This document describes the clustering of 59,071 people from the Wikipedia people dataset using machine learning. It provides profiles and cluster membership for 3 people - President Barack Obama, Indian actor Soumitra Chattopadhay, and American racecar driver Blake Feese. For each person, it lists the 25 clusters and their membership level, with 1 being the cluster they belong to most and 25 the least. It analyzes whether the clusters make sense based on each person's background and profession.
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1. PsyFing®, a Machine Learning Research Project
Presents
Clustering of People
Using Wikipedia People Dataset (n = 59,071)
2. barack hussein obama ii brk husen bm born august 4 1961 is the 44th and current president of the united states
and the first african american to hold the office born in honolulu hawaii obama is a graduate of columbia
university and harvard law school where he served as president of the harvard law review he was a community
organizer in chicago before earning his law degree he worked as a civil rights attorney and taught
constitutional law at the university of chicago law school from 1992 to 2004 he served three terms representing
the 13th district in the illinois senate from 1997 to 2004 running unsuccessfully for the united states house
of representatives in 2000in 2004 obama received national attention during his campaign to represent illinois
in the united states senate with his victory in the march democratic party primary his keynote address at the
democratic national convention in july and his election to the senate in november he began his presidential
campaign in 2007 and after a close primary campaign against hillary rodham clinton in 2008 he won sufficient
delegates in the democratic party primaries to receive the presidential nomination he then defeated republican
nominee john mccain in the general election and was inaugurated as president on january 20 2009 nine months
after his election obama was named the 2009 nobel peace prize laureateduring his first two years in office
obama signed into law economic stimulus legislation in response to the great recession in the form of the
american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 and the tax relief unemployment insurance reauthorization and
job creation act of 2010 other major domestic initiatives in his first term included the patient protection and
affordable care act often referred to as obamacare the doddfrank wall street reform and consumer protection act
and the dont ask dont tell repeal act of 2010 in foreign policy obama ended us military involvement in the iraq
war increased us troop levels in afghanistan signed the new start arms control treaty with russia ordered us
military involvement in libya and ordered the military operation that resulted in the death of osama bin laden
in january 2011 the republicans regained control of the house of representatives as the democratic party lost a
total of 63 seats and after a lengthy debate over federal spending and whether or not to raise the nations debt
limit obama signed the budget control act of 2011 and the american taxpayer relief act of 2012obama was
reelected president in november 2012 defeating republican nominee mitt romney and was sworn in for a second
term on january 20 2013 during his second term obama has promoted domestic policies related to gun control in
response to the sandy hook elementary school shooting and has called for full equality for lgbt americans while
his administration has filed briefs which urged the supreme court to strike down the defense of marriage act of
1996 and californias proposition 8 as unconstitutional in foreign policy obama ordered us military involvement
in iraq in response to gains made by the islamic state in iraq after the 2011 withdrawal from iraq continued
the process of ending us combat operations in afghanistan and has sought to normalize us relations with cuba
8. 13 American Politicians 1
20 Non-American Politicians 2
10 Non-American Politicians in Govt 3
17 Female Politicians 4
8 Diplomats/Lawyers 5
14 Retired 6
7 Golf 7
15 Female Professionals 8
19 Scientists/Doctors 9
2 Journalist/TV/Radio 10
6 Basketball/American Football 11
21 Horse Racing/Wrestling 12
4 Baseball Players 13
24 Rugby Players 14
1 European Footballers 15
11 Racing - car/bike 16
9 Former Footballer 17
5 Musicians - Rock, Jazz 18
18 Athletes 19
12 Australian Rule Football 20
23 Visual Artists 21
16 Performing artists - Film/TV 22
3 Musicians - Hip Hop 23
25 Musicians 24
22 Musicians - Singers 25
Cluster Membership of President Obama:
1=Belongs Most, 25=Belongs Least
Isn’t it a decent
Profile Vector for
the POTUS?
9. A very different
person!
16 Performing artists - Film/TV 1
25 Musicians 2
2 Journalist/TV/Radio 3
5 Musicians - Rock, Jazz 4
23 Visual Artists 5
22 Musicians - Singers 6
21 Horse Racing/Wrestling 7
3 Musicians - Hip Hop 8
15 Female Professionals 9
19 Scientists/Doctors 10
7 Golf 11
14 Retired 12
18 Athletes 13
24 Rugby Players 14
11 Racing - car/bike 15
20 Non-American Politicians 16
8 Diplomats/Lawyers 17
10 Non-American Politicians in Govt 18
9 Former Footballer 19
6 Basketball/American Football 20
13 American Politicians 21
17 Female Politicians 22
12 Australian Rule Football 23
4 Baseball Players 24
1 European Footballers 25
Cluster Membership of Soumitra
Chattopadhay:
1=Belongs Most, 25=Belongs Least
10. soumitra chatterjee or soumitra chattopadhyay shoumitro chopaddhae born 19 january 1935 is an indian film and
stage actor and a poet he is best known for his collaborations with film director satyajit ray with whom he
worked in fourteen films and his constant comparison with the bengali cinema screen idol uttam kumar his
contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970sstarting with his debut film apur sansar the world of apu 1959
the third part of apu trilogy he went on to work in several notable films with ray including abhijan the
expedition 1962 charulata the lonely wife 1964 aranyer din ratri days and nights in the forest 1969 ashani
sanket distant thunder 1973 sonar kella the fortress 1974 joi baba felunath the elephant god 1978 gharebaire
the home and the world 1984 and ganashatru enemy of the people 1989 meanwhile he also worked with other noted
directors of bengali cinema with mrinal sen in akash kusum up in the clouds 1965 tapan sinha in kshudista
pashan hungry stones 1960 jhinder bandi 1961 asit sen in swaralipi 1961 ajoy kar in saat pake bandha 1963
parineeta 1969 and tarun mazumdar in sansar simante 1975 and ganadevata 1978he was awarded the padma bhushan by
the government of india in 2004 in 2012 he received the dadasaheb phalke award indias highest award in cinema
given by the government of india for lifetime achievement he has won two national film awards as an actor and
as an actor in bengali theatre he received the sangeet natak akademi award in 1998 given by the sangeet natak
akademi indias national academy of music dance and drama in 2014 he received the introductory filmfare awards
east for best male actor critics for his role in rupkatha noy
11. Another very different
person!
11 Racing - car/bike 1
9 Former Footballer 2
1 European Footballers 3
12 Australian Rule Football 4
4 Baseball Players 5
6 Basketball/American Football 6
24 Rugby Players 7
18 Athletes 8
7 Golf 9
21 Horse Racing/Wrestling 10
3 Musicians - Hip Hop 11
2 Journalist/TV/Radio 12
5 Musicians - Rock, Jazz 13
15 Female Professionals 14
14 Retired 15
25 Musicians 16
10 Non-American Politicians in Govt 17
16 Performing artists - Film/TV 18
20 Non-American Politicians 19
22 Musicians - Singers 20
17 Female Politicians 21
13 American Politicians 22
8 Diplomats/Lawyers 23
19 Scientists/Doctors 24
23 Visual Artists 25
Cluster Membership of Blake Feese:
1=Belongs Most, 25=Belongs Least
12. blake feese born february 8 1982 in saybrook illinois is a second generation american racecar driver previously
he had won races in arca and usac before running the nascar busch series on a parttime schedule with hendrick
motorsports in 2005 as part of their driver development program before he was releasedfeese began racing at the
age of ten in quarter midgets where he won his first two starts moving up to minisprints two years later he won
the 600cc track championship at jacksonville raceway in the minisprint division in 1998 before moving up to
main sprint cars where he won once and was named rookie of the yearin 2000 he drove in the international racing
association winning three races in 2001 he competed in his first world of outlaws race at bristol motor
speedway finishing ninth later he won a woo sanctioned event at knoxville raceway then won again at the allstar
sprint at eldora speedway the following seasonlate in the season he met nascar winner jimmy spencer who would
help feese get a nascar driving contractafter going through 2003 without a major ride feese met rick hendrick
and signed to drive two races for him that season in the arca series in his second start at nashville
superspeedway feese qualified 3rd and won the race after posting two more toptens that season he won his second
career arca race at talladega superspeedway he made his busch series debut at kentucky speedway in the 87
ditech chevrolet monte carlo for nemco motorsports starting sixteenth but finishing 41st after an early crash
after running two more races for nemco he finished the year running the 00 chevy for haas cnc racing posting
his best finish of the year a 25th at the aarons 312in 2005 feese moved up to the busch series to share the 5
lowes chevy with fellow hendrick development driver boston reid feese struggled during the season however his
best finish being a 23rd at atlanta out of six starts he also made his craftsman truck series debut at kentucky
for billy ballew motorsports starting 30th and finishing 15that the end of 2005 feese was released from his
contract at hendrick he currently races sprint cars in indiana and will return to stock cars in 2007 running a
limited arca and busch series schedule with sadler brothers racingblake feese made his competitive return to
nascar racing on august 1 2009 in the 15 truck for billy ballew motorsports he started 18th and finished 12th
in the phoenix construction toyota
13. A Musician......
5 Musicians - Rock, Jazz 1
25 Musicians 2
3 Musicians - Hip Hop 3
2 Journalist/TV/Radio 4
22 Musicians - Singers 5
7 Golf 6
16 Performing artists - Film/TV 7
15 Female Professionals 8
21 Horse Racing/Wrestling 9
14 Retired 10
6 Basketball/American Football 11
24 Rugby Players 12
23 Visual Artists 13
4 Baseball Players 14
11 Racing - car/bike 15
9 Former Footballer 16
12 Australian Rule Football 17
1 European Footballers 18
18 Athletes 19
10 Non-American Politicians in Govt 20
13 American Politicians 21
20 Non-American Politicians 22
19 Scientists/Doctors 23
8 Diplomats/Lawyers 24
17 Female Politicians 25
Cluster Membership of Keith Howland:
1=Belongs Most, 25=Belongs Least
14. keith howland born august 14 1964 in silver spring maryland is an american guitarist and singer since 1995 he
has been the lead guitarist for the veteran poprock band chicagohowland started playing the guitar at the age
of seven and he played in a number of bands during his school years he attended high school in richmond
virginia and graduated from james madison university in 1986 with a degree in communications in 1987 keith
moved to los angeles and took a job with andy brauer studio rentals which helped him to make invaluable
contacts in the music industry he also continued playing as much as possible including a 1993 summer tour with
rick springfieldin 1995 chicago was looking for a new lead guitarist following the departure of dawayne bailey
howland was a longtime fan of the band and of their cofounding guitarist terry kath howland appeared uninvited
at the auditions and attained a chance meeting with the bands bassist jason scheff he performed a lastminute
audition and was offered the job on the same dayhowland has also pursued projects outside the band including
projects he has done with chicagos drummer tris imboden their collaborative effort is known as the
howlandimboden project releasing two albums the sound can be described as allinstrumental jazzrockfusion the
eponymous the howlandimboden project is a studio album and live at the baked potato is a live recordingin
november 2007 keith released an album titled kecraig this album started as a jam session in november 2007 with
his brother craighis latest solo project is a collaboration with former chicago keyboardist guitarist and
vocalist bill champlin on champlins 2008 solo album no place left to fall
15. Then we did some more clustering...............
16. Looks like there’re 3 kinds of people..........
Sports
Literary
Creative
Politician
Diplomat
Scientist
..... in a continuum .....
Physical to Non-Physical
Spontaneous to Rational/Objective
..... with Creativity in between .....
ultimately
17. Sports
Literary
Creative
Politician
Diplomat
Scientist
Athletes
European Footballers
Former Footballer
Australian Rule Football
Rugby Players
Baseball Players
Basketball/American Football
Golf
Horse Racing/Wrestling
Racing - car/bike
Retired
Musicians
Musicians - Hip Hop
Musicians - Rock, Jazz
Musicians - Singers
Performing artists - Film/TV
Visual Artists
Journalist/TV/Radio
Female Professionals
American Politicians
Non-American Politicians in Govt
Non-American Politicians
Female Politicians
Diplomats/Lawyers
Scientists/Doctors