Justin Fernandez·Feb 25, 2021The Glory of XGBoostThere are so many machine learning algorithms out there, how do you choose the best one for your problem? This question is going to have a…
Justin Fernandez·Feb 18, 2021The Power of Words, Natural Language ProcessingLet’s say that you in reading through the sports section of your favorite newspaper or online publication and you come upon a strange…
Justin Fernandez·Feb 11, 2021The Bias-Variance TradeoffIf you are going to study data science, data analysis, machine learning, or any other discipline that builds models to make predictions on…
InThe StartupbyJustin Fernandez·Feb 1, 2021What Is a Neural Network and How Does It “Learn”?As humans with extremely complex brains, we make extremely complex decisions in a fraction of a second without even recognizing the…
Justin Fernandez·Nov 19, 2020Algorithm Time ComplexityWhen writing code it can seem inconsequential to add another if-else statement or loop because most of the code we write can terminate in…A response icon1A response icon1
Justin Fernandez·Nov 6, 2020Using Data Science to Win Fantasy Football (Part 1)What if I told you that you didn’t need to pray to the fantasy gods in order to win your league? This may seem impossible but with the…
Justin Fernandez·Oct 21, 2020Feature Selection For Machine LearningIn order to have a prediction on an occurrence of an event or an outcome of that event, one needs data or knowledge on the domain of the…
Justin Fernandez·Oct 8, 2020I want to code, where do I start? (Mac Edition)So you want to enter the mysterious and wonderful world of coding. You want to enjoy the ability to create anything you can think of with…
