NeurIPS 2019 Outstanding Paper Awards

NeurIPS 2019 is underway in Vancouver, and the committee has just recently announced this year's Outstanding Paper Awards. Find out what the selections were, along with some additional info on NeurIPS papers, here.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/neurips-2019-paper-awards.html

Interpretability: Cracking open the black box, Part 2

The second part in a series on leveraging techniques to take a look inside the black box of AI, this guide considers post-hoc interpretation that is useful when the model is not transparent.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/interpretability-black-box-part-2.html

AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning Technology Main Developments in 2019 and Key Trends for 2020

We asked leading experts - what are the most important developments of 2019 and 2020 key trends in AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Deep Learning? This blog focuses mainly on technology and deployment.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/predictions-ai-machine-learning-data-science-technology.html

Math for Programmers!

Math for Programmers teaches you the math you need to know for a career in programming, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/manning-math-programmers.html

Top KDnuggets tweets, Dec 04-10: AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning Research Main Developments in 2019 and Key Trends for 2020

AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning Research Main Developments and Key Trends; Down with technical debt! Clean #Python for #DataScientists; Calculate Similarity - the most relevant Metrics in a Nutshell.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/top-tweets-dec04-10.html

How to use a Machine Learning Model to Make Predictions on Streaming Data using PySpark

Overview Streaming data is a thriving concept in the machine learning space Learn how to use a machine learning model (such as logistic regression) ...
The post How to use a Machine Learning Model to Make Predictions on Streaming Data using PySpark appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2019/12/streaming-data-pyspark-machine-learning-model/

Deploying a pretrained GPT-2 model on AWS

This post attempts to summarize my recent detour into NLP, describing how I exposed a Huggingface pre-trained Language Model (LM) on an AWS-based web application.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/deploying-pretrained-gpt-2-model-aws.html

Python Dictionary and Dictionary Methods

Check out this introduction to creating, accessing, and updating dictionaries in Python.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/python-dictionary-methods.html

What just happened in the world of AI?

The speed at which AI made advancements and news during 2019 makes it imperative now to step back and place these events into order and perspective. It's important to separate the interest that any one advancement initially attracts, from its actual gravity and its consequential influence on the field. This review unfolds the parallel threads of these AI stories over this year and isolates their significance.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/review-what-happened-ai.html

Plotnine: Python Alternative to ggplot2

Python's plotting libraries such as matplotlib and seaborn does allow the user to create elegant graphics as well, but lack of a standardized syntax for implementing the grammar of graphics compared to the simple, readable and layering approach of ggplot2 in R makes it more difficult to implement in Python.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/python-alternative-ggplot2.html

KDD 2020 Call for Research, Applied Data Science Papers

ACM SIGKDD Invites Industry and Academic Experts to Submit Advancements in Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery and Machine Learning for 26th Annual Conference in San Diego.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/kdd-2020-call-research-applied-data-science.html

Build Pipelines with Pandas Using pdpipe

We show how to build intuitive and useful pipelines with Pandas DataFrame using a wonderful little library called pdpipe.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/build-pipelines-pandas-pdpipe.html

Dusting Under the Bed: Machine Learners’ Responsibility for the Future of Our Society

The Machine Learning community must shape the world so that AI is built and implemented with a focus on the entire outcome for our society, and not just optimized for accuracy and/or profit.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/machine-learners-responsibility-future-society.html

How To “Ultralearn” Data Science, Part 1

What is "ultralearning" and how can you follow the strategy to become an expert of data science? Start with this first part in a series that will guide you through this self-motivated methodology to help you efficiently master difficult skills.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/ultralearn-data-science-part1.html

KDnuggets Poll: How well do current AutoML solutions work?

Take part in our latest poll, asking readers their opinions on the effectiveness of current automated machine learning solutions.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/poll-current-automl-solutions-opinion.html

An Exhaustive Guide to Detecting and Fighting Neural Fake News using NLP

Overview Neural fake news (fake news generated by AI) can be a huge issue for our society This article discusses different Natural Language Processing ...
The post An Exhaustive Guide to Detecting and Fighting Neural Fake News using NLP appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2019/12/detect-fight-neural-fake-news-nlp/

Xavier Amatriain’s Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 2019 Year-end Roundup

It is an annual tradition for Xavier Amatriain to write a year-end retrospective of advances in AI/ML, and this year is no different. Gain an understanding of the important developments of the past year, as well as insights into what expect in 2020.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/xavier-amatriain-machine-learning-ai-year-end-roundup.html

Microsoft Introduces Icebreaker to Address the Famous Ice-Start Challenge in Machine Learning

The new technique allows the deployment of machine learning models that operate with minimum training data.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/microsoft-introduces-icebreaker-ice-start-challenge-machine-learning.html

Top Stories, Dec 9-15: Machine Learning & Data Science Research Main Developments, Key Trends; Build Pipelines with Pandas Using pdpipe

Also: Plotnine: Python Alternative to ggplot2; AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning Technology Main Developments in 2019 and Key Trends for 2020; Moving Predictive Maintenance from Theory to Practice; 10 Free Top Notch Machine Learning Courses; Math for Programmers!

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/top-news-week-1209-1215.html

The Ultimate Guide to Model Retraining

Once you have deployed your machine learning model into production, differences in real-world data will result in model drift. So, retraining and redeploying will likely be required. In other words, deployment should be treated as a continuous process. This guide defines model drift and how to identify it, and includes approaches to enable model training.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/ultimate-guide-model-retraining.html

Industry AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science Predictions for 2020

Predictions for 2020 from a dozen innovative companies in AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Data industry.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019/12/predictions-ai-machine-learning-data-science-industry.html