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Explaining Random Forest® (with Python Implementation)
- Mar 29, 2019.
We provide an in-depth introduction to Random Forest, with an explanation to how it works, its advantages and disadvantages, important hyperparameters and a full example Python implementation. - A Beginner’s Guide to Linear Regression in Python with Scikit-Learn
- Mar 29, 2019.
What linear regression is and how it can be implemented for both two variables and multiple variables using Scikit-Learn, which is one of the most popular machine learning libraries for Python.
- Interpolation in Autoencoders via an Adversarial Regularizer
- Mar 29, 2019.
Adversarially Constrained Autoencoder Interpolation (ACAI; Berthelot et al., 2018) is a regularization procedure that uses an adversarial strategy to create high-quality interpolations of the learned representations in autoencoders.
- D3.js Graph Gallery for Data Visualization
- Mar 28, 2019.
The d3 graph gallery is a collection of 200 simple charts made with d3.js, with reproducible, commented and editable code.
- 7 “Gotchas” for Data Engineers New to Google BigQuery
- Mar 28, 2019.
Here are some things that might take some getting used to when new to Google BigQuery, along with mitigation strategies where I’ve found them.
- The Deep Learning Toolset — An Overview
- Mar 28, 2019.
We are observing an increasing number of great tools that help facilitate the intricate process that is deep learning, making it both more accessible and more efficient.
- How to Choose the Right Chart Type
- Mar 27, 2019.
This article presents an infographic for choosing which chart type is most useful in a given scenario. The infographic and chart types are then explored for greater clarity.
- Data Pipelines, Luigi, Airflow: Everything you need to know
- Mar 27, 2019.
This post focuses on the workflow management system (WMS) Airflow: what it is, what can you do with it, and how it differs from Luigi.
- Pedestrian Detection in Aerial Images Using RetinaNet
- Mar 26, 2019.
Object Detection in Aerial Images is a challenging and interesting problem. By using Keras to train a RetinaNet model for object detection in aerial images, we can use it to extract valuable information.
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R vs Python for Data Visualization
- Mar 25, 2019.
This article demonstrates creating similar plots in R and Python using two of the most prominent data visualization packages on the market, namely ggplot2 and Seaborn. - Feature Reduction using Genetic Algorithm with Python
- Mar 25, 2019.
This tutorial discusses how to use the genetic algorithm (GA) for reducing the feature vector extracted from the Fruits360 dataset in Python mainly using NumPy and Sklearn.
- Checklist for Debugging Neural Networks
- Mar 22, 2019.
Check out these tangible steps you can take to identify and fix issues with training, generalization, and optimization for machine learning models.
- Deep Compression: Optimization Techniques for Inference & Efficiency
- Mar 20, 2019.
We explain deep compression for improved inference efficiency, mobile applications, and regularization as technology cozies up to the physical limits of Moore's law.
- Deploy your PyTorch model to Production
- Mar 20, 2019.
This tutorial aims to teach you how to deploy your recently trained model in PyTorch as an API using Python.
- Mastering Fast Gradient Boosting on Google Colaboratory with free GPU
- Mar 19, 2019.
CatBoost is a fast implementation of GBDT with GPU support out-of-the-box. Google Colaboratory is a very useful tool with free GPU support.
- How to Train a Keras Model 20x Faster with a TPU for Free
- Mar 19, 2019.
This post shows how to train an LSTM Model using Keras and Google CoLaboratory with TPUs to exponentially reduce training time compared to a GPU on your local machine.
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Artificial Neural Networks Optimization using Genetic Algorithm with Python
- Mar 18, 2019.
This tutorial explains the usage of the genetic algorithm for optimizing the network weights of an Artificial Neural Network for improved performance. - Top R Packages for Data Cleaning
- Mar 15, 2019.
Data cleaning is one of the most important and time consuming task for data scientists. Here are the top R packages for data cleaning.
- Building NLP Classifiers Cheaply With Transfer Learning and Weak Supervision
- Mar 15, 2019.
In this blog, I’ll walk you through a personal project in which I cheaply built a classifier to detect anti-semitic tweets, with no public dataset available, by combining weak supervision and transfer learning.
- Advanced Keras — Accurately Resuming a Training Process
- Mar 14, 2019.
This article on practical advanced Keras use covers handling nontrivial cases where custom callbacks are used.
- Towards Automatic Text Summarization: Extractive Methods
- Mar 13, 2019.
The basic idea looks simple: find the gist, cut off all opinions and detail, and write a couple of perfect sentences, the task inevitably ended up in toil and turmoil. Here is a short overview of traditional approaches that have beaten a path to advanced deep learning techniques.
- Object Detection with Luminoth
- Mar 13, 2019.
In this article you will learn about Luminoth, an open source computer vision library which sits atop Sonnet and TensorFlow and provides object detection for images and video.
- People Tracking using Deep Learning
- Mar 12, 2019.
Read this overview of people tracking and how deep learning-powered computer vision has allowed for phenomenal performance.
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Who is a typical Data Scientist in 2019?
- Mar 11, 2019.
We investigate what a typical data scientist looks like and see how this differs from this time last year, looking at skill set, programming languages, industry of employment, country of employment, and more. - Neural Networks with Numpy for Absolute Beginners — Part 2: Linear Regression
- Mar 7, 2019.
In this tutorial, you will learn to implement Linear Regression for prediction using Numpy in detail and also visualize how the algorithm learns epoch by epoch. In addition to this, you will explore two layer Neural Networks.
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Another 10 Free Must-Read Books for Machine Learning and Data Science
- Mar 6, 2019.
Here's a third set of 10 free books for machine learning and data science. Have a look to see if something catches your eye, and don't forget to check the previous installments for reading material while you're here. - Deconstructing BERT, Part 2: Visualizing the Inner Workings of Attention
- Mar 6, 2019.
In this post, the author shows how BERT can mimic a Bag-of-Words model. The visualization tool from Part 1 is extended to probe deeper into the mind of BERT, to expose the neurons that give BERT its shape-shifting superpowers.
- Neural Networks with Numpy for Absolute Beginners: Introduction
- Mar 5, 2019.
In this tutorial, you will get a brief understanding of what Neural Networks are and how they have been developed. In the end, you will gain a brief intuition as to how the network learns.
- GANs Need Some Attention, Too
- Mar 5, 2019.
Self-Attention Generative Adversarial Networks (SAGAN; Zhang et al., 2018) are convolutional neural networks that use the self-attention paradigm to capture long-range spatial relationships in existing images to better synthesize new images.
- Comparing MobileNet Models in TensorFlow
- Mar 1, 2019.
MobileNets are a family of mobile-first computer vision models for TensorFlow, designed to effectively maximize accuracy while being mindful of the restricted resources for an on-device or embedded application.
