PinnedAlexander YevchenkoinGeek CultureUsing Quantum Computers to Price OptionsWhile still in its infancy, quantum computing is already showing promising speedups to classically expensive computational problems. And…Jun 20, 20221Jun 20, 20221
Alexander YevchenkoThe Global Food Crisis: Addressing Corn Disease with Computer VisionIf we’re going to feed the 10 billion people roaming the Earth by the 2080’s, we need better ways of growing food efficiently.Dec 17, 2022Dec 17, 2022
Alexander YevchenkoBuilding a Virtual RulerLength seems like an elementary concept — pull out a ruler or tape measure and find whatever you’re looking for. Something a 3-year-old…Nov 24, 2022Nov 24, 2022
Alexander YevchenkoUnderstanding ResNetIn 2015, machine learning researchers were facing a problem. As they added more layers to their models, they were realizing that their…Nov 13, 2022Nov 13, 2022
Alexander YevchenkoArrogance, Obviousness, and People: Lessons from WebSummit 2022People — including my former self — have the wrong impression of what a conference actually is. It’s easy to focus on the ‘sexy’ side —…Nov 11, 20221Nov 11, 20221
Alexander YevchenkoFeeding the World: AI’s Role in the Food EconomyWhen you think of the things a human needs to survive, food is one of the first answers that pops into your head. Despite being such a…Oct 14, 2022Oct 14, 2022
Alexander YevchenkoOn HappinessThe word happiness is thrown around a lot, perhaps too much so. The key here being that a lot of our definitions don’t match up. The…Sep 2, 2022Sep 2, 2022
Alexander YevchenkoinGeek CultureForget Wires: Why We Need a New Way to Transfer ElectricitySince the advent of electricity, it has been transmitted through electrical wire, powering the world. Since the time of the emergence of…May 5, 20225May 5, 20225
Alexander Yevchenkoinstudents x studentsWhat I Learned in a Month Working Alongside IKEA, and How You Can Use ItTired but happy. This was the general sentiment among my team and I as we submitted our final deck to IKEA. A month of work went into…Mar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022
Alexander Yevchenkoinstudents x studentsImage Classification Using Quanvolutional Neural Networks (QNN)Machine Learning is taking over the world around us. In fact, most of your daily tasks are directly impacted by machine learning…Feb 15, 20222Feb 15, 20222
