Guide for programmers with Optuna experience — Introduction Hyperparameters are among the most important aspects of any given model in Data Science and Machine Learning applications. The right combination of hyperparameters is essential when one desires to come up with a great model. A pertinent problem that plagues engineers and coders is the fact that it is difficult…

And proposals to overcome this — Deep learning and tabular data infamously have a difficult relationship with each other. Research has, over the years, led to tremendous spikes in performance for deep learning in various different domains and this has led many to logically assume that the same gains could be replicated in tabular data. So…

Nature-inspired algorithms can go a long way to improve ML/DS — In Janine Benyus’s book Biomimicry, she describes biomimicry as “the conscious emulation of life’s genius. Innovation inspired by nature.” The book goes to great lengths to highlight a prominent fact that is so prevalent in our daily lives that we probably do not notice. We live in an environment that…

Good remunerations for your Data Science/AI articles — Does it often feel like the tech world never talks about the data science/AI part of things? It is all too common for practitioners and enthusiasts in the world of data science and AI to feel left behind because of the sheer amount of content tailored for web developers and…

A one-of-a-kind law with a noble reason behind it — Massage services are in demand in many parts of the world for they are relaxing, therapeutic, and in some instances, even medically necessary. In South Korea, there is an interesting catch to having massages legally and an even more interesting reason as to why this happens. One can only be…

New language, new possibilities — Google has recently been touting its new language as the successor of C++. It has gone as far as making great strides to ensure that the language can easily be integrated with C++ on top of other features. Sadly, according to the interactions I have had with those maintaining its…

And printing “Hello World” — A few days ago, Google announced the release of a new programming language developed to be a “successor language” to C and C++. One of the main reasons highlighted is the presence of technical debt during the development of C and C++ applications. As the programming language is new and…

A simple look at what it has done to a number of places — Recent events such as Elon Musk’s scandal have caused a persistent debate on the population to arise once again. He shrugged off having twins with an employee at one of his companies by jokingly saying: There are serious concerns about what population stagnation or depopulation could…

The tragic tale of Genie Wiley — Children are human offspring usually in need of great care to develop properly. Delicate care often needs to go into the development of children just to avoid the problems that may trail them later in life. …