Abdishakur Hassan

Geographic Information System Expert at Somali National Bureau of Statistics

Expertise: Geospatial Data Science

Education: University of Gothenburg

Abdishakur Hassan is an urban planning and geospatial data science consultant. Currently Hassan works with Somalia’s National Bureau of Statistics as a geographic information system (GIS) expert. Previously, Hassan worked with the UN Refugee Agency as a data visualization and design developer. He also worked in geographic information system project manager for the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Program). Hassan has worked in data science and geospatial information systems since 2012. He was also a lecturer at Mogadishu University where he taught research methods for undergraduate students in economics and management science from 2012 – 2016. Hassan earned his master’s degree in geography, urban and environmental geography from the University of Gothenburg. 

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Updated on June 24, 2025

What Is a Sandbox Environment?

A sandbox environment is a controlled, isolated space where developers can safely test software, configurations or code changes without affecting live systems. It mirrors aspects of the production environment but prevents unintended consequences.

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Software Engineering Perspectives
Cybersecurity
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on June 18, 2025

What Is Cluster Analysis?

Cluster analysis is a data analysis technique that groups together data points that are similar to each other within a data set. Here’s how it’s useful, its applications, types, algorithms, tips for assessing clustering and an example of cluster analysis.

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Data Science
Big Data
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on May 22, 2025

What Is a Command-Line Interface?

A command-line interface (CLI) allows you to navigate, run programs or configure your computer system by entering text commands. Here’s what makes a CLI distinct from a GUI.

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Software Engineering Perspectives
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on May 22, 2025

What Is Extrapolation?

Extrapolation is a statistical technique that uses existing data to predict future or unknown values that fall outside the range of the existing data. Here are common extrapolation methods, how extrapolation works and its pros and cons.

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Big Data
Data Science
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on September 17, 2025

What Is Geospatial Intelligence?

Geospatial Intelligence provides transformative insights by connecting location data with other spatial and non-spatial data. This is how it works.

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Data Science
Big Data
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on June 05, 2025

What Is Data Architecture?

Data architecture is a framework of systems, standards and models that help companies manage data from collection to distribution. It enables organizations to leverage their data as a strategic asset and build their data strategy.

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Data Architecture
Data Science
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on May 22, 2025

What Is Statistical Analysis?

Statistical analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data using statistical methods to uncover trends, develop meaningful data insights and tell quantitative stories.

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Data Science
Statistical Analysis
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on May 22, 2025

What Is SQLite?

SQLite is a relational database management system that is embedded into servers and applications, making it easy to set up and efficient. Here’s how it works, its benefits and possible alternatives to SQLite.

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SQL
Data Science
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on August 19, 2025

What Is PostgreSQL?

PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system that uses SQL to store and manage data. It supports scalability along with advanced data types and features.

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Data Science
GraphQL
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on May 22, 2025

Create Interactive Dashboards With Panel and Python

A Python dashboard is an interactive application that displays data visually using charts, tables and controls like buttons or sliders. Here's how to create flexible and powerful dashboards in Python with the Panel library.

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Data Science
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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on July 07, 2022

Use Lux and Python to Automatically Create EDA Visualizations

Automatically creating interactive visualizations for exploratory data analysis is a lot easier than you think. Here’s how to use Lux and Python to make it happen.

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Data Science
Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on July 26, 2023

4 Ways to Automate Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) in Python

Next time, use one line of code to automate your EDA. Here’s how.

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Data Science
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