Kaitlyn Burgess

CompTIA Security+, in progress, 07/14

Breast Cancer Outcomes Analysis

 Course Project – Statistics for Information Science

• Collaborated with a team in analyzing the 'Real Breast Cancer Data' dataset from Kaggle (~400 entries) using R to explore correlations between age, tumor stage, surgery type, and patient outcomes.
• Cleaned and transformed data, including generating new categorical variables (e.g., age groups) and excluding irrelevant features for focused analysis., Conducted hypothesis testing using independent t-tests, Levene's test, and ANOVA to evaluate statistical relationships and validate findings.
• Presented findings using summary statistics, data visualizations, and written recommendations aimed at improving clinical decision-making and patient survival rates.

Agility Monitoring Web Application

 Course Project – Object-Oriented Programming for Information Science

• Developed a fitness tracking web application that allowed users to log workouts, monitor exercise metrics, and visualize daily progress through dynamic summaries and charts.
• Designed and implemented backend logic in Python using object-oriented programming, handling user input, file I/O, and data storage via SQLite.
• Built frontend components and integrated real-time data updates using JavaScript and HTTP communication protocols.
• Applied data visualization, regular expressions, and web scraping techniques to enrich user data and enhance the application's insights.

IT Job Postings Database

 Course Project – Database Design and Modeling 

• Led a team of five in optimizing a 37,000-row IT job dataset, reducing its size by 99% while maintaining critical relationships and data integrity.
• Designed an ERD and logical schema connecting tables for attributes such as postings, positions, skills, contracts and countries using primary/foreign keys and composite relationships.
• Applied SQL for data extraction, transformation, and normalization, building queries with joins, subqueries, and aggregations to uncover insights across relational tables and support user-friendly job exploration.

Network Simulation & Packet Analysis
Course Project – Technologies, Infrastructure, and Architecture

• Configured multi-device network topologies in Cisco Packet Tracer by applying concepts of IP addressing, static/dynamic routing (RIP, OSPF), VLANs, and switching to simulate real-world network environments.
• Resolved connectivity and configuration issues through interface diagnostics, ARP inspection, and logical topology testing.
• Captured and analyzed live network traffic using Wireshark, examining packet headers (TCP/IP, ARP, ICMP) to investigate protocol behavior, detect anomalies, and verify data integrity.