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Data Science Developer at Institute of Data Science @ Maastricht University

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Work with other developers and data scientists to code proof-of-concept projects on large scale data sets. Develop data processing and system integration applications. Construct web based user interfaces and visualizations. Quickly ingest new technologies to consider applicability to current or future needs. Utilize statistics and predictive analytics to create innovative solutions to business problems.


Machine learning gives astronomers a hand

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Huge optical observatories and giant mushroom-like radio antennas now do the job. And to spot new events such as supernovas or pulsars, scientists use automated surveys to scan the sky day in and day out. But here comes the problem. While such surveys find plenty of'candidates', it then takes astronomers a lot of time to sift through the data and filter out events that don't look promising. Given the huge volume of data available today, it has become impossible to do manually - and that's where machine learning comes in, as an efficient method to analyse large data sets obtained by modern telescopes.


Embarrassing date goes viral

FOX News

She saw the window of opportunity and took it! A British man launched a GoFundMe campaign Tuesday asking viewers to help buy him a new window after his Tinder date got stuck in his old window while trying to retrieve her feces she discarded and had to be rescued by emergency officials. Liam Smyth, a student at the University of Bristol, wrote on the page that he had recently went on a first date with a fellow college student. He and his date had a lovely evening and went back to his residence for a "bottle of wine and a Scientology documentary." Smyth said his date went to the bathroom at one point but came out "with a panicked look in her eye."


Day cares turn to robots as high-tech solution to alleviate staffing shortages

The Japan Times

In a bid to help fix the nation's child care crunch, a Tokyo-based start-up is testing a new service combining robots and sensors to monitor kids at nurseries. Global Bridge Holdings, a child care and nursing care venture, is working with academics from Gunma University to develop a system aimed at alleviating the burden of nursery school teachers, many of whom are overworked amid a nationwide staffing shortage. The project features a specially designed bear-shaped robot called Vevo that can greet and identify children and record their body temperatures using a thermograph. During naps, sensors embedded in cots can monitor heart rates and body movements of children to make sure they are breathing. An alarm system will notify teachers if any abnormalities are detected.


The Top 3 Data Visualisation Courses at Udemy

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Big Data is the future, and it's right here, right now! There's no doubt about it that Big Data is a powerful discovery tool, but all too often when you analyse a lot of data, you end up with a lot of results - too many, in fact, to be able to hold them all in your head simultaneously. So I'll amend my earlier statement: Data Visualisation is the future, and it's right here, right now! Apparently, visuals are processed 60,000 times faster in the brain than text, and are more easily committed to long-term memory. Visuals also make it easier to tell stories with data. Hey - I think I've heard that before somewhere...(see website footer for a clue!). Most of all though - visuals can help to simplify complex information.


Machine Learning: 7 Use Cases for Education & Learning

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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cyberspace or Neural Networks were already in public interest more than 20 years ago. During my university studies that time however I lost interest pretty fast, as the real application was not mature. Artificial Intelligence and its subdomain Machine Learning (ML) get better every day. Because computing power has become very powerful (image the supercomputing opportunities of Google or SAP HANA), we have much more data available via smartphones, sensors or internet based collaboration, and new developments have happened in Machine Learning like Deep Learning. For example patterns can be detected via initial training and after training we get a model to predict the patterns.


Opinion How to Regulate Artificial Intelligence

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The technology entrepreneur Elon Musk recently urged the nation's governors to regulate artificial intelligence "before it's too late." Mr. Musk insists that artificial intelligence represents an "existential threat to humanity," an alarmist view that confuses A.I. science with science fiction. Nevertheless, even A.I. researchers like me recognize that there are valid concerns about its impact on weapons, jobs and privacy. It's natural to ask whether we should develop A.I. at all. I believe the answer is yes.


How to Train a Final Machine Learning Model

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In this post, you discovered how to train a final machine learning model for operational use. The machine learning model that we use to make predictions on new data is called the final model. There can be confusion in applied machine learning about how to train a final model. This post will clear up the confusion.


Reservoir of Diverse Adaptive Learners and Stacking Fast Hoeffding Drift Detection Methods for Evolving Data Streams

arXiv.org Machine Learning

The last decade has seen a surge of interest in adaptive learning algorithms for data stream classification, with applications ranging from predicting ozone level peaks, learning stock market indicators, to detecting computer security violations. In addition, a number of methods have been developed to detect concept drifts in these streams. Consider a scenario where we have a number of classifiers with diverse learning styles and different drift detectors. Intuitively, the current 'best' (classifier, detector) pair is application dependent and may change as a result of the stream evolution. Our research builds on this observation. We introduce the $\mbox{Tornado}$ framework that implements a reservoir of diverse classifiers, together with a variety of drift detection algorithms. In our framework, all (classifier, detector) pairs proceed, in parallel, to construct models against the evolving data streams. At any point in time, we select the pair which currently yields the best performance. We further incorporate two novel stacking-based drift detection methods, namely the $\mbox{FHDDMS}$ and $\mbox{FHDDMS}_{add}$ approaches. The experimental evaluation confirms that the current 'best' (classifier, detector) pair is not only heavily dependent on the characteristics of the stream, but also that this selection evolves as the stream flows. Further, our $\mbox{FHDDMS}$ variants detect concept drifts accurately in a timely fashion while outperforming the state-of-the-art.