Software Engineer’s Guide to Machine Learning — Part 2 : Learning Python Index for the whole series Learning an Ecosystem to practice ML We are going to be learning ML by practice. So we need to learn a platform that we can use. I look for the following attributes on a ML platform easy to […]
Software Engineer’s Guide to Machine Learning — Part 1 : About the guide Index for the whole series Disclaimer is here About this Guide This is a a guide is based on my journey of learning Machine Learning. My background I am a software engineer by trade. Now I am a founder and […]
This is the main index page for the guide. This is based on my experience. Hope you find this useful too. — Sujee Maniyam Founder @ Elephant Scale Disclaimer Please note this is just one guy’s opinion — that is all it is. I do welcome your comments & constructive feedback ; But please […]
Distributed Deep Learning is not easy. While both Tensorflow and Caffe have distributed modes, they tend to be used for a single node super-box with lots of GPUs. That’s fine if the goal is to speed up training on a reasonable size amount of data, but what if the problem is that we have […]
Our hacker Yosef Kerzner who helps us with Hadoop and Big Data hacking does all other kinds of exploits. Here is his latest on SQL injection attacks. In December 2015 I joined a large consulting firm to perform vulnerability assessments and penetration tests, phishing assessments, and other projects in the realm of defending networks from […]
Another idea (which came about in a conversation with a security guardian at a company where I was teaching). Create millions of entries in the HDFS, and this will take it out of services. A few ways to do it: Write many small files with a script. Partition a Hive table on a key that […]
A while back, we described hacking Hadoop through the Cloudera Manager (CM) or through Ambari. But there is so much more to hack! Here is what I would do if I had a chance (this is just the first approximation of the list, comments are welcome). Hacking through CM or Ambari Try default passwords admin/admin Try […]
Today, many companies want to create their own custom training content, in their own format. We at Elephant Scale are experts at this. We created all of our own content – which we regularly use for training, and receive very good feedback – and we can help you create yours! For many demanding clients, we […]
Abstract In this paper, we show how to apply machine learning to pricing and discounts. The goal is to create the optimal discounting strategy, which results in maximizing the total retail income. To do this, we use machine learning to predict sales based on given combination of discounts, and then we formulate and solve a […]
Training is an important part of any business today. Whether it is reading a book, learning online, or learning in class, but the pace of innovation does not leave any other choice. In my earlier post, I explained why there is a place and time for online learning (MOOC) and in-class learning. Numbers bear this […]