Sep 21, 2021Gaussian Process Regression using GPyTorchBuilding a scalable and flexible GP model using GPyTorch — Gaussian Process, or GP for short, is an underappreciated yet powerful algorithm for machine learning tasks. It is a non-parametric, Bayesian approach to machine learning that can be applied to supervised learning problems like regression and classification. …Gaussian Process5 min readGaussian Process5 min read
Feb 24, 2021Analyzing My Own LinkedIn DataHow I visualize my LinkedIn network to gain insights — Motivation As an active user on LinkedIn with more than 1000 connections, I was curious about the statistics of my network. In particular, I was wondering about these questions: What are the segments of people in my network? Do most of the people in my network work in data science related…LinkedIn4 min readLinkedIn4 min read
Aug 30, 2020Why is AI So Smart and Yet So Dumb?What Moravec’s Paradox told us about AI — Have you ever wondered why AI has such an easy time doing stuff that we find very hard? But having a hard time doing stuff that we find very easy? In the 1980s, an AI researcher named Hans Moravec wondered the exact same thing. As Moravec put it: “It is…Artificial Intelligence5 min readArtificial Intelligence5 min read
Aug 27, 20206 Magic Commands That Every Data Wizard Should KnowMake your Jupyter Notebook more ‘magical’ with these magic commands — Jupyter Notebook is a web-based, interactive computational environment that is used extensively by the machine learning and data science community. It is a very convenient tool to create and share documents, from codes to full-blown reports, making it one of the most popular tools among data scientists. One feature that…Data Science5 min readData Science5 min read
Jul 31, 2020I Taught My Computer to Classify Chinese Calligraphy StylesBuilding a Chinese calligraphy classifier using fast.ai — Motivation As an international student studying in China, I’ve always been fascinated by the diversity of Chinese culture and history. Calligraphy (書) is considered as one of the four ancient Chinese arts, along with stringed musical instruments (琴), the board game “Go” (棋), and painting (畫). …Deep Learning6 min readDeep Learning6 min read
Jul 29, 2020If Harry Potter Was Written by an AII trained an LSTM model to write like J.K. Rowling — It has been exactly 13 years and 9 days since the seventh and final Harry Potter book came out. To read up on the boy wizard’s latest adventures, you’ll have to rely on the imagination of an Artificial Intelligence (AI). I trained an LSTM Recurrent Neural Network on the first…Deep Learning4 min readDeep Learning4 min read
Jul 23, 20205 Reasons Why Data Science Is Like CookingAnalogies of data science to cooking — Data science is a lot like cooking. Although raw ingredients may be fascinating at first, the fun doesn’t start until you’re actually able to start slicing, dicing, and eventually serving up something delicious to devour. Most of the time, you’ll end up with a dish, but in the data science…Data Science4 min readData Science4 min read
Jul 22, 20207 Habits of an Effective Data ScientistKickstart your data science journey with these habits — “What you do every day = who you are” As an aspiring data scientist, I realized the importance of the habits that we do every day, both consciously and unconsciously. During that period of realization, I found one of the best self-mastery books- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People…Data Science5 min readData Science5 min read
