In this short note, we will explore published research in the field of computer vision in code using PyTorch: image style transfer using convolutional neural networks. If you’re inclined, follow along with images of your choice; the source image should be by an artist and the target image a natural picture.
According to the authors of the linked paper the problem of transferring style from one image to another can be considered one of texture transfer. To me, as one who doesn’t make visual art but appreciates it, this is intuitive as paint layering is one of many processes that…
Core contributors: Abraar Ahmed, Naveen Lekkalapudi
Editor: Ben Cake
In our previous post, we described methods of statistical analysis employed for move-length estimation and the early stages of transitioning from statistical analysis to machine learning in order to improve and personalize predictive performance. Our drive to work on move-length estimation comes from the belief that estimation plays a key role in setting the proper expectations for customers. In this post, we describe the machine-learning algorithms we use and the process of settling on them.
Enter learning machines
With a start-up like Bellhops that is constantly experimenting and focused on scalable growth, there is…
Core contributors: Abraar Ahmed, Naveen Lekkalapudi
Editor: Ben Cake
By the summer of 2017, Bellhops had been around for six years and completed more than 100,000 moves. Along the way, we expanded the services we arrange from labor-only to labor with the option to include a truck. As the company grew, we noticed that one of the biggest contributors to customer satisfaction was our ability to complete moves in the time we estimated. In the initial stages, the company’s estimates relied solely on the size and type of property (as provided by the customer), but as we grew, we noticed…
In late 2016, a group of thoughtful people albeit with vastly different backgrounds, came together at a popular restaurant in a quaint little Southern city to discuss about the state of politics as was created by the polarizing national campaigns being run. There were deacons, startup employees, and even an individual who had worked with local governments in Britain in the past. …
It has been over six months since I began fencing and as this is well over 66 days, the time period oft cited to develop a new habit, it’s time that I write about something that has become more than a hobby.
Most youngsters daydream of wielding a sword; in the olden days sparring as pirates and today cosplaying as Jedi Masters or Sith Lords. I, too, am one of those. …
It’s 2017 and Lionel Messi has now won five ballons d’or, but the most recent winner is Cristiano Ronaldo, winning his fourth in 2016; here’s a throwback to the time I wrote about how they are perceived by world football’s governing body.
“Founded in 1823 and described as ‘the last bastion of free speech’, the Oxford Union is the most famous debating society in the world.”
That is what the Oxford Union has to say about itself on its official, verified Twitter page. This slogan is derived from Harold Macmillan’s opinion of the Oxford Union which became apparent when he…
Abraar Ahmed
Learning machines, unfinished books, technology dreams, incomplete essays, adventure highs, half-baked experiments, and absorbing the human condition.
