promote our organization and goals.Helped organize other events for the organization.

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  University of Utah - Employment

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Mathematics Tutor

  Tutored students in Calculus 2 and many other subjects.

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  Utah Rivers Council

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Intern

  Gathered and analyzed data regarding water usage in Utah. Data was to be used to inform and help shape presentations to Utah politicians regarding a multibillion-dollar water pipeline project.

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  Michigan State University

  Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Teaching Assistant

  Tutored students who were struggling with microeconomics and macroeconomics. Graded exams and homework and had regular office hours.

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  Utah Rivers Council

  May 2019 - Oct 2019

  Research Analyst

  -Worked researching critical information about Utah's water and water projects. -Analyzed regression models and other statistical models. -Performed A/B testing for our email program. -Analyzed financial documents to propose and critique funding ideas. -Worked with local governments and water providers to gather and clean water data. -Worked to organize meetings with city mayors and the leaders of water providers. -Made extensive use of Excel for organizing and managing data. Show less

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  University of Utah

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  Research Assistant

  -Worked in Python to develop machine learning models -Used natural language processing to analyze text data with regards to NBA scouting reports, Amazon reviews, and Steam reviews. -Conducted literature review of subjects including depression, consumer reviews, text processing, and image processing. -Gathered and cleaned data from a variety of sources. -Edited research papers.

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  Self Employed

  Dec 2020 - now

  Freelance

  -Extracted and transformed social media data, including millions of comments on Reddit. Utilized word embedding algorithms to estimate consumer reactions to company actions regarding Russian invasion of Ukraine.-Boosted the accuracy of text classification on estimating native language of user via various machine learning natural language processing algorithms and models, including BERT and fasttext. -Scraped and transformed public data on NBA player performance and draft selection. Created interactive dashboards in Tableau demonstrating correlation between performance and selection.-Conducted a Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) analysis to estimate student attitudes and perception towards teachers and school policies. -Utilized Azure AI Vision to determine visual techniques used by brands on X (Twitter). Enabled comparison between luxury brands and other brands with regards to image usage in product promotion.-Cooperated with Western Resource Advocates on regional cap-and-trade programs. Report shaped future lobbying efforts for organization. Show less