<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-05-28T18:41:09+00:00</updated><id>https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Sachin Chandrasekara</title><subtitle>Bioinformatics &amp; Computational Biology</subtitle><author><name>Sachin Chandrasekara</name><email>sachikavindaa@gmail.com</email></author><entry><title type="html">Unveiling Insights: A Beginner’s Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)</title><link href="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2026/10/exploratory-data-analysis-eda/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Unveiling Insights: A Beginner’s Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)" /><published>2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2026/10/blog-post-1</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2026/10/exploratory-data-analysis-eda/"><![CDATA[<p>Exploratory Data Analysis, also known as EDA, is one of the most important steps in any data science project.</p>

<p>In this article, I explain the basic idea of EDA, why it is important, and how beginners can use it to find patterns, missing values, outliers, and useful insights from data.</p>

<p>You can read my full article here:</p>

<p><a href="https://medium.com/gitconnected/unveiling-insights-a-beginners-guide-to-exploratory-data-analysis-eda-3c3df6cf1758">Unveiling Insights: A Beginner’s Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)</a></p>

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<ul>
  <li>What is Exploratory Data Analysis?</li>
  <li>Why EDA is important</li>
  <li>Understanding dataset structure</li>
  <li>Handling missing values</li>
  <li>Detecting outliers</li>
  <li>Visualizing data</li>
  <li>Finding patterns and relationships</li>
  <li>Preparing data for machine learning</li>
</ul>]]></content><author><name>Sachin Chandrasekara</name><email>sachikavindaa@gmail.com</email></author><category term="Exploratory Data Analysis" /><category term="Data Science" /><category term="Python" /><category term="Machine Learning" /><category term="Beginner Guide" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A beginner-friendly guide to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), including visualization, missing values, and pattern discovery.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Introduction to The Numerical Solution of IVP for ODE</title><link href="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/08/numerical-solution-ivp-ode/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Introduction to The Numerical Solution of IVP for ODE" /><published>2021-08-21T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2021-08-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/08/blog-post-2</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/08/numerical-solution-ivp-ode/"><![CDATA[<p>This article introduces the numerical solution of Initial Value Problems, also known as IVPs, for Ordinary Differential Equations, or ODEs.</p>

<p>Numerical methods are useful when exact analytical solutions are difficult or impossible to obtain. In this article, I discuss the basic idea behind solving ODEs numerically and explain how these methods help approximate solutions step by step.</p>

<p>You can read my full article here:</p>

<p><a href="https://medium.com/math-simplified/introduction-to-the-numerical-solution-of-ivp-for-ode-5214979d486c">Introduction to The Numerical Solution of IVP for ODE</a></p>

<h2 id="topics-covered">Topics Covered</h2>

<ul>
  <li>Initial Value Problems</li>
  <li>Ordinary Differential Equations</li>
  <li>Numerical approximation</li>
  <li>Step-by-step solution methods</li>
  <li>Importance of numerical methods in applied mathematics</li>
</ul>

<p>This article is useful for beginners who want to understand how numerical methods are applied to solve differential equations.</p>]]></content><author><name>Sachin Chandrasekara</name><email>sachikavindaa@gmail.com</email></author><category term="Mathematics" /><category term="Numerical Methods" /><category term="Ordinary Differential Equations" /><category term="Initial Value Problems" /><category term="Python" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[An introduction to numerical methods for solving Initial Value Problems (IVPs) in Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs).]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Numerically Solving Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations (1st Order ODEs)</title><link href="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/06/solving-systems-of-odes/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Numerically Solving Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations (1st Order ODEs)" /><published>2021-06-29T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2021-06-29T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/06/blog-post-3</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/06/solving-systems-of-odes/"><![CDATA[<p>Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) are widely used in mathematics, physics, engineering, biology, and many other scientific fields. In many real-world problems, systems contain multiple differential equations that must be solved together.</p>

<p>In this article, I introduce the basic idea behind numerically solving systems of first-order Ordinary Differential Equations and explain how numerical techniques can be used to approximate solutions step by step.</p>

<h2 id="topics-covered">Topics Covered</h2>

<ul>
  <li>Systems of first-order ODEs</li>
  <li>Numerical approximation methods</li>
  <li>Initial conditions</li>
  <li>Step-by-step numerical solutions</li>
  <li>Applications of differential equations</li>
</ul>

<p>This article provides a beginner-friendly introduction for students interested in numerical analysis and scientific computing.</p>]]></content><author><name>Sachin Chandrasekara</name><email>sachikavindaa@gmail.com</email></author><category term="Mathematics" /><category term="Numerical Methods" /><category term="Differential Equations" /><category term="ODE" /><category term="Scientific Computing" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A beginner-friendly introduction to numerically solving systems of first-order Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs).]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) by Python</title><link href="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/06/ordinary-differential-equation-python/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) by Python" /><published>2021-06-16T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2021-06-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/06/blog-post-4</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://sachinkavindaa.github.io/posts/2021/06/ordinary-differential-equation-python/"><![CDATA[<p>Python is a powerful programming language widely used for scientific computing and mathematical modeling. In this article, I introduce how Python can be used to solve Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) using numerical methods.</p>

<p>The article explains the basic concepts of ODEs and demonstrates how programming can help solve mathematical problems efficiently.</p>

<h2 id="topics-covered">Topics Covered</h2>

<ul>
  <li>Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations</li>
  <li>Numerical methods for solving ODEs</li>
  <li>Solving equations using Python</li>
  <li>Scientific computing basics</li>
  <li>Mathematical modeling with Python</li>
</ul>

<p>This article is useful for beginners who are interested in combining mathematics and programming for scientific problem solving.</p>]]></content><author><name>Sachin Chandrasekara</name><email>sachikavindaa@gmail.com</email></author><category term="Python" /><category term="Mathematics" /><category term="Differential Equations" /><category term="Numerical Computing" /><category term="Scientific Programming" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) by Python]]></summary></entry></feed>