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Post Category → Machine Learning
A Deep Learning primer for all
IMHO there are a ton of resources on Deep learning but none of them and even practitioners are NOT able to articulate what is deep learning to a layperson, hence this post! We are living in an awesome time. One of the reasons is, it is not normal for any field to be dormant for… Continue reading
Natural language searches: Lessons in spellcheck and autocorrect
Spellcheck and autocorrect are two of the coolest features of search engines. They are not only cool they are also key for a smooth search experience. For the context of this post, I am going to stick with English language searches. Peter Norvig, a Google scientist has broken this subject down beautifully here to show the… Continue reading
I Love scikit-learn and NLTK for python
I have been recently trying out scikit-learn and NLTK with python mostly “classifying” data. As they say its the best available combination to “teach yourself data science”. I am in love with the features like the pre-packed corpora it comes with like movie reviews. NLTK comes with 50 corpora and lexical resources which you can play around… Continue reading
Data Science: R vs Others
Wondering which programming language / tool / IDE is best suited for solving data science / machine learning problems ? Here is a good comparison. R has gained momentum over the last few year and one another compelling reason to look at R is most of the kaggle competitors and winners are using it.
Citi Mobile Challenge submission – Round 1
As a follow up to the previous post on Citi mobile challenge, I am happy to inform that my concept “RetailBanking 2.0” has been selected and hence I can participate in the Citi mobile challenge. Here is the confirmation of the same. As promised once the competition is over I will share my concept. For now… Continue reading
Citi Mobile and IoT Challenge US 2014
This is the actual vision of the challenge as quoted by Citi. “The Citi Mobile Challenge U.S. is a virtual competition hosted by Citi that is designed to accelerate digital banking innovation by bringing together the most talented and creative developers and designers in the world to create cutting-edge applications for Citi’s Digital Banking Platforms” This… Continue reading