Francesco Castaldi
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Francesco Castaldi
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Blockchain in Healthcare: Beyond the Hype

Exploring practical applications of blockchain for healthcare compliance tracking and why Ethereum testnets are a viable starting point.

Technology2025-11-15·4 min read

Building a GPX Editor with TypeScript and Leaflet

A deep dive into building a browser-based GPS track editor with route smoothing, elevation profiles, and zero backend dependencies.

Development2025-09-20·5 min read

SIR Epidemiological Models as Markov Chains

Implementing discrete-time Markov chain simulations of the SIR model with sensitivity analysis and Monte Carlo methods for outbreak prediction.

Data Science2025-06-10·6 min read

Comparing Image Restoration Methods for Cytology

A comparative study of Total Variation, UNet, and DiffPIR for deblurring and denoising cervical liquid-based cytology images.

Research2025-03-05·7 min read

UX Redesign of a Public Transport Website

Applying the Double Diamond methodology to redesign the TPER public transport website, achieving a 35-point SUS improvement.

Design2024-12-01·5 min read

Machine Learning Fairness on the Adult Census Dataset

Building an ML pipeline to predict income brackets while evaluating fairness metrics across demographic groups using SHAP analysis.

Data Science2024-09-15·6 min read

Building Custom Visualization Plugins for Apache Superset

A technical guide to creating custom chart plugins for Apache Superset 6.1.0, with a calendar heatmap as a working example.

Development2024-06-20·5 min read
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