Machine learning studies have unfortunately bi-polarization. Practitioners mostly adopt either deep learning or gradient boosting machines. They might support these…
Apparent Age and Gender Prediction in Keras
Computer vision researchers of ETH Zurich University (Switzerland) announced a very successful apparent age and gender prediction models. They both…
Twisted Edwards Curves for Digital Signatures
Edwards curves are pivotal ones in crypto field. The normal form Harold Edwards studied was x2 + y2 = c2 +…
A Gentle Introduction to Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
Elliptic curves are the most challenging topic in crypto field whereas Edwards curves are the hottest topic among elliptic curves. Elliptic…
A Gentle Introduction to Edwards Curves
In 2007, Harold Edwards introduced a new form for elliptic curves. Thereafter, people interestingly named this form as Edwards Curves. Nowadays,…
A Step by Step Hill Cipher Example
Hill cipher is a kind of a block cipher method. Actually, it was the first one appearing in the history.…
Using Custom Activation Functions in Keras
Almost every day a new innovation is announced in ML field. Such an extent that number of research papers published…
A Step by Step Adaboost Example
Adaptive boosting or shortly adaboost is awarded boosting algorithm. The principle is basic. A weak worker cannot move a heavy…
A Step by Step Gradient Boosting Example for Classification
Gradient boosting machines might be confusing for beginners. Even though most of resources say that GBM can handle both regression…
How Pruning Works in Decision Trees
Decision tree algorithms create understandable and readable decision rules. This is one of most important advantage of this motivation. This…
