Abstract: Training machine learning models often involves solving high-dimensional stochastic optimization problems, where stochastic gradient-based algorithms are hindered by slow convergence.

The Proteus Actuarial Library (PAL) is a fast, lightweight framework for building simulation-based actuarial and financial models. It handles complex statistical dependencies using copulas while ...

Learn how to implement SGD with momentum from scratch in Python—boost your optimization skills for deep learning. Mike Johnson gives update on Jan. 6 plaque Alaska received 7 feet of snow, sinking ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Pearland school board members knew they couldn't personally vet hundreds of books for “indecent” or “profane” content prohibited under a new state law. So when they met this fall to consider a ...

Abstract: Although various approaches have been reported for forecasting aviation safety risks, they frequently fail to fully consider the stochastic nature and complex interrelations of numerous real ...

Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial ...

A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train ...

Film and music stars peddle booze, beauty, and everything in between. But the hottest status symbol touted (and toted) by the modern-day it girl? A book. It all started with Oprah Winfrey, the OG of ...

University of Southern California professor Helen Choi had a pretty basic assignment for her students this fall: Read a book. To be sure, Choi’s pedagogical choice isn’t novel for many faculty; 71 ...