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Microsoft at ICML 2024: Innovations in machine learning

In an era increasingly steered by data, machine learning is a pivotal force, transforming vast amounts of information into actionable intelligence with unprecedented speed and accuracy. For example, recent advances in machine learning have led to breakthroughs in precision health, helping doctors make more informed decisions about patient care. Similarly, in climate science, machine learning is improving scientists’ ability to predict and mitigate the impact of extreme weather events. These innovations illustrate that machine learning not only streamlines workflows, it […]

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Using Machine Learning in Customer Segmentation

Image by Editor | Midjourney In the past, businesses grouped customers based on simple things like age or gender. Now, machine learning has changed this process. Machine learning algorithms can analyze large amounts of data. In this article, we will explore how machine learning improves customer segmentation. Introduction to Customer Segmentation Customer segmentation divides customers into different groups. These groups are based on similar traits or behaviors. The main goal is to understand each group better. This helps businesses create […]

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Quiz: Python Strings and Character Data

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 11 QuestionsBy Leodanis Pozo Ramos Share Or copy the link: Copied! Happy Pythoning! This quiz will evaluate your understanding of Python’s string data type and test your knowledge about manipulating textual data with string objects. You’ll cover the basics of creating strings using literals and the str() function, applying string methods, using operators and built-in functions with strings, indexing and slicing strings, and more! Take this quiz after reading our Strings and    

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Quiz: How Do You Choose Python Function Names?

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 7 QuestionsBy Martin Breuss Share Or copy the link: Copied! Happy Pythoning! In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of how to choose Python function names. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit the rules and conventions for naming Python functions and why they’re important for writing Pythonic code. Choosing the ideal Python function names makes your code more readable and easier to maintain. Code with well-chosen names can also be    

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Abstracts: July 18, 2024

MITRA: So the post-training phase is very important for language models. You can really improve the model a lot by creating high-quality synthetic data. The problem is, however, though, high-quality synthetic data creation requires lots of human effort and expertise. The problem that we’re trying to tackle is, how do you reduce human effort? How can you create high-quality data with really low amount of human effort? When you have a language model and, let’s say, you want to apply […]

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Python Protocols: Leveraging Structural Subtyping

In Python, a protocol specifies the methods and attributes that a class must implement to be considered of a given type. Protocols are important in Python’s type hint system, which allows for static type checking through external tools, such as mypy, Pyright, and Pyre. Before there were protocols, these tools could only check for nominal subtyping based on inheritance. There was no way to check for structural subtyping, which relies on the internal structure of classes. This limitation affected Python’s […]

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Research Focus: Week of July 15, 2024

Welcome to Research Focus, a series of blog posts that highlights notable publications, events, code/datasets, new hires and other milestones from across the research community at Microsoft. NEW RESEARCH MG-TSD: Advancing time series analysis with multi-granularity guided diffusion model Diffusion probabilistic models have the capacity to generate high-fidelity samples for generative time series forecasting. However, they also present issues of instability due to their stochastic nature. In a recent article: MG-TSD: Advancing time series analysis with multi-granularity  

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Tips for Effectively Training Your Machine Learning Models

Image by Editor | Midjourney In machine learning projects, achieving optimal model performance requires paying attention to various steps in the training process. But before focusing on the technical aspects of model training, it is important to define the problem, understand the context, and analyze the dataset in detail. Once you have a solid grasp of the problem and data, you can proceed to implement strategies that’ll help you build robust and efficient models. Here, we outline five actionable tips […]

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Quiz: How to Write Beautiful Python Code With PEP 8

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 12 QuestionsBy Martin Breuss Share Or copy the link: Copied! Happy Pythoning! In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of how to write beautiful Python code with PEP 8. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit the key guidelines laid out in PEP 8 and how to set up your development environment to write PEP 8 compliant Python code. The quiz contains 12 questions and there is    

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Quiz: How to Use Generators and yield in Python

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 10 QuestionsBy Martin Breuss Share Or copy the link: Copied! Happy Pythoning! In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Python generators. Generators and the Python yield statement can help you when you’re working with large datasets that might overwhelm your machine’s memory. Another use case is when you have a complex function that needs to maintain an internal state every time it’s called. When you understand Python generators, then you’ll be    

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