Easily Fooling Deep Neural Networks
My guest this week is Anh Nguyen, a PhD student at the University of Wyoming working in the Evolving AI lab. The episode discusses the paper Deep Neural Networks are Easily Fooled [pdf] by Anh Nguyen,...
16 Jan 201528min
[MINI] Data Provenance
This episode introduces a high level discussion on the topic of Data Provenance, with more MINI episodes to follow to get into specific topics. Thanks to listener Sara L who wrote in to point out the ...
9 Jan 201510min
Doubtful News, Geology, Investigating Paranormal Groups, and Thinking Scientifically with Sharon Hill
I had the change to speak with well known Sharon Hill (@idoubtit) for the first episode of 2015. We discuss a number of interesting topics including the contributions Doubtful News makes to getting sc...
3 Jan 201531min
[MINI] Belief in Santa
In this quick holiday episode, we touch on how one would approach modeling the statistical distribution over the probability of belief in Santa Claus given age.
26 Dec 20149min
Economic Modeling and Prediction, Charitable Giving, and a Follow Up with Peter Backus
Economist Peter Backus joins me in this episode to discuss a few interesting topics. You may recall Linhda and I previously discussed his paper "The Girlfriend Equation" on a recent mini-episode. We s...
19 Dec 201423min
[MINI] The Battle of the Sexes
Love and Data is the continued theme in this mini-episode as we discuss the game theory example of The Battle of the Sexes. In this textbook example, a couple must strategize about how to spend their ...
12 Dec 201418min
The Science of Online Data at Plenty of Fish with Thomas Levi
Can algorithms help you find love? Many happy couples successfully brought together via online dating websites show us that data science can help you find love. I'm joined this week by Thomas Levi, Se...
5 Dec 201458min
[MINI] The Girlfriend Equation
Economist Peter Backus put forward "The Girlfriend Equation" while working on his PhD - a probabilistic model attempting to estimate the likelihood of him finding a girlfriend. In this mini episode we...
28 Nov 201416min
