Matrix Factorization for Ad Recommendation 03/14/18 by Daniel Pape This blog post describes how matrix factorization can be applied to the problem of ad targeting. It draws from my experience of developing a machine-learning-based solution for this task. Read more Leave your thoughts
Spam classification using Spark’s DataFrames, ML and Zeppelin (Part 1) 06/23/16 by Daniel Pape This is the first entry in a series of blog posts about building and validating machine learning pipelines with Apache... Read more Leave your thoughts
The Machinery behind Machine Learning – A Benchmark for Linear Regression 01/14/16 by Stefan Kühn This is the third post in the “Machinery behind Machine Learning” series and after all the “academic” discussions it is... Read more Leave your thoughts
The Machinery behind Machine Learning – Part 2 04/21/15 by Stefan Kühn Machine Learning is one of the hottest topic on the web. But how do machines learn? And do they learn... Read more Leave your thoughts
The Machinery behind Machine Learning – Part 1 03/19/15 by Stefan Kühn Machine Learning is one of the hottest topics on the web. But how do machines learn? And do they learn... Read more 2 Comments
From a Mathematician’s Point of View: JMeter – Beloved Crap Tool 03/28/13 by Dr. Raymond Georg Snatzke My company, codecentric AG, has a strong disposition towards open source tools and solutions. Therefore, it is quite natural that... Read more 4 Comments
From a Mathematician’s Point of View – Load and Performance Issues in the News 11/29/10 by Dr. Raymond Georg Snatzke In between big news like the Irish financial crisis and the conflict on the Korean peninsula, two little news from... Read more Leave your thoughts
From a Mathematician’s Point of View – The Eyes of the Tester 10/29/10 by Dr. Raymond Georg Snatzke My daily business is the performance of IT systems, java applications in particular. Performance testing and optimizing is done normally... Read more 2 Comments
Believing in Numbers 08/27/10 by Dr. Raymond Georg Snatzke What follows is in my view a typical scenario of one of the common curses of the performance tester. A... Read more Leave your thoughts