Awesome, not awesome.#Awesome“AI is extremely good at finding patterns across multiple data types. For example, we’re now able to analyze patterns of human response to the pressures of the pandemic as measured through sentiments on social media, and even patterns in geospatial data to see where social distancing may and may not be working. And, […]

I’m not going to bury the lede: Most machine learning benchmarks are bad.  And not just kinda-sorta nit-picky bad, but catastrophically and fundamentally flawed.  TL;DR: Please, for the love of statistics, do not trust any machine learning benchmark that: Does not split training and test data Does not use the identical train/test split(s) across each algorithm […]

#Awesome“…In theory, AIs could be used to predict the evolution of the coronavirus too. Inam imagines running unsupervised learning algorithms to simulate all possible evolution paths. You could then add potential vaccines to the mix and see if the viruses mutate to develop resistance. “This will allow virologists to be a few steps ahead of […]

As most event organizers, we have been monitoring the information about the progress of COVID-19 in Spain and around the world on a daily basis. Given the proximity of our Machine Learning School and the questions that we have been receiving, we’d like to share with you important changes to the event. We have been […]

We’re happy to share that we are launching the Second Edition of our Machine Learning School in The Netherlands in collaboration with the Nyenrode Business School and BigML Partner, INFORM.  This edition follows the footsteps of the well-attended First Edition and will take place on July 7-10, 2020 in Breukelen near Amsterdam. It’s the ideal learning setting for […]

Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“Artificial intelligence (AI) approaches have the potential to affect several facets of cancer therapy. These include drug discovery and development and how these drugs are clinically validated and ultimately administered at the point of care, among others. Currently, these processes are expensive and time-consuming. Moreover, therapies often result in variable treatment outcomes […]

Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20 years, and today he told the nation’s premier scientific gathering that advances in artificial intelligence and gene editing could accelerate those improvements exponentially in the years ahead. “We have an opportunity with […]

The 2020 Oscars were presented on Sunday evening in Hollywood, California in what turned out a night of some historic firsts. The second in a row hostless edition of the award ceremony was reportedly watched live by an audience of 23.6 million, which tracked lower than last year’s total of 29.6 million viewers. While all […]

Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“… [A]n international team [is] using machine learning to comb through social media posts, news reports, data from official public health channels, and information supplied by doctors for warning signs the virus is taking hold in countries outside of China. The program is looking for social media posts that mention specific symptoms, […]

This year, we continue the tradition of predicting the winners of the most anticipated movie awards of the year, The 92nd Academy Awards. 2020 nominees present us with an interesting mix of “sure bet” categories alongside some more contentious ones that can be ripe for at least some mild surprises. Nevertheless, we’re excited to share […]