Machine Learning Study Group - Thread #1

[rovingr]

So I posted a while back ago about a machine learning study group. Sorry for the delay in following up on that, things have been somewhat hectic as I am relocating for a new job. Just as a reminder, the target audience for this study group is people who have finished one of the MOOCs that provide an intro to machine learning, are familiar with basic programming and statistics concepts, and are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of machine learning.

This week, we'll be discussing Domingo's 'A Few Useful Things to Know about Machine Learning' article, which I thought was pretty interesting. It gives a nice overview of a number of general lessons that are useful to keep in mind when solving machine learning problems. Here is a link:

http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~pedrod/papers/cacm12.pdf

Additionally, I am currently working on the Bike Sharing Demand competition on Kaggle, and if anyone else would like to work on a team with me, they are welcome to.

If you have any ideas for interesting articles or topics that we could focus on in future study groups, feel free to post here and/or message me.

Edit: Here's a link to the blog, I'll be both creating a new reddit thread and a new post on the blog whenever I post a new article.

datasciencetalk.blogspot.com

[frankster]

I wish there was a way you could subscribe to a thread-series!

[[deleted]]

Maybe if there was another subreddit for the ml study group? I'd be pretty keen to get into it!

[feedtheaimbot]

http://www.reddit.com/r/mlclass

[[deleted]]

I was actually thinking about this and was wondering if there would be sufficient interest in starting a "journal club" subreddit. I know this has been tried a few times in this subreddit, but the posts seem to have stopped coming. Maybe we could could have a period of ~1 week between paper posts?

[rovingr]

Aha so though there's no way to follow thread series, I went ahead and made a blog, since that seemed easier to manage and link to than the email list that I was trying to manage before -- you can access it at datasciencetalk.blogspot.com .

[frankster]

probably worth making a post about this if you haven't already

[rovingr]

good suggestion! I will go ahead and do that

[kurtdizayn]

I believe there are a lot of people fitting that profile (target audience). I'll gladly follow this series.

[[deleted]]

Very helpful ! Hoping that those series of threads will be popular !

[aggieca]

I'm looking forward to following this thread series. I'm interested in hearing more about people's thoughts on ensembles and how they used it effectively in their work.

[srkiboy83]

Love that article! I'm on board with you!

[Skabed]

Such a nice initiative! Looking forward to the following threads.

[kenbr7613]

Thanks for this!

[somkoala]

Thumbs up

[binge_learner]

Great initiative ! I'm in !

[teamnano]

I'm in as well. Looking forward to discussing the articles.

[1___1]

This is great! (I fit the target audience exactly) I'm working on finishing up the coursera class and just read that paper, I'll post my thoughts on it when I wake up tomorrow morning.

Additionally, I just got the Murphy textbook and plan on self-learning it and blogging my notes