My process of creating poetry often (sometimes with unwarranted weight) relies on finding the perfect rhyme scheme. On multiple occasions, so much so that I find myself try to fit acceptable (but not completely perfect words) at the end of the lines. This poem is my attempt to depart from…

There comes a time, often in regular intervals, which makes you sit back and take stock of what has transpired in your life and the lives of those around you. If you’re lucky, you reflect on all the highs. Otherwise, you just count your blessings you came out the other…

Last post, we talked about Support Vector Machines as a classification algorithm. We also threw around phrases like “generalizing the classifier as much as possible” Today, we shall delve into what we mean by generalizing, why should we generalize and some surrounding concepts critical to a better understanding of machine…

Last post, we discussed a type of classification algorithm, Decision Trees. There is another machine learning algorithm which can be used for classification, Support Vector Machines (SVM). Support Vector Machine? What kinda machine is that? Let’s break it down. (If you thought of some lame jest about machine and it breaking down, you’re like me lol) Just like…

Decision Tree Learning is a classic algorithm used in machine learning for classification and regression purposes Regression is the process of predicting a continuous value as opposed to predicting a discrete class label in classification The basic intuition behind a decision tree is to map out all possible decision paths…

Ever applied for a credit card and been approved in seconds? Ever read about fraud detection in banks? Ever wondered how your email filters spam? Ever curious about how cameras detect faces? It’s all classification Classification is the process of categorizing or “classifying” some items into a predefined set of…

Machine Learning is the art (and science) of enabling machines to learn things which are not explicitly programmed. It involves as much mathematics as much it involves computer science. Most often, people (also read as “sometimes me too”) are put off by the sheer amount of mathematical equations and concepts…

I will be the hundredth person today to tell you that data is important and we have data in abundance, if I chose to tell you so. It is common knowledge now that data is key to decision-making and you have an edge if you have better data than your…

Building A Search Engine June 7, 2016 Search engines are part and parcel of the Internet. Contrary to the popular opinion, building a basic one is fairly easy. Not convinced? Join me as I build a search engine for cities in the world using Python! Some things to make note…