Branch prediction
This is a pseudo-transcript for a talk on branch prediction given at Two Sigma on 8/22/2017 to kick off “localhost”, a talk series organized by RC....
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From GAN to WGAN
[Updated on 2018-09-30: thanks to Yoonju, we have this post translated in Korean!] [Updated on 2019-04-18: this post is also available on arXiv.] Generative adversarial network...
Read moreSattolo’s algorithm
I recently had a problem where part of the solution was to do a series of pointer accesses that would walk around a chunk of memory...
Read moreHow to Explain the Prediction of a Machine Learning Model?
The machine learning models have started penetrating into critical areas like health care, justice systems, and financial industry. Thus to figure out how the models make...
Read morePredict Stock Prices Using RNN: Part 2
In the Part 2 tutorial, I would like to continue the topic on stock price prediction and to endow the recurrent neural network that I have...
Read moreTerminal latency
There’s a great MSR demo from 2012 that shows the effect of latency on the experience of using a tablet. If you don’t want to watch...
Read morePredict Stock Prices Using RNN: Part 1
This is a tutorial for how to build a recurrent neural network using Tensorflow to predict stock market prices. The full working code is available in...
Read moreAn Overview of Deep Learning for Curious People
(The post was originated from my talk for WiMLDS x Fintech meetup hosted by Affirm.) I believe many of you have watched or heard of the...
Read moreThe widely cited studies on mouse vs. keyboard efficiency are completely bogus
Which is faster, keyboard or mouse? A large number of programmers believe that the keyboard is faster for all (programming-related) tasks. However, there are a few...
Read moreStartup options v. cash
I often talk to startups that claim that their compensation package has a higher expected value than the equivalent package at a place like Facebook, Google,...
Read moreWhy Momentum Really Works
We often think of optimization with momentum as a ball rolling down a hill. This isn’t wrong, but there is much more to the story.
Read moreResearch Debt
Science is a human activity. When we fail to distill and explain research, we accumulate a kind of debt…
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