Multilingual language modeling in the Natural Language space — We humans use words, sounds, gestures and symbols to convey complex concepts and abstracts to each other in different forms such as speech, writing and signs. With the advent of computers and in order to take advantage of these powerful machines, we had to come up with ways for computers…

Most common hyperparameter optimization methodologies to boost machine learning outcomes — Usually the first solution that comes to mind when trying to improve a machine learning model is to just add more training data. Additional data usually helps (barring certain situations) but generating high-quality data can be quite expensive. Hyperparameter optimization can save us time and resources by getting the best…

An easy-to-follow tutorial for Vim text editor — Vim is a powerful and highly customizable text editor that has been around since 1991. It is known for its modal editing interface — meaning it allows users to switch between different modes for editing, navigating, and selecting text. Vim is widely used by programmers and other power users who…

A CLI intro to increase productivity in interacting with computers — Do you recall that movie scene where a hacker suddenly pulls up a dark screen on their laptop, typing away ferociously for a few seconds and some important event happens? In those scenes (and if they were actually happening), the hackers are interacting directly with the computer through textual inputs…

Leveraging AutoML to increase productivity — We use Machine Learning (ML) on a daily basis to find solutions to problems and make predictions, which usually involves getting to know the data through exploratory analysis, followed by data cleaning, deciding based on our best judgement on what ML models to use to solve that problem, followed by…

Comparison of various correlation methodologies — We are very familiar with the phrase “correlation does not imply causation” but let’s go through a real example to understand what implications confusing correlation with causation can have. In February 1998, a paper was published claiming a causal association between certain vaccines and autism in children. This paper was…

Python: Language of Choice for Data Scientists — What are the top programming languages used by Data Scientists and Machine Learning practitioners? Kaggle performs an annual Machine Learning & Data Science survey (Paul Mooney, 2022)(CC BY 4.0), with some interesting questions, one of which is: “What programming languages do you use on a regular basis?” I summarized the…

Sampling: Methodologies, Implementation and Comparison — Sampling is widely adopted in various businesses to audit and measure change — I know that sounds simple but it is more complicated than it seems. I see a lot of focus on Machine Learning in today’s Data Science work but without a well-designed and representative sample, all that effort…

Multivariate analysis and visualization in Python — It has become common practice these days for companies and businesses to collect as much information as reasonably possible, even if the use cases of such data are unknown at the time of collection — the hope is to understand and use the data at some point in the future…