Author: MLNerds

This video shows the process of feature selection with Decision Trees and Random Forests. Why do we need Feature Selection? Often we end up with large datasets with redundant features that need to be cleaned up before making sense of the data.  Check out this related article on Recursive Feature Elimination that describes the challenges…

This video explains the technique of Recursive Feature Elimination for feature selection when we have data with lots of features. Why do we need Feature Elimination? Often we end up with large datasets with redundant features that need to be cleaned up before making sense of the data. Some of the challenges with redundant features…

This video explains the Berkson’s Paradox. Berkson’s Paradox typically arises from selection bias when we create our dataset, that could lead to unintended inferences from our data. Summary of contents: Berkson’s Paradox illustrated with Burger and Fries example Berkson’s Paradox in the dating scenario Mathematical explanation of Berkson’s Paradox Berkson’s Paradox Example in understanding correlation…

Bayesian Neural networks enable capturing uncertainity in the parameters of a neural network. This video contains: A brief Recap of Feedforward Neural Networks Motivation behind a Bayesian Neural Network What is a Bayesian Neural Network Inference in a Bayesian Neural Network Pros and Cons of using a Bayesian Neural Network References to Code samples to…

A lot of things we do in the ML pipeline involve vectors and matrices Linear Algebra helps us understand how these vectors interact with each other, how to perform vector & Matrix operations. This video talks about whether we need Linear Algebra for Machine Learning.

Many of us have heard of bagging and boosting, commonly used ensemble learning techniques. This video describes ways to combine multiple dissimilar ML models through voting, averaging and stacking to improve the predictive performance.