Paradox Regarding Random (Normal) Numbers
I am investigating if some numbers like Pi or SQRT(2) are normal in base 2 or 10, that is, whether any sequence of digits appear… Read More »Paradox Regarding Random (Normal) Numbers
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Optimization techniques: Finding maxima and minima
In the last post, we talked about how to estimate the coefficients or weights of linear regression. We estimated weights which give the minimum error.… Read More »Optimization techniques: Finding maxima and minima
Deep Learning & Art: Neural Style Transfer – An Implementation with Tensorflow in Python
This problem appeared as an assignment in the online coursera course Convolution Neural Networks by Prof Andrew Ng, (deeplearing.ai). The description of the problem is taken straightway from… Read More »Deep Learning & Art: Neural Style Transfer – An Implementation with Tensorflow in Python
The “Big Think” on Statistical Inference
Remember the ASA statement on p-values from last year? The profession is getting together today and tomorrow (Oct. 11/12, 2017) for a “big think” on the problem.… Read More »The “Big Think” on Statistical Inference
Digital Twins, Machine Learning & AI
Summary: Digital Twins is a concept based in IoT but requiring the skills of machine learning and potentially AI. It’s not completely new but it… Read More »Digital Twins, Machine Learning & AI
What Kind of OLAP Do We Really Need?
The narrow-sensed OLAP OLAP is part and parcel of a BI application. As the name suggests, the word is an acronym for online analytical processing.… Read More »What Kind of OLAP Do We Really Need?
Open Source Deep Learning Frameworks and Visual Analytics
This was originally posted here Deep Learning gets more and more traction. It basically focuses on one section of Machine Learning: Artificial Neural Networks. This… Read More »Open Source Deep Learning Frameworks and Visual Analytics
Jobs, Education, and R
I came across a jaw-dropping article from the Brookings think tank two weeks ago. The column noted that “household employment data reported by the Bureau of Labor… Read More »Jobs, Education, and R
Four Interesting Math Problems
The level in this article is for college students familiar with calculus, This material will be also of interest to college professors looking for new… Read More »Four Interesting Math Problems
Sophisticated data strategies call for better analytical features and language diversity
As we move into 2018, Analytical Data Infrastructure (ADI) is becoming a significant topic in business intelligence and analytics. Where Big Data was once an… Read More »Sophisticated data strategies call for better analytical features and language diversity