Dec 1, 2020COVID-19: Using AI to Predict Stock Market MovementWritten July 2020 With the spread of COVID-19, global stock markets have declined significantly. U.S indices including the S&P 500, Dow Jones and NASDAQ have dropped close to 30%, bringing us to values which were previously observed in 2017. From prior crashes we know that large drops in the stock…Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
Apr 26, 2019Hopping into VR: Which headset should I buy?When I first thought about getting into Virtual Reality, I thought it would be as simple as buying a popular headset and jumping into Unity. Like many others, I got stuck at step 1 😂! The variety of headsets were overwhelming! They all had different features and specifications. Some headsets…Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
Apr 7, 2019Preparing for a New Reality: Augmented and Virtual RealityWhen we think of Augmented and Virtual Reality, our minds immediately go to either video games, Snapchat, or Pokemon GO. While these are all early adopters of this technology, AR and VR have so much more use than just entertainment. AR and VR alter and create realities When describing different types of realities, we refer to the…Virtual Reality4 min readVirtual Reality4 min read
Feb 23, 2019How I Trained an AI to Play Atari Space InvadersEveryone is talking about the race between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence. When will AI fully surpass human ability and be in control of a majority of our daily lives? While humans spend their days going to school and educating themselves, what is AI doing to get an edge on…Machine Learning7 min readMachine Learning7 min read
Feb 15, 2019The Path to Success Starts in The MindFrom messing around with a programmable calculator to founding Udacity, Sebastian Thrun perfectly demonstrates the mindset you need to make a big impact on the world. The reason for his success isn’t a secret. It is because of who he is. …Udacity5 min readUdacity5 min read
Jan 26, 2019Breaking down the Simple Recipe on How to Be SuccessfulGrowing up, we are commonly asked one question: what do you want to be when you are older? We all have high hopes and dreams, whether it is to be something cool like a policeman or a firefighter, or in recent years, the owner of your own company, a startup. …Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
Jan 26, 2019How to Learn More in Less Time with Natural Language Processing (Part 2)And how to create your own bag of words classifier — With the nifty extractive text summarizer we created in Part 1, we were able to take news articles and cut them down to half their size or more! Now it is time to take these articles and classify them by subject. …Machine Learning6 min readMachine Learning6 min read
Jan 26, 2019How to Learn More in Less Time with Natural Language Processing (Part 1)And how to create your own extractive text summarizer — Imagine you are given an assignment from school or work that involves A LOT of research. You spend all night grinding it out, so you can acquire the knowledge you need for a high-quality end product. Now imagine you are given the exact same assignment and you finish with the…Machine Learning6 min readMachine Learning6 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Oct 28, 2018Data Science is Disrupting the Way We Look at DataAnd how you can make your own machine learning classifier to analyze data — Which animal has a long tail, pointy ears, whiskers, and is a common household pet? If you guessed a cat, you would be correct! Now imagine you are a car salesman selling a van which retails at around $40,000. …Machine Learning8 min readMachine Learning8 min read
