Mike LiaoBuilding a Statically Typed Python (Part 1: Lexing and Parsing)For the class I’m taking on programming languages/compilers, we’re building a statically typed version of python called Chocopy. To…5 min read·Oct 13, 2018--1--1
Mike LiaoinTowards Data ScienceBenchmarking Hardware for CNN Inference in 2018CNN inference and edge computing is coming — just about every mobile platform(Apple, Samsung, Huawei) is about to get dedicated hardware to…8 min read·Aug 27, 2018--3--3
Mike LiaoDenso Robot Pick/Place with 3D PerceptionFor my second part of my internship, I worked on creating a Pick and Place demo for Flex(a manufacturer) using Aquifi’s Nautilus camera for…6 min read·Aug 26, 2018--1--1
Mike LiaoNvidia Conference: Future of Logistics with Reinforcement Learning by Instadeep notesI went to the Nvidia GPU conference and there was a talk about solving logistics with AI that might be interesting/relevant. It’s still…2 min read·Apr 2, 2018----
Mike LiaoNumpy VectorizationLast month, I was implementing a K-Nearest Neighbor, and when I tried to test my “for-loop” implementation on a large test set, it was…5 min read·Mar 30, 2018----
Mike LiaoHow does Bagging Work? (An alternative theory)Random Forest is a machine learning model that combines bootstrap aggregation and random feature splits for decision trees. Bootstrap…5 min read·Mar 15, 2018--1--1
Mike LiaoApplied ML on Structured Data: Deep Learning vs Tree Methods (Part 1)This is a technique used at Instacart, Stichfix, and Pinterest.4 min read·Mar 4, 2018--1--1
Mike LiaoinTowards Data ScienceDetecting Objects in (almost) Real-time: FasterRCNN Explained with CodeFasterRCNN is a network that does object detection. As explained by its name, its faster than its descendants RCNN and FastRCNN. How fast…8 min read·Mar 1, 2018--11--11
Mike LiaoDeep Layer Aggregation — Combining Layers in NN ArchitecturesI’ll be working to explain Deep Layer Aggregation, a neural network architecture that explores how best to aggregate layers across a…3 min read·Feb 20, 2018--1--1
Mike LiaoWhy Gun Ownership is Necessary: Government TyrannyWhen I was in China, this winter break, a friend told me about the story of tens of thousands of families being kicked out of their homes…5 min read·Feb 18, 2018--1--1