Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceA step-by-step guide to robust ML classificationHow to avoid common pitfalls and dig deeper into our models·17 min read·Mar 3, 2023----
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceOne-dimensional CNN for human behavior classificationA step-by-step tutorial on ways to incorporate CNNs for time-series data·8 min read·Nov 17, 2021----
Ryan BurkeAn apology to my sonIn a world quick to silence, this is a father’s heartfelt manifesto to make sure children’s voices are being heard·7 min read·Aug 24, 2021----
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceHow to Implement Deep Neural Networks for Time-to-Event AnalysesComparing DeepHit and DeepSurv models·7 min read·Aug 12, 2021--2--2
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceHow to Implement Random Forest, SVM, and Gradient Boosted Models for Time-to-Event AnalysesIn this post we will compare several advanced methods to approach time-to-event analyses (aka Survival analyses).·10 min read·Jul 24, 2021----
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceTabNet — Deep Neural Network for Structured, Tabular DataIn this post, I will walk you through an example using Google’s TabNet for a classification problem.·7 min read·Jul 12, 2021--3--3
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceHow I achieved 90% accuracy on a text classification problem with ZERO preprocessingIn a previous post, I demonstrated how different word embeddings (GloVe, ELMo, BERT) could be used for a text classification task. We saw…·3 min read·Mar 27, 2021----
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceGloVe, ELMo & BERTA guide to state-of-the-art text classification using Spark NLP·10 min read·Mar 16, 2021----
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data SciencePeeking inside the black boxA simple approach to gain insight into the limitations of your CNN model·4 min read·Feb 23, 2021--1--1
Ryan BurkeinTowards Data ScienceFoundations of correlational analysesHow to appropriately measure bivariate relationships in your data·6 min read·Feb 19, 2021----