A new year, a new beginning.
For most people this is a time of making promises, starting new habits or stopping old ones. In general, I forgo making such promises, as I know they turn out idle in a mere few weeks without external stimulus or any real driving force.
In spite of this, I do have a new years resolution for this year: I am going to study machine learning and use it for any suitable application I can get my hands on (which will mainly be materials science, but one never knows). I already have a few projects in mind, which should help me stay focused and on track. With some luck, you will be reading about them here on this blog. With some more luck, they may even end up being part of an actual scientific publication.
But first things first, learn the basics (beyond hear-say messages of how excellent and world improving AI is/will be). What are the different types of machine learning available, is it all black box or do you actually have some control over things. Is it a kind of magic? What’s up with all these frameworks (isn’t there anyone left who can program?), and why the devil seem they all to be written in a script langue (python) instead of a proper programming language? A lot of questions I hope to see answered. A lot of things to learn. Lets start by building some foundations…the old fashioned way: By studying using a book, with real paper pages!
Happy New Year, and best wishes to you all!
