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PyCon Program Committee Review

written by Eric J. Ma on 2018-02-06 | tags: pycon conferences python

My reflections on reviewing talk proposals for PyCon 2018.

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Refactor Notebook Code

written by Eric J. Ma on 2018-01-29 | tags: jupyter data science software engineering

In which I argue why we should refactor code out of Jupyter notebooks as soon as possible.

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PyMC3 docs + Weibull patches merged!

written by Eric J. Ma on 2018-01-18 | tags: bayesian software development open source data science

I made a few pull requests to PyMC3! Come read about them :).

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Offline Time

written by Eric J. Ma on 2018-01-10 | tags: work digital decluttering productivity

I came to realize how important digital offline time is.

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Bayesian Uncertainty: A More Nuanced View

written by Eric J. Ma on 2018-01-08 | tags: bayesian data science statistics

When is uncertainty useful? A short thought.

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Visual Studio Code: A New Microsoft?

written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-12-13 | tags: software development tooling hacks productivity data science

VSCode is, for me, proof of a new Microsoft, one that is no longer open-source hostile! Read on to see my mini-review of VSCode too.

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PyData NYC 2017 Recap

written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-11-30 | tags: pydata conferences python

My notes from what I learned at PyData NYC 2017!

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Bayesian Learning and Overfitting

written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-11-16

Yesterday, after I did my Boston Bayesians dry run talk, there was a point raised that I had only heard of once before: Bayesian learning methods don't overfit. Which means we're allowed to use all the data on hand. The point holds for simple... (read more)

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The Value of Thinking Simply

written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-11-14 | tags: quotes musings thoughts

Some thoughts I have had on "thinking simply" about a problem.

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Boston Bayesians Talk: An Attempt at Demystifying Bayesian Deep Learning

written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-11-03 | tags: talks data science bayesian

I'm about to give a talk on Bayesian deep learning!

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