July 2021 – Andrew Fairless, Ph.D.

What I Read: CNN Heat Maps, Class Activation Mapping

By Andrew Fairless on July 30, 2021July 12, 2021

https://glassboxmedicine.com/2019/06/11/cnn-heat-maps-class-activation-mapping-cam/ CNN Heat Maps: Class Activation Mapping (CAM)Date: June 11, 2019Author: Rachel Draelos “Class Activation Mapping (CAM) is one technique for producing heat maps to highlight class-specific regions of images.”

What I Read: Representation quality, complexity

By Andrew Fairless on July 29, 2021July 12, 2021

https://willwhitney.com/representation-quality-and-the-complexity-of-learning.html Will WhitneyRepresentation quality and the complexity of learning “In the last few years, there’s been an explosion of work on learning good representations of data…. However, defining precisely whatContinue readingWhat I Read: Representation quality, complexity

What I Read: Parallelizing neural networks, GPU, JAX

By Andrew Fairless on July 28, 2021July 12, 2021

https://willwhitney.com/parallel-training-jax.html Will WhitneyParallelizing neural networks on one GPU with JAX How you can get a 100x speedup for training small neural networks by making the most of your accelerator.“Most neuralContinue readingWhat I Read: Parallelizing neural networks, GPU, JAX

What I Read: Better computer vision models, Transformers, CNNs

By Andrew Fairless on July 27, 2021July 12, 2021

https://ai.facebook.com/blog/computer-vision-combining-transformers-and-convolutional-neural-networks/ Better computer vision models by combining Transformers and convolutional neural networksJuly 8, 2021 “We’ve developed a new computer vision model… which combines… convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and Transformer-based models…Continue readingWhat I Read: Better computer vision models, Transformers, CNNs

What I Read: Model Free

By Andrew Fairless on July 26, 2021July 12, 2021

http://www.argmin.net/2018/04/19/pid/ The Best Things in Life Are Model FreeBen RechtApr 19, 2018 “The odd thing about statistics and ML research these days is that everyone knows about gradient descent, butContinue readingWhat I Read: Model Free

What I Read: Causal Inference, Elasticity Pricing

By Andrew Fairless on July 23, 2021July 12, 2021

https://towardsdatascience.com/causal-inference-example-elasticity-de4a3e2e621b?gi=cb88b072c5b9 Causal Inference in the Wild: Elasticity PricingHow can machine learning to improve causal inference in industry? I describe a real example with code for retail pricing.Lars RoemheldJuly 8, 2021Continue readingWhat I Read: Causal Inference, Elasticity Pricing

What I Read: Languages, number of terms for colors

By Andrew Fairless on July 22, 2021July 12, 2021

https://theconversation.com/languages-dont-all-have-the-same-number-of-terms-for-colors-scientists-have-a-new-theory-why-84117 Languages don’t all have the same number of terms for colors – scientists have a new theory whySeptember 18, 2017 “People with standard vision can see millions of distinctContinue readingWhat I Read: Languages, number of terms for colors

What I Read: Double Machine Learning for causal inference

By Andrew Fairless on July 21, 2021July 2, 2021

https://towardsdatascience.com/double-machine-learning-for-causal-inference-78e0c6111f9d Double Machine Learning for causal inferenceHow Double Machine Learning for causal inference works, from the theoretical foundations to an example of application.Borja VelascoJun 25 “This post tries to explain,Continue readingWhat I Read: Double Machine Learning for causal inference

What I Read: Semantic Search

By Andrew Fairless on July 20, 2021July 2, 2021

https://www.pinecone.io/learn/semantic-search/ Semantic Search: Measuring Meaning From Jaccard to BertJames BriggsData Scientist “Similarity search is a complex topic and there are countless techniques for building effective search engines. In this article,Continue readingWhat I Read: Semantic Search

What I Read: Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks

By Andrew Fairless on July 19, 2021July 2, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/same-or-different-ai-cant-tell-20210623/ Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks.John PavlusContributing WriterJune 23, 2021 “One of the most powerful classes of artificial intelligence systems, known as convolutional neural networks or CNNs…Continue readingWhat I Read: Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks

Month: July 2021