Natural Language Processing is Fun! Part 5 — This article is part of an on-going series on NLP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. In the last few years, there has been a revolution in machine translation. New translation systems built using deep learning have replaced older systems built by linguists using decades of…

You can read a reader-translated version of this article in فارسی. Machine learning and data science tools are more accessible than ever. But along with learning the tools themselves, it’s just as important to learn how to effectively explore data and figure out its limitations before you feed the data…

I’ve written about lots of computer vision and machine learning projects like object recognition systems and face recognition projects. I also have an open source Python face recognition library that is somehow one of the top 10 most popular machine learning libraries on Github. …

Natural Language Processing is Fun Part 4 — This article is part of an on-going series on NLP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. You can also read a reader-translated version of this article in فارسی. In February 2019, OpenAI announced (and refused to release) a new natural language processing model architecture called GPT-2…

Using Python 3.6, OpenCV, Dlib and the face_recognition module — With the Nvidia Jetson Nano, you can build stand-alone hardware systems that run GPU-accelerated deep learning models on a tiny budget. It’s just like a Raspberry Pi, but a lot faster. To get you inspired, let’s build a real hardware project with a Jetson Nano. We’ll create a simple version…

Using Deep Learning to Solve Minor Annoyances — I live in a great city. But like in most cities, finding a parking space here is always frustrating. Spots get snapped up quickly and even if you have a dedicated parking space for yourself, it’s hard for friends to drop by since they can’t find a place to park. …

Using LIME to Peek Inside the Black Box — This article is part of an on-going series on NLP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. You can also read a reader-translated version of this article in فارسی. Giant update: I’ve written a new book! It expands on my ML articles with tons of brand new…

A stroll through the process of getting a UK Tier 1 Visa — Update February 27, 2020: The UK Tier 1 Visa no longer exists and has been replaced by the Global Talent Visa. It sounds like basically the thing with the same application process, but this information is now out of date. I’m an American. I’ve lived in several different countries in…

Natural Language Processing is Fun! Part 2 — This article is part of an on-going series on NLP: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. You can also read a reader-translated version of this article in 普通话 or فارسی. Giant update: I’ve written a new book based on these articles! It not only expands and…