I had an interesting discussion today with a few PhD students from my group. I was reminiscing about how the world of analytics looked before…
Why you should do all your Machine Learning/Deep Learning in Pascal
I know what you’re thinking, “not ANOTHER post telling me which programming language to use!“ Don’t worry, I plan to discuss the opposite actually i.e.…
Link Prediction in Networks
Here is a lecture that I recently presented on the topic of Link Prediction in Networks as part of a Network Science course
How to Detect, Deter and Disrupt Crime & Fraud using Confidential Computing
Blame it on misguided youth, blame it on greed, or blame it on just plain ignorance, but I have a confession to make: I spent…
The Red Pill or the Blue Pill? Machine Learning vs Statistical Modelling
Over the years I’ve helped a number of organisations, both large and small – public and private, build up their Data Science capabilities, and derive…
Matrix Calculus: The Mathematics of ‘Learning’
Over the years, I’ve worked with talented Data Scientist’s who’s backgrounds weren’t in typical quantitative disciplines, such as mathematics or statistics. I’ve had the privilege of…
Machine Learning: Paint it Black
As both a mathematician and Data Scientist, I can understand the power of Deep Learning, and Machine Learning more broadly, and the breadth and scale…