AI and the Art of Lying
Interesting article - “Will AI end the Art of Lying?” Some points of note: Swarm Intelligence: the concept that more minds are greater than one is being explored with interesting results from an AI perspective ...
Prepare for Exam 70-774 - Performing Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning
I recently passed Exam 70-774 - Performing Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning and thought it may be helpful to provide some guidance on how best to prepare for the exam. ...
Building A Great Data Lake (or How to Avoid a Data Swamp)
What is a Data Lake? A Data Lake is a term that gets thrown around a fair amount, often in conjunction with big data. But what does it really mean? At its core, its a central repository for storing unlimited amounts of data from many different sources that you can bring analytics to bear on top of to gain insights. ...
Blockchain Explained Simply
Blockchain technology is all the rage these days. You hear about it more and more yet what does it really do and how can you use it? ...
Demystifying The Ways to Use R in the Microsoft Ecosystem
In 2015, Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics. Microsoft R was a rebranding of Revolution R. Since the R landscape at Microsoft can be a bit confusing I want to try to lay it out simply. First, Microsoft R Server has been rebranded to Microsoft Machine Learning Server. At the time of writing, ML Server 9.2 was available. So, what are the different ways to use R from Microsoft? ...
Getting Started with Deep Learning
I have recently started to work on a set of introductory videos focusing on deep learning and neural networks. The goal of these videos is to explain some of the basic concepts behind various types of neural networks and then give you a hands-on example to show you how you can build your own neural network. I showcase a variety of frameworks such as Keras, CNTK and Tensorflow. I also use a variety of tools from Jupyter Notebooks through to Azure Machine Learning Workbench. I will continue to add more videos over time. You can check out the full collection here. ...
Seamless Migration to Azure SQL Database with the Database Migration Service
A Lap Around Some Machine Learning Frameworks
Below I have highlighted some of the commonly used, open source, machine learning frameworks you will find in use today. ...
The Secrets of Magic or Using PROSE to transform JSON
Sometimes you come across something that just blows you away. I had this experience recently with the Program Synthesis by Example functionality in the newly release Azure Machine Learning Workbench. ...
Azure Machine Learning Workbench
Azure just released a set of updates to Azure Machine Learning. Check out all the details here. There were three new launches: ...