Deep Learned Shred Solo
vishwanath Music generation with Recurrent Neural Nets has been of great interest to me with projects like Magenta displaying amazing feats of ML-driven creativity. AI is increasingly being used to augment…
TFDV for Data validation
Working with my teams trying to build out a robust feature store these days, it’s becoming even more imperative to ensure feature Engineering data quality. The models that gain efficiency…
Autoencoders for Data Anomalies
With more and more emphasis on data anomaly detection and the proliferation of build/buy options, I’ve been exploring auto encoders for a few projects. In a nutshell, Autoencoders are a…
Laplace and the law of small data
One of my recent favorite reads is The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian/Tom Griffiths. In the age of “big” data, encountering uncertainty and little data is also…
ToneWood amp review
I rarely break out my fleet of electric guitars anymore so my usual go-to is my trusty old Cordoba Iberia that’s usually within reach . Having instruments lying around the…
Spark AI Summit 2020 Notes
Spark AI Summit just concluded this week and as always, plenty of great announcements. (Note: I was one of the speakers at the event but this post is more about…
Let it read – A character-based RNN generating Beatles lyrics
The Bob Spitz biography stares at me all day as I spend most of my waking hours at my home office desk taunting me to finish it one of these…
Alesis V49
Finally bit the bullet and added the Alesis v49 to my motley collection of instruments. 49 keys is enough for a novice like me. I’ve been near midi keyboards a…
Leader Election
Citizens in a democratic society usually vote to elect their leaders based on a pool of candidates. Distributed systems can choose a master node as well. Moreso , they can…
Seven years
Seven years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer The author along with his friend, the resourceful Peter Aufschnaiter, takes you on a journey of 1000s of miles over hostile territories at…