Category: Data Science
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Billiards Meets Deep Learning (and Some Other Stuff)
In 2017, I had just gotten a Raspberry Pi and was looking for something fun to do with it. At the time, I was working in downtown Boston on the 20th floor in a tricked out office space, replete with cornhole and foosball and pool tables. The pool table caught my eye and the wheels…
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AI. Are we there yet?
TL; DR Modern AI doesn’t just retrieve text — it synthesizes, reinterprets, and recombines patterns from data. That looks a lot like how humans generate ideas: not from nowhere, but from rich, diverse networks of experience. I’m going to dip my toe in the AI pool for a moment. I’m not an AI specialist, but…
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Five Misconceptions About Data Science – Knowing What You Don’t Know
[ Originally published on DataScienceCentral.com in 2018 ]. Introduction Getting Your Head Around Data Science Data science has made its way into practically all facets of society – from retail and marketing, to travel and hospitality, to finance and insurance, to sports and entertainment, to defense, homeland security, cyber, and beyond. It is clear that…
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