Sashank TirumalainDataDrivenInvestorReinforcement Learning as Heuristic Search AnalogyAs stated in CMU seven major learning principles, connecting ideas with prior knowledge, and having an extensive organized database of…Feb 10, 2019Feb 10, 2019
Sashank TirumalaSickness CyclesSometimes you write to get the kick out of other’s reading it, other times you write just to write. This is definitely the latter and is…Feb 3, 2019Feb 3, 2019
Sashank TirumalaHackathons and Code RewritingRecently I participated in a Hackathon where I was tasked to simulate the data observed from a LIDAR sensor in an autonomous car…Jan 27, 20191Jan 27, 20191
Sashank TirumalaUnderstanding Median Elimination : (Basic MAB, RL)In the previous post we tackled the problem of multi armed bandits. My approach in all these posts is to use analogies to aid in…Jan 17, 20191Jan 17, 20191
Sashank TirumalaBasic Analogies for Reinforcement Learning and Multi — Armed BanditsI really like Scott Young’s take on learning. He says that the key to learning fast is by making connections and analogies. He has since…Jan 12, 20191Jan 12, 20191
Sashank TirumalaHow Memory works, and How to Ace Med/Chem-School Courses?Recently I came across the course Human Anatomy. Being from a purely engineering background, digesting so much material in so little time…Dec 3, 2018Dec 3, 2018
Sashank TirumalainPredictMy take on the Future of RoboticsFuture of Robotics: An exciting place to be inAug 13, 20181Aug 13, 20181
Sashank TirumalaA not particularly good solution to adding a GUI to ROSOnce upon a time, I was asked to build a graphical user interface for the engineers working on a robot. They wanted something that could:Aug 11, 2018Aug 11, 2018
Sashank TirumalaBook Review : 1984 (Classic Dystopian)Do yourself a favor, go buy the book now and read nothing about it on the internet. I tell this because this book has been spoiled a lot on…Jul 28, 2018Jul 28, 2018
Sashank TirumalaBook Review: Last Argument of Kings (First Law Series Book 3)Just like when you lost all your money after investing in crypto-currency DogeCoin, your reaction after reading this was probably “I didn’t…Jul 28, 2018Jul 28, 2018
