Data Science

LDA Convergence Explained with a Dog Pedigree Model “What if my a priori understanding of dog breed group distribution is inaccurate? Is my LDA model doomed?” My wife asked. Welcome back to part 2 of the series, where I share my journey of explaining LDA to my wife. In the previous blog post, we discussed…

How to Stream and Apply Real-Time Prediction Models on High-Throughput Time-Series Data Photo by JJ Ying on UnsplashMost of the stream processing libraries are not python friendly while the majority of machine learning and data mining libraries are python based. Although the Faust library aims to bring Kafka Streaming ideas into the Python ecosystem, it…

Simplified utilizing the HuggingFace trainer object Image from Unsplash by Markus SpiskeHuggingFace serves as a home to many popular open-source NLP models. Many of these models are effective as is, but often require some sort of training or fine-tuning to improve performance for your specific use-case. As the LLM implosion continues, we will take a…

Advanced techniques for beginners AI generated image using KandinskyIn this story, I would like to raise a discussion on how we transform data. Whether it’s a database, data warehouse or reporting solution we run data transformations based on data models but how do we organise them? I would like to talk about the modern data…

To start, I would choose an introduction/beginner course that I like the look of or recommendations from another person who I know has good Python skills. You might have heard me say in one of my previous posts that there is no such thing as the “right” course. While this is definitely true, some courses…

Running a multimodal LLaVA model, camera, and speech synthesis Image by Enoc Valenzuela, UnsplashModern large multimodal models (LMMs) can process not only text but also different types of data. Indeed, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” and this functionality can be crucial during the interaction with the real world. In this “weekend project,” I…

Meta’s open-source Seamless models: A deep dive into translation model architectures and a Python implementation guide using HuggingFace This post was co-authored with Rafael Guedes. The growth of an organization is not limited to its country boundaries. Some organizations only sell or operate on external markets. This globalization comes with several challenges, one being how…

And easy solutions that can immediately turn them around Photo by t Kaiser on UnsplashEvery data engineer wants to feel like they are constantly evolving as a professional and growing their technical skills. As data engineers we like to be challenged and feel we are progressing towards our end goal. This is the nature of…

In this case, assuming I am the owner of an ecommerce website. I would like to create a Chatbot, so my users can ask specific questions regarding anything about this website (price, product, service, shipping, etc.) as they are in the store. The Chatbot will be supplied with the “private knowledge” and ground its answers…

After a credit card? An insurance policy? Ever wondered about the three-digit number that shapes these decisions? Introduction Scores are used by a large number of industries to make decisions. Financial institutions and insurance providers are using scores to determine whether someone is right for credit or a policy. Some nations are even using social…