
Data Science #26 - The First Gradient decent algorithm by Cauchy (1847)
In this episode, we review Cauchy’s 1847 paper, which introduced an iterative method for solving simultaneous equations by minimizing a function using its partial derivatives. Instead of elimination, ...
23 Mar 202533min

Data Science #24 - The Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm Paper review (1977)
At the 24th episode we go over the paper titled:Dempster, Arthur P., Nan M. Laird, and Donald B. Rubin. "Maximum likelihood from incomplete data via the EM algorithm." Journal of the royal statistical...
4 Feb 202532min

Data Science #23- The Markov Chain Monte Carl MCMC Paper review (1953)
In the 23rd episode we review the The 1953 paper Metropolis, Nicholas, et al. "Equation of state calculations by fast computing machines." The journal of chemical physics 21.6 (1953): 1087-1092 which...
14 Jan 202537min

Data Science #22 - The theory of dynamic programming, Paper review 1954
We review Richard Bellman's "The Theory of Dynamic Programming" paper from 1954 which revolutionized how we approach complex decision-making problems through two key innovations. First, his Principle ...
7 Jan 202547min

Data Science #21 - Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence
In the 1st episode of the second season we review the legendary Marvin Minsky's "Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence" from 1961. Itis a foundational work in the field of AI that outlines the challen...
25 Des 202459min

Data Science #20 - the Rao-Cramer bound (1945)
In the 20th episode, we review the seminal paper by Rao which introduced the Cramer Rao bound: Rao, Calyampudi Radakrishna (1945). "Information and the accuracy attainable in the estimation of statis...
9 Des 202459min

Data Science #19 - The Kullback–Leibler divergence paper (1951)
In this episode with go over the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence paper, "On Information and Sufficiency" (1951). It introduced a measure of the difference between two probability distributions, quan...
2 Des 202452min

Data Science #18 - The k-nearest neighbors algorithm (1951)
In the 18th episode we go over the original k-nearest neighbors algorithm; Fix, Evelyn; Hodges, Joseph L. (1951). Discriminatory Analysis. Nonparametric Discrimination: Consistency Properties USAF S...
25 Nov 202444min


















