Viraj Navkal

For the last few months, I’ve been working on an energy data analysis application with my parents. The application can parse and analyze energy logs produced by Johnson Controls’ Metasys system. Many commercial buildings use this system, and Johnson Controls provides no elegant way for their clients to analyze their... [Read More]

A while ago, I worked on a small project to help a company solve a neat algorithmic problem. Here’s what it is. [Read More]

I recently learned a bit about algorithms that find a minimum-cost spanning tree in an undirected graph with weighted edges. These include two elegant and simple greedy algorithms – Kruskal’s algorithm and Prim’s algorithm – both of which run very fast, but neither of which is optimal. I’ll describe Kruskal’s... [Read More]

Welcome to my new site! It’s pretty empty right now – I still have to move everything from my old Django page. [Read More]