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Syed Ibrahim Omer edited this page Apr 12, 2026
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Deep dive into src/processing/parse.py — the PyMuPDF-based table extraction system that converts 108 monthly visa PDFs into structured data.
PDF Files → PyMuPDF Table Detection → Header Cleaning → Country Normalization → Date Conversion → Parquet
- Library: PyMuPDF (
fitz) - Reads each page, detects table regions
- Handles variable table layouts across different months/years
- Extracts cell values from detected tables
- Cleans header rows (removes artifacts, normalizes column names)
- Handles merged cells and multi-line entries
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VISA_MAPfrommaps.jsonmaps visa class codes to standardized names - Country name variants normalized:
Dominican_Republic→Dominican Republic, etc. - Invalid/unknown entries logged and skipped
- Month abbreviations mapped: JAN → 1, FEB → 2, ..., DEC → 12
- Converted to ISO date format (YYYY-MM-DD)
- Source:
MONTHS_MAPfrommaps.json
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File:
data/processed/visa_master.parquet -
Columns:
date,issuances,visa_type,country - Volume: ~100,000 records
ProcessPoolExecutor(get_optimal_process_count())- PDF parsing is CPU-bound → multi-process parallelism
- Each PDF processed independently
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get_optimal_process_count()returnsos.cpu_count()for optimal utilization
- Variable table formats across months/years
- Missing or corrupted PDFs (logged, skipped)
- Non-standard country name spellings
- Empty table cells and padding artifacts
- Visa Data — Source data context
- Data Processing — Pipeline context
- Processing Module — Full package reference
- Panel Construction — Where parsed visa data goes next
- Project Overview — Goals, research questions, methodology, and team
- Glossary — Key terms used throughout this wiki
Raw inputs that feed the prediction system.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Visa Data | US Department of State visa issuance statistics (108 monthly PDFs) |
| Encounter Data | CBP Southwest border encounter statistics (FY2019–2026) |
| Google News | 170K+ news articles across 15 countries × 8 topics |
| Google Trends | Monthly search-interest time series (15 countries × 8 keywords) |
| Exchange Rates | IMF Real Effective Exchange Rate for 6 countries |
The end-to-end flow from raw data to production forecasts.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Data Collection | Ingestion layer: async scraping, bounded concurrency, retry logic |
| Data Processing | PDF parsing, JSON→Parquet, encounter merging |
| NLP Enrichment | Embedding → Clustering → Labeling → Sentiment |
| Panel Construction | Feature engineering: 18 lag features, 6 lead targets |
| Training Pipeline | Out-of-time train/test split, 4 architectures |
| Inference Pipeline | Horizon-aware ensemble, production prediction flow |
Machine learning architectures and their roles in the ensemble.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Random Forest | cuML GPU Random Forest — best at short horizons (Lead 1–2) |
| LSTM | MigrationLSTM — country-aware with SurgeJointLoss |
| Transformer | MigrationTransformer — best at long horizons (Lead 5–6) |
| Horizon-Aware Ensemble | Dynamic weighting: RF→short, Transformer→long |
| SurgeJointLoss | Dual-objective loss: Huber + BCE for crisis detection |
| Jina v5 Embeddings | TensorRT INT8 news article embeddings (768-dim) |
| Flan-T5 Summarization | TensorRT INT8 cluster labeling engine |
Statistical techniques driving the lead-lag and surge analysis.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Lead-Lag Analysis | Pearson correlation at 0–6 month offsets |
| Surge Detection | Quantile-based and σ-threshold spike identification |
| Sentiment Analysis | Rule-based lexicon scoring for migration-relevant news |
| Event Clustering | HDBSCAN GPU clustering + LED label generation |
| Cross-Correlation Analysis | CCF analysis, VAR benchmarking, ADF stationarity tests |
| Multiple Comparison Correction | Benjamini-Hochberg FDR for 58 significant signals |
What the system discovered about migration predictability.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Event-Visa Findings | News events as leading indicators (r=0.617 at 3-month lag) |
| Exchange Rate Findings | Exchange rate signals (DR r=0.498 at 2-month lag) |
| Model Performance | Ensemble results: F1=0.96 at Lead 1, F1=0.86 at Lead 6 |
Reference documentation for every src/ subpackage and key files.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Main Entry Point |
src/main.py CLI: bootstrap, collect-live, sync-data |
| Collection Module |
src/collection/* — visa, encounter, news, trends, HF sync |
| Processing Module |
src/processing/* — parse, merge, build_panel, summarize |
| Analysis Module |
src/analysis/* — events, exchange_rate, trends_analysis, plots |
| Models Module |
src/models/* — surge_model, train_and_evaluate, inference |
| News Scraper | Deep dive: batch decoding, checkpoint recovery, throttling |
| PDF Parser | Deep dive: PyMuPDF table extraction, VISA_MAP normalization |
| TensorRT Engines | Deep dive: Jina-v5, Flan-T5, LED TensorRT engines |
| Build Panel Detail | Deep dive: lag/lead construction, forward-fill strategies |
| HF Sync | Deep dive: bidirectional Hugging Face Hub sync |
Compute, reproducibility, and operational details.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| GPU Acceleration | TensorRT INT8, cuML, CUDA streams, NVML profiling |
| Reproducibility | HF bootstrap, run.sh pipeline, dependency checking |