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Google layoffs: Everything developers need to know

Google’s recent layoffs indicate where the industry is headed: AI, cloud infrastructure, and automation. For developers globally, these layoffs are more than just buzzwords: they’re a reality check for what it will take to get hired, and succeed, at Google. This blog will explore what's next for developers who are setting their sights on the company.
Zarish Khalid
Jan 15 · 2025
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Linear Regression vs. Logistic Regression

Understand the key differences between the linear regression and the logistic regression. Understand how the logistic regression model works and look at some of the applications of logistic regression in machine learning.
Khawaja Muhammad Fahd
Jan 10 · 2025
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Making sense of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs)

This blog explores Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), an innovative neural network architecture that resembles traditional fully-connected neural networks but replaces weights and node-based activation functions with edge-based activation functions. We examine the learnability of these functions, compare KANs with traditional neural networks based on early experimental findings, and investigate their potential for greater interpretability and continual learning.
Mehvish Poshni
Jan 6 · 2025
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How to use convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for images

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) power groundbreaking innovations like facial recognition, self-driving cars, and medical imaging. This blog breaks down how CNNs work, exploring their core layers—convolutional layers, pooling layers, and fully connected layers— and explaining their training process with backpropagation, making the concepts accessible even to machine learning beginners. You’ll also explore a hands-on example of building a simple CNN with TensorFlow and Keras.
Hamna Waseem
Jan 1 · 2025
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A guide to anomaly detection in health care with machine learning

Explore the role of machine learning in revolutionizing healthcare by detecting anomalies in vital signs, sensor data, and medical imaging. This guide covers supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised techniques, tailored for structured, unstructured, real-time, and imbalanced datasets. With hands-on examples, learn to build models for detecting patient falls or heart arrhythmias using tools like scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and Keras, enabling timely life-saving interventions.
Hamna Waseem
Dec 10 · 2024
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Machine learning interview preparation tips

Machine learning (ML) is a crucial part of every large company's operations across various industries, and its ability to efficiently solve complex problems has made it a sought-after technology globally. Specialists in this domain are in demand now more than ever, and preparing for a machine learning interview can become daunting. In this blog, we will explore all the areas you must cover during your interview preparation.
Zarish Khalid
Sep 5 · 2024
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Essential Data science skills for new grads and early-career devs

Finding valuable insights from massive datasets is a critical skill in today's competitive job market. Key competencies include Python programming, basic statistics, data analysis tools, data visualization, data cleaning, data wrangling, and machine learning concepts. Learning data science skills will significantly boost your career, opening opportunities for advanced problem-solving, data-driven decision-making, and competitive roles across various industries.
Nimra Zaheer
Aug 29 · 2024
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How to solve cold start problems with synthetic data generation

Let's learn about the utilization of synthetic data to address cold start problems in training models for deduplication. It highlights issues businesses face due to unresolved, duplicative records affecting various functions such as purchases, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and legal compliance. Using a dataset provided by the DuDe team, it elaborates on training a CatBoost classification model to identify duplicates in restaurant records by leveraging pre-computed similarity features and augmented data. The approach includes generating synthetic duplicates with slight variations using nlpaug, improving the robustness of the training set against real-world data discrepancies. The blog concludes with the evaluation of model performance on synthetic versus actual data, stressing the need for more sophisticated data handling and model training techniques to effectively manage duplicate records and enhance data integrity.
Paul Kinsvater
May 9 · 2024
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Scikit-learn decision tree: A step-by-step guide

Let's implement decision trees using Python's scikit-learn library, focusing on the multi-class classification of the wine dataset, a classic dataset in machine learning. Decision trees, non-parametric supervised learning algorithms, are explored from basics to in-depth coding practices. Key concepts such as root nodes, decision nodes, leaf nodes, branches, pruning, and parent-child node relationships are explained, providing foundational knowledge for understanding decision trees. We thoroughly examine the process of building a decision tree, from loading and examining the wine dataset to using scikit-learn for creating the decision tree model. The blog concludes by discussing the advantages and drawbacks of using decision trees, highlighting their simplicity, adaptability, and the challenges of overfitting and computational complexity, providing a balanced view of their application in data science.
Mehwish Fatima
May 2 · 2024