Ross Kimme

I'm a student at UIUC exploring the intersection of data, systems, and problem-solving. I'm drawn to questions that combine quantitative thinking with real-world applications—whether that's understanding how policies shape behavior, optimizing physical systems, or building tools that help people make better decisions.

Projects

• CMAPSS remaining useful life prediction (in progress)
  • A stacked LSTM that predicts the remaining useful life of jet turbine engines from NASA CMAPSS time-series sensor data. Built with Python and PyTorch.
• UIUC Course Explorer and GenEd Planner
  • A course-planning app combining GPA data, live section status, and professor ratings. Includes optimal gen-ed search, prerequisite trees, and grade distributions. Source code.
• ICE deportation risk classifier
  • A deportation-risk classifier and detention-time predictor trained on ICE FOIA data, designed to help nonprofits prioritize legal resources.
• 2024 election polling analysis
  • An analysis of more than 600 polls using confidence intervals and sampling distributions to compare polling predictions with election results.

Writing

• Coming soon.