PinnedChris HughesinTowards Data ScienceIntroducing PyTorch-accelerated15 min read·Nov 29, 2021--2--2
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceDe-Coded: Understanding Context Windows for Transformer ModelsEverything you need to know about how context windows affect Transformer training and usage9 min read·Jan 27, 2024----
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceDe-coded: Transformers explained in plain EnglishNo code, maths, or mention of Keys, Queries and Values15 min read·Oct 9, 2023--8--8
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceA Pythonista’s Intro to Semantic KernelIn this blog post, I shall demonstrate how to get started with the Semantic Kernel using Python.30 min read·Sep 2, 2023--1--1
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceYOLOv7: A deep dive into the current state-of-the-art for object detectionEverything you need to know to use YOLOv7 in custom training scripts53 min read·Nov 25, 2022--8--8
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceDemystifying PyTorch’s WeightedRandomSampler by exampleA straightforward approach to dealing with imbalanced datasets13 min read·Aug 30, 2022--5--5
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceSlicing images into overlapping patches at runtimeAn efficient approach to slicing high-resolution images for computer vision tasks12 min read·Jun 20, 2022--1--1
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceTransfer Learning on Greyscale Images: How to Fine-Tune Pretrained Models on Black-and-White…Everything you need to know to understand why the number of channels matters and how to work around this19 min read·Feb 24, 2022--3--3
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceGetting Started with PyTorch Image Models (timm): a practitioner’s guideThe purpose of this guide is to explore PyTorch Image Models (timm) from a practitioner’s point of view, for use in custom scripts.40 min read·Feb 1, 2022--10--10
Chris HughesinTowards Data ScienceHow I started writing Data Science blog posts: overcoming fear and procrastinationif you are a busy Data Scientist who has been meaning to start writing blog posts for a while, this might help you getting started.10 min read·Jan 23, 2022--9--9