What is a dual formulation/problem?
From what I gather, this is something like solving a simpler formulation in order to obtain a lower bound on the actual problem?Though I don't understand how it then differs from just solving a relaxed...
View ArticleGood notes on the derivation of the Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model...
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View ArticleA layman's thoughts on furthering artificial intelligence (x-post from...
I was on a drive when it suddenly struck me to ponder AI and what it would really mean to implement "life" in a machine. I think the essence of life, or at least the part that will be important for AI,...
View ArticleWhat methods does YouTube use to provide automatic closed captions?
Neural net, SVM, unsupervised learning, etc? submitted by FishShapedFish [link][1 comment]
View ArticleWhy are Python & R so much more popular here than Weka/Java?
There seems to be a strong trend amongst this group towards Python or R for data mining, and far less discussion of Weka and Java.For example a recent post:...
View ArticleML masters other then US? [General advice on what to do to get into this field.]
Hi, I have been looking around at universities and professors shortlisting according to pros and cons that fits me etc. but main problem i face is the price of higher education being an international...
View ArticleWhat are some of your favorite survey papers?
I'm trying to get a birds eye view of some of the popular well-established problems in ML/NLP, and I find survey papers to be an effective starting point to learn about a problem, its facets and how...
View ArticleHidden Markov Model Example Using MFCC Spectrum
There have been numerous examples of the Hidden Markov Model pertaining to things such as the weather. But I was just wondering if there is a good tutorial or example on how HMM is applied to MFCC...
View ArticlePredicting Next Year’s Breakout Music Artists
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View ArticleA light weight library for 3 layer feed forward back propagation neural...
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View ArticleSuggestions for a math major honors thesis topic
Hello, I'm math major with fair amount of programming experience and I want get into ML/Data Science career. I'm doing a honors thesis next year and I'm looking for tentative topics, some of them are...
View ArticleIntroduction to Neural Networks with less intensity
In a project i've chosen recently there's a heavy use of neural networks is there any book thats less focused on math part and more focused on a general outline of the subject, so that i can get...
View ArticleCustom kernel functions for SVMs?
So, I've been doing some researching on SVMs and I have to admit the idea behind it is fascinating. The fact that you can get an answer to the similarity of two objects in some infinite dimensional...
View ArticleNeed for a domain text corporus
Hello there. I'm searching for a text corpus describing a particular domain (i.e. biomedical, bioinformatics, ecc) but I need it to be not that large, as we need to analyze it first and then run our...
View Article"Careful Regularization" in Deep Learning
I've read this phrase here a few times before. What does this specifically mean? Does it just mean it's fickle to do, and many choices to use? submitted by GibbsSamplePlatter [link][6 comments]
View ArticleProbabilistic Programming in Quantitative Finance
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View ArticleApplications of deep learning and NLP on endangered languages, advise needed
Newbie question. I just started my masters in computer science and I need to propose a research project for my thesis. One thing I'm interested about is using NLP techniques in endangered languages,...
View ArticleQuestion for all of those with a masters
So I am graduating from University this May with a BS in Computer Science and Programming with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence. My question is for those of you who graduated what did you...
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