Adnan Masood, a Machine Learning Phd's musings on Life, Technology, Research & Development
I have just completed the 6 week long course by MIT Sloan & MIT CSAIL Artificial Intelligence: Implications for business strategy program. This executive management and leadership course subtitled as 'to gain the knowledge and confidence to support the integration of AI into your organization.' The course was a 6-week program focusing on three key…
Stanford Computer Forum provides a platform to discuss the latest advancements in computer science and engineering. In their April meeting, I realized that we have come a long way since Asimov’s 3 laws of robotics. The nuances associated with robotics has become way beyond the dystopian vision of robotic overlords, and apocalyptical notions of cyborgs…
STEM (science technology engineering and mathematics) Coaching and Mentorship Recognition by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), with the goal to aspire young scientist or engineer.
Robotics Season 2016-2017 is kicked off in high spirits with Andy Milluzzi & Desh Bagley providing an excellent Attachment Building Workshop at HCC Brandon SunCoast FLL - http://www.suncoastfll.org/events.html
Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains. -Bill Gates. Chairman, Microsoft I recently had an inquiry from an astronomy-buff friend of mine who wanted to introduce his 3rd and 4th Graders to programming. Following Hanselman's advice of how many…
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) helps students build STEM skills, confidence, teamwork, public speaking skills, and make connections with professionals. I am glad to be part of this effort as a volunteer Coach and mentor for both the First Lego League Jr, and First Lego League Championship. Had to work quite hard to…
During a discussion yesterday with software architect extraordinaire David Lazar regarding how everything old is new again, the topic of deep neural networks and its amazing success was brought up. Unless one is living under a rock for past five years, the advancements in artificial neural networks (ANN) has been quite significant and noteworthy. Since the…
The fun thing about spending time at MIT is that you always run into interesting things. Couple of days ago, I encountered the MIT Bot submission for NASA - Sample Return Robot Challenge. NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester teamed up for competing in the Sample Return Robot Challenge to demonstrate a robot that…