by Dr. Owns | May 21, 2025 | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Data and Information, Decision Support
This is the second in a multi-part series on creating web applications with generative AI integration. Part 1 focused on explaining the AI stack and why the application layer is the best place in the stack to be. Check it out here. Table of Contents Introduction I...
by Dr. Owns | May 20, 2025 | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Data and Information, Decision Support
The rapid proliferation and superb capabilities of widely available LLMs has ignited intense debate within the educational sector. On one side they offer students a 24/7 tutor who is always available to help; but then of course students can use LLMs to cheat! I’ve...
by Dr. Owns | May 20, 2025 | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Data and Information, Decision Support
Last Thursday, my co-instructor and I showed up to the Data Visualization course we teach at the University of Washington with a bag of rocks. The bag consisted of a fairly diverse collection that I myself put together across a set of treks in various regions of...
by Dr. Owns | May 20, 2025 | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Data and Information, Decision Support
When working in Data Science, it is not uncommon to encounter problems with competing objectives. Whether designing products, tuning algorithms or optimizing portfolios, we often need to balance several metrics to get the best possible outcome. Sometimes, maximizing...
by Dr. Owns | May 16, 2025 | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Data and Information, Decision Support
Scientific publication T. M. Lange, M. Gültas, A. O. Schmitt & F. Heinrich (2025). optRF: Optimising random forest stability by determining the optimal number of trees. BMC bioinformatics, 26(1), 95.Follow this LINK to the original publication. Random Forest — A...
