Published in Towards Data Science·Oct 20, 2019The Best Free Note-taking Software for Students and Educators! — VideoThe Problem I often think back to how bad I was at studying when completing my undergraduate course; taking hand written notes from lectures without taking in any of what the lecturer was saying and re-writing this over and over in the hopes that some of it would…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Oct 17, 2019Member-onlyReinforcement Learning from Scratch without Complex Virtual Environment PackagesThis project was created as a means to learn Reinforcement Learning (RL) independently in a Python notebook. Applying RL without the need of a complex, virtual environment to interact with. By fully defining the probabilistic environment, we are able to simplify the learning process and clearly demonstrate the effect changing…Machine Learning16 min readMachine Learning16 min read
Published in We’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·Apr 16, 2019How I planned my meals with Reinforcement Learning on a budgetFollowing my recent article on applying Reinforcement Learning to real life problems, I decided to demonstrate this with a small example. The aim is to create an algorithm that can find a suitable choice of food products to fit within a budget and meet my personal preferences. I have also…Machine Learning16 min readMachine Learning16 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Apr 4, 2019Member-onlyWas it Worth Studying a Data Science Masters?Since completing my Masters in Data Science, I have had a number of people contact me asking for my experience with the course and whether it is worth recommending. …Data Science7 min readData Science7 min read
Published in We’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·Mar 12, 2019How to apply Reinforcement Learning to real life planning problemsRecently, I have published some examples where I have created Reinforcement Learning models for some real life problems. For example, using Reinforcement Learning for Meal Planning based on a Set Budget and Personal Preferences. Reinforcement Learning can be used in this way for a variety of planning problems including travel…Machine Learning15 min readMachine Learning15 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Feb 19, 2019Member-onlyReinforcement Learning from Scratch: Applying Model-free Methods and Evaluating Parameters in DetailThis project was created as a means to learn Reinforcement Learning (RL) independently in a Python notebook. Applying RL without the need of a complex, virtual environment to interact with. By fully defining the probabilistic environment, we are able to simplify the learning process and clearly demonstrate the effect changing…Machine Learning16 min readMachine Learning16 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Feb 13, 2019The Best Note Taking/Task Manager App for Data Science Research ProjectsNotion at first appears like any other note taking app but it quickly becomes apparent that some of the features included make it stand out. It is the first app I have found that combines notes, task management and project planning in an amazingly well connected manner. Best of all…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Feb 2, 2019Making Programming Easier with Keyboard Macros — VideoA recent video from Linus Tech Tips introduced how one of their editors uses macros for video editing. This got me thinking; can macros be easily created to improve my programming? This video demonstrates how creating code macros can be achieved and how useful it can be: Background As mentioned…Data Science2 min readData Science2 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Jan 26, 2019Member-onlyLearning NLP Language Models with Real DataLanguage Models (LMs) estimate the relative likelihood of different phrases and are useful in many different Natural Language Processing applications (NLP). For example, they have been used in Twitter Bots for ‘robot’ accounts to form their own sentences. In this post, we will first formally define LMs and then demonstrate…Machine Learning11 min readMachine Learning11 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Jan 24, 2019Member-only3 Tips to Improving Your Data Science WorkflowThese simple tips, devised from my own learning experiences, should help you improve your data science work, project management and the output when sharing with others. 1. Notebooks and Markdown Notebooks for writing code have become more and more popular in recent years though many still prefer to code in more traditional IDE environments…Data Science4 min readData Science4 min read
