Archives for August, 2019 - Page 12

20 Aug

Wipro Join Hands With IISc For Research In Autonomous Systems, Robotics, 5G

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Indian multinational corporation Wipro has announced that it is partnering with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, in order to conduct advanced applied research in autonomous systems, robotics and 5G space. According to a company statement, both the organisations have jointly set up the Wipro IISc Research and Innovation Network (WIRIN), a hybrid industry-academia…

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20 Aug

Data Science Skills Study 2019: By AIM & Imarticus Learning

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Advances in analytics and machine learning have impacted every function across BFSI, e-commerce, healthcare, retail and IT industries. Our latest Data Science Skills Study 2019 by Analytics India Magazine and Imarticus Learning takes a deeper look into the key trends related to tools and technologies deployed across the sectors and how companies are staying ahead…

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20 Aug

Why Should We Build Recommender Systems Without Feedback Loops?

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Modern digital applications mostly run on personalised user experience achieved through recommender systems. Movies, music, retail products and even choosing a partner on a dating site, involves a lot of feedback loops that are made robust through choices that the user makes. A key source of bias is ignoring the fact that a choice is…

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20 Aug

Beginners Guide To Data Visualisation With Matplotlib

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When it comes to Python and its visualisation capabilities, Matplotlib is undoubtedly the mother of all visualisation libraries. Matplotlib is a very popular library that has revolutionised the concept of making impressive plots with Python effortlessly. In our previous articles, we introduced you to some of the most popular plotting libraries such as Pandas plots,…

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20 Aug

Micron To Hire Over 1,500 Techies In Its R&D Facility In India

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Noted US semiconductor company Micron Technology has grand plans to increase its hiring in India four times, specifically in the research and development sector over the next two years. The $30 billion company recently set up its R&D operations in Hyderabad which is supporting its global manufacturing operations. As the company is working on building…

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20 Aug

A Curious Case Of Algorithmic Bribery: Reward Corruption In Reinforcement Learning

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The late 1960s saw a myriad of social experiments conducted at the premier institutes across the world. The Marshmallow Test was one such experiment conducted by Stanford to assess the relation between future success of a kid and their ability to delay gratification. However, these fancy social experiments lost steam over time as researchers started…

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20 Aug

Meet SenseBERT, A Method That Employs Self-Supervision Directly At The Word-Form Level

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Self-supervision is an unsupervised learning technique where the data provides the supervision itself. This has been gaining popularity over the last few years while developing machine learning techniques. It allows neural language models to enhance the natural language understanding (NLU) by allowing the model to learn from the vast amount of unannotated text at the…

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20 Aug

Should Engineer.Ai Be Blamed For Exaggerated Claims?

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Recently, the Wall Street Journal published a report saying Engineer.AI, a startup that raised 29.5 million in 2018 for an automated app development platform exaggerated its use of artificial intelligence and uses developers instead of AI is used to achieve app automation.  The news came as a shock for many and allegedly exposes how companies,…

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20 Aug

How To Make A Switch From Full-Time Developer To A Freelancer

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Over the past couple of years, the freelancing trend has picked pace in India. While the US is home to a massive number of freelance professionals from different domains, India is second in the list. According to a report, Truelancer (a platform with 200,000 users — out of which 65% are Indian) estimates that the…

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19 Aug

Why GE’s Alleged $38 Billion Financial Fraud Will Have Little Impact On Indian Tech Majors

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There was no bigger controversy last week than GE’s stock plummeting 11% on 15 August in the midst of fraud accusations which is finding echoes in the 2001 Enron Corporation scandal. A 175-page “whistle-blower report” has alleged that there is a $38 billion worth of fraud at GE and the American multinational is at the…

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