Publications

Articles

AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science

• Forthcoming. "Cursor vs Copilot: Which AI Coding Assistant is Better for Python?" Real Python, 2026.
• Forthcoming. "Spectral Clustering: A Complete Guide" DataCamp, 2026.
• Link. "Precision and Recall." DataCamp, 2026.
• Link. "What is Humanity's Last Exam? The AI Benchmark For Expert-Level Reasoning." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Cost Functions: A Complete Guide." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Sensitivity Versus Specificity: A Complete Guide." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Sklearn Linear Regression: A Complete Guide with Examples." DataCamp, 2025.

Python and Software Engineering

• Link. "Spyder: Your IDE for Data Science Development in Python" Real Python, 2026.
• Link. "Python reduce(): A Complete Guide." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Git Branching Strategies: A Complete Guide." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Python Automation: A Complete Guide." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Python FastHTML: A Beginner's Guide with Examples." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Progress Bars in Python: A Complete Guide with Examples." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Git Remotes: A Complete Guide with Examples." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "String Interpolation: A Beginner's Guide.” DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "Python Lambda Functions: A Beginner's Guide." DataCamp, 2025.
• Link. "How to Import Data with the pandas read_csv Command.” Towards Data Science, Medium, 2020.

Data, Databases, and SQL

• Link. "A Focused Approach to Learning SQL." Towards Data Science, 2025.
• Link. "MySQL vs. MongoDB: Choosing the Right Database for Your Project." DataCamp, 2025.

Mathematics

• Forthcoming. "Mathematical Functions: A Complete Guide." Data Camp, Medium, 2026.
• Link. "Fractals in Code: Exploring the Mandelbrot Set with Python." Science Spectrum, Medium, 2025.
• Link. "Fractals in Code: Exploring Julia Sets with Python." Science Spectrum, Medium, 2025.
• Link. "Fractals, A Very Short Introduction - Book Review." Cantor's Paradise, Medium, 2025.
• Link. "Is God a Mathematician? - Book Review.” Cantor's Paradise. Medium, 2020.
• Link. "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences - A Summary.” Cantor's Paradise, Medium, 2019.

Essays

• Link. "Rethinking 'The Giving Tree': Unpacking Interpretations of a Classic Children's Book" Books Are Our Superpower, Medium, 2025.
• Link. "Speak Friend and Decode: How 8-Year-Old Me Cracked the Moon Runes Before Second Breakfast." Books Are Our Superpower, Medium, 2025.
• Link. "How I Met Bilbo Baggins And What I Found In His Hobbit Hole." Books Are Our Superpower, Medium, 2025.

Courses

• Link. “Case Study: Building Software in Python” [MOOC]. DataCamp, 2024.

Research Papers

• Link. Pedigo, Mark, R. Blyth. "On the lower central series of the free nilpotent groups of finite rank.”, Communications in Algebra, May 29, 2019.
• Ma, J., Pedigo, M., Blackwell, L., Hackworth, C., Holcomb, K., & Gildea, K. (2009). 20 Years of the Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) Program: From Flight Operations to Maintenance and Ramp Operations. Oklahoma City. OK: FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.
• Ma, J., Pedigo, M., Gildea, K., & Holcomb, K., (2009) Proactive Safety Management: Maintenance and Ramp Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) Year 2. Oklahoma City, OK: FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.
• Goldwasser, Michael, and (2008). Online, Non-preemptive Scheduling of Equal-Length Jobs on Two Identical Machines. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG) archive, 5(1). A preliminary version appeared in Proceedings of the Tenth Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory (SWAT), 113-123.

Multimedia Engagements

• Link. Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad, hosts. "EDRM Illumination Zone Episode 195: Mark Pedigo sits down with Kaylee & Mary". EDRM Illumination Zone, EDRM Podcasts, 2025.