Peter Jalbert

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Peter Jalbert,
Staff Information
Name	Peter Jalbert
Degree	BA
Major	Computer Science; Music Performance
Class of	2019
Join Date	09/27/2016
Skills	Python, Selenium, Javascript, Java, SQL
Interests	Music, Movies, Travel
Email	pwj1@rice.edu
Status	Active
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Education

Peter is currently a junior at Rice University, pursuing a double major in Computer Science and Music. Peter graduated Salutatorian from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX in 2014.

Contributing Projects

• Tiger Geocoder
• Houston Innovation District
• Crunchbase Data
• LinkedIn Crawler
• Urban Start-up Agglomeration
• Enclosing Circle Algorithm
• Top Cities for VC Backed Companies
• Moroccan Parliament Web Crawler
• E&I Governance Policy Report
• GovTrack Web Crawler
• Accelerator Seed List
• Google Scholar Crawler

Looking for Code?

Tiger Geocoder

Term: Fall 2017

Installed a psql extension that allows for internal geocoding of addresses.

psql geocoder

Yelp Crawler

Term: Fall 2017

Usage: Crawls for data on restaurants and coffeeshops within the 610 Loop. Part of the Houston Innovation District Project.

E:\McNair\Software\YelpCrawler\yelp_crawl.py

Accelerator Founders

Term: Fall 2017

Usage: Uses the LinkedIn Crawler along with the Crunchbase founders data to retrieve information on accelerator founders.

E:\McNair\Projects\LinkedIn Crawler\LinkedIn_Crawler\linkedin\linkedin_founders.py

Crunchbase Founders

Term: Fall 2017

Usage: Queries the Crunchbase API to get names of accelerator founders.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\crunchbase_founders.py

LinkedIn Crawler

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Crawls LinkedIn to obtain relevant information.

E:\McNair\Projects\LinkedIn Crawler\web_crawler\linkedin\run_linkedin_recruiter.py

Draw Enclosing Circles

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Draws the outcome of the Enclosing Circle Algorithm on a particular city to a google map HTML output.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Enclosing_Circle\draw_vc_circles.py

Enclosing Circle for VCs

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Uses the Enclosing Circle algorithm to find concentrations of VCs.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Enclosing_Circle\vc_circles.py

Industry Classifier

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Neural Net that predicts a companies industry classification.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Code+Final_Data\ChristyCode\IndustryClassifier.py

WayBack Machine Parser

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Uses the WayBack Machine API to retrieve timestamps for URLs.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Code+Final_Data\wayback_machine.py

Accelerator Address Geolocation

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Used to find latitude and longitude points for all accelerators in the accelerator data files.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Code+Final_Data\process_locations.py

Accelerator Data Parser

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Used to parse the data for the Accelerator Seed List Accelerator Seed List Project.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Code+Final_Data\parse_accelerator_data.py

Cohort Data Parser

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Used to parse cohort data for the Accelerator Seed List Accelerator Seed List Project.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Code+Final_Data\parse_cohort_data.py

Google SiteSearch

Term: Spring 2017

Usage: Preliminary stage project intended to find an accurate web site for an unlisted company web address by using Google Search.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Google_SiteSearch\sitesearch.py

F6S Crawler

Term: Fall 2016

Usage: Used to download html files containing accelerator information from the F6S website.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs\F6S_Crawler\f6s_crawler_gentle.py

F6S Parser

Term: Fall 2016

Usage: Used to parse the html files downloaded by the F6S crawler to create a list of accelerators.

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs\F6S_Crawler\f6s_parser.py

Executive Order Crawler

Term: Fall 2016

Usage: Used to download executive orders. NOTE: uses scrapy format, run differently from regular python programs.

E:\McNair\Projects\Executive_order_crawler\executive

Kuwait Web Driver

Term: Fall 2016

Usage: Used to download csvs of bills and questions from the Kuwait Government Website. Uses Selenium. All scripts in the folder do similar things.

E:\McNair\Projects\Middle East Studies Web Drivers\Kuwait

Moroccan Web Driver

Term: Fall 2016

Usage: Used to download pdfs of bills and questions from the Moroccan Government Website. Uses Selenium. All scripts in the folder do similar things.

E:\McNair\Projects\Middle East Studies Web Drivers\Morocco\Moroccan Bills

Time at McNair

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