PinnedMatt BiggsinTowards Data ScienceThe What, Why and How of Generative Flow NetworksA guide to building your first GFlowNet in TensorFlow 2May 17, 20222May 17, 20222
Matt BiggsA Tale of Two DentistsSmiles are more about kindness than fluoride.Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Matt BiggsBootstrapping in Industrial R&D (and in Life)Making progress with imperfect estimatesSep 12, 2023Sep 12, 2023
Matt BiggsAlgae, motherhood and teaThe life work of B. Muriel Bristol, AlgologistAug 17, 2023Aug 17, 2023
Matt BiggsRipples from Lowe’s GroveI usually work from home, and on a rare day that harkened back to pre-pandemic times, I was leaving my bubble to meet a colleague at a…Jun 28, 2023Jun 28, 2023
Matt BiggsIn a crowded world, there’s room for youThis is a little thought to start your day. It occurred to me while reading about the life of actress Angela Lansbury, who passed away a…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022
Matt BiggsinTowards Data ScienceAn intuitive comparison of MCMC and Variational InferenceTwo nifty ways to estimate unobserved variablesDec 8, 2022Dec 8, 2022
Matt BiggsTreating life like a multi-armed bandit problem: addendumLast week I wrote about how life can be approached like a multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem. An epsilon-greedy approach to decision making…Dec 5, 2022Dec 5, 2022