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Nov 7, 2022

Monthly Newsletter — Issue #1

Welcome to my newsletter. I will be summarizing what’s new in Machine Learning, Data Science, and Embedded Systems. Suggested Reading I have used macros for so long in the C language, that I never gave it a thought. I am currently writing a book on Database and Communications programming for the Arduino…

Machine Learning

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Monthly newsletter of Robert Thas John — Issue #1
Monthly newsletter of Robert Thas John — Issue #1
Machine Learning

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May 5, 2020

Can You Guess How Wealth is Distributed Around the World?

Here is how much wealth there is in the world. In this article, I set out to improve on a MakeoverMonday challenge from an article titled “All the Worl’s Wealth in One Visual”. The original visualization is available here. The data for my analysis is hosted by MakeoverMonday on their data.world account here. I began by answering the question of…

Data Science

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Can You Guess How Wealth is Distributed Around the World?
Can You Guess How Wealth is Distributed Around the World?
Data Science

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Sep 28, 2019

Transfer Learning with TF 2.0

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Transfer learning is the process of taking a model that has been trained on a dataset that is in a similar domain and then extending the model by adding layers to predict on your data. Models that have been trained (called pre-trained models) exist in the TensorFlow library. These are…

Machine Learning

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Transfer Learning with TF 2.0
Transfer Learning with TF 2.0
Machine Learning

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Aug 15, 2019

What Are Docker Containers

Find out what a container is, why you need one, and how to set one up using Docker. When I first started programming, life was much simpler. We picked a language like C or BASIC, wrote the code, and either sent the code over or compiled it and sent the binaries over. Back then, you were either using DOS or Linux, and all we needed to know was…

Docker

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What Are Docker Containers
What Are Docker Containers
Docker

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Published in Towards Data Science

·May 20, 2019

Machine Learning for Data Analysts — BigQuery ML

An Introduction to Machine Learning Using SQL in BigQuery — Data analytics involves analyzing raw data in order to extract valuable insights. These insights are frequently used as an aid in future decision making. The data that is analyzed is usually stored in one or more formats. These could be as flat files or text files (comma separated, tab separated)…

Machine Learning

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Machine Learning for Data Analysts — BigQuery ML
Machine Learning for Data Analysts — BigQuery ML
Machine Learning

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May 18, 2019

Mentoring at Launchpad Accelerator Africa — Class 3, HTP 2

This is my first experience with the Google Launchpad Accelerator. The session is organized such that there are three high touch-points (HTP). This was the second HTP, and held in Nairobi over a period of five days. We made use of iHub, an amazing and lovely location in Nairobi.

Cloud Computing

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Mentoring at Launchpad Accelerator Africa — Class 3, HTP 2
Mentoring at Launchpad Accelerator Africa — Class 3, HTP 2
Cloud Computing

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May 11, 2019

AlexNet for Dog Breed Classification

This is a documentation of a lab presentation I made at Deep Learning IndabaX Nigeria, held on May 11th, 2019. This lab was on implementing a Convolutional Neural Network. For this lab, I implemented this paper in order to teach participants how to read through a paper, and also how…

Machine Learning

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AlexNet for Dog Breed Classification
AlexNet for Dog Breed Classification
Machine Learning

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Apr 19, 2019

MEST Accra — April 2019

After a Machine Learning focused meetup sometime around July of 2018, I got a message from my friend John, who co-leads Developer Circles Accra. In the message, he mentioned that someone from the school he finished from (Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology) was interested in speaking to me. A few…

Cloud Computing

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MEST Accra — April 2019
MEST Accra — April 2019
Cloud Computing

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Apr 6, 2019

Mentoring at Google Launchpad Africa — Class 3

Google Africa Launchpad Accelerator is in its third year of helping tech startups scale. This was my first time attending and mentoring at Launchpad, and it was a fulfilling adventure. The event lasted from April 1st to 5th, with usually two mentoring sessions per day. …

Startup

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Mentoring at Google Launchpad Africa — Class 3
Mentoring at Google Launchpad Africa — Class 3
Startup

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Mar 18, 2019

Loving Nigeria from the Diaspora

Nigerians are hopeless optimists. This article is not about optimism, it’s about the difference between satisfaction and dissatisfaction. I will not be defining those here, but I will be explaining something I learnt a while back. Some things are mutually exclusive, like heat and cold. You can’t be both hot…

Millennials

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Loving Nigeria from the Diaspora
Loving Nigeria from the Diaspora
Millennials

4 min read

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