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Random Walk Learning and the Pac-Man Attack
Random Walk Learning and the Pac-Man Attack arXiv:2508.05663v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Random walk (RW)-based algorithms have long been popular in distributed systems due to low overheads and scalability, with recent growing applications in decentralized learning. However, their reliance on local interactions makes them inherently vulnerable to malicious behavior. In this work, we investigate an…
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Reduction Techniques for Survival Analysis
Reduction Techniques for Survival Analysis arXiv:2508.05715v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this work, we discuss what we refer to as reduction techniques for survival analysis, that is, techniques that “reduce” a survival task to a more common regression or classification task, without ignoring the specifics of survival data. Such techniques particularly facilitate machine learning-based survival…
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Stochastic Trace Optimization of Parameter Dependent Matrices Based on Statistical Learning Theory
Stochastic Trace Optimization of Parameter Dependent Matrices Based on Statistical Learning Theory arXiv:2508.05764v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We consider matrices $boldsymbol{A}(boldsymboltheta)inmathbb{R}^{mtimes m}$ that depend, possibly nonlinearly, on a parameter $boldsymboltheta$ from a compact parameter space $Theta$. We present a Monte Carlo estimator for minimizing $text{trace}(boldsymbol{A}(boldsymboltheta))$ over all $boldsymbolthetainTheta$, and determine the sampling amount so that…
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Lightweight Auto-bidding based on Traffic Prediction in Live Advertising
Lightweight Auto-bidding based on Traffic Prediction in Live Advertising arXiv:2508.06069v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Internet live streaming is widely used in online entertainment and e-commerce, where live advertising is an important marketing tool for anchors. An advertising campaign hopes to maximize the effect (such as conversions) under constraints (such as budget and cost-per-click). The mainstream…
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Decorrelated feature importance from local sample weighting
Decorrelated feature importance from local sample weighting arXiv:2508.06337v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Feature importance (FI) statistics provide a prominent and valuable method of insight into the decision process of machine learning (ML) models, but their effectiveness has well-known limitations when correlation is present among the features in the training data. In this case, the FI…
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Weekly Entering & Transitioning – Thread 11 Aug, 2025 – 18 Aug, 2025
Weekly Entering & Transitioning – Thread 11 Aug, 2025 – 18 Aug, 2025 Welcome to this week’s entering & transitioning thread! This thread is for any questions about getting started, studying, or transitioning into the data science field. Topics include: Learning resources (e.g. books, tutorials, videos) Traditional education (e.g. schools, degrees, electives) Alternative education (e.g.…
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Catch-22: Learning R through “hands on” Projects
Catch-22: Learning R through “hands on” Projects I often get told “learn data science by doing hands-on projects” and then I get all fired up and motivated to learn, and then I open up R…. And then I stare at a blank screen because I don’t know the syntax from memory. And then I tell…
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AI isn’t taking your job. Executives are.
AI isn’t taking your job. Executives are. If AI is ready to replace developers, why aren’t developers replacing themselves with AI and just taking it easy at work? I’m a Director at my company. I’m in the meetings and helping set up the tools that cost people their jobs. Here’s how they work: Claude AI…
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Burnout, disillusionment, and imposter syndrome after 1 year in DS. Am I just an API monkey? Reality check needed.
Burnout, disillusionment, and imposter syndrome after 1 year in DS. Am I just an API monkey? Reality check needed. Hey folks, I am about a year into my first data science job. It took roughly a year and more than 400 applications to land it, so the idea of another long search is scary. Early…
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Business focused data science
Business focused data science As a microbiology researcher, I’m far away from the business world. I do more -omics and growth curves and molecular techniques, but I want to move away from biology. I believe the bridge that can help me do that is data. I have got experience with R and excel. I’m looking…
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‘Stop killing games’: Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights
‘Stop killing games’: Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights When French video-game publisher Ubisoft announced it was shutting down servers for The Crew, a popular online racing game released in 2014, it wasn’t just the end of a title. It marked the beginning of a broader reckoning about the nature of digital…
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Swiss pilot takes big step closer to solar plane altitude record
Swiss pilot takes big step closer to solar plane altitude record Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan got within around a thousand meters of setting a new altitude record in a solar-powered plane on Sunday as he chases the goal of breaking the 10,000 meters barrier. Go to techxplore
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In internal call, CDC employees recount shooting, ask about RFK Jr.’s response
In internal call, CDC employees recount shooting, ask about RFK Jr.’s response WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday told staff that the agency’s campus had reopened in the wake of the Friday attack by a gunman — and suggested more security measures would be put in place. On…
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‘World’s First’ In-Club Art Gallery Launches With Works by Beeple, Mad Dog Jones
‘World’s First’ In-Club Art Gallery Launches With Works by Beeple, Mad Dog Jones Hï Ibiza, The Night League, and W1 Curates have launched a permanent art gallery inside a nightclub, featuring digital and physical works. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Nyan Cat Creator Calls Meme Coins ‘Wild West’, Claims $700K in Fees—But Denies Endorsement
Nyan Cat Creator Calls Meme Coins ‘Wild West’, Claims $700K in Fees—But Denies Endorsement Creator of vintage internet meme Nyan Cat has claimed $700,000 in royalties associated with meme coins, but does not endorse them. Ryan Gladwin Go to decrypt.co
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Public Keys: Coinbase’s Convertible, Core Combo Fight and Block’s Bitcoin Play
Public Keys: Coinbase’s Convertible, Core Combo Fight and Block’s Bitcoin Play This week on Public Keys: Coinbase’s $2 billion raise, Core Scientific’s merger battle, and Block’s Bitcoin treasury expansion. Stacy Elliott Go to decrypt.co
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Self-adaptive electrolytes expand stability for fast charging and high-energy batteries
Self-adaptive electrolytes expand stability for fast charging and high-energy batteries To support the ongoing transition to electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse emissions, engineers have been trying to develop batteries that can store more energy, while also operating safely and lasting for long periods of time. Typically, however, high-energy batteries entail longer charging times, which is…
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New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fears
New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fears Instagram users are warning about a new location sharing feature, fearing that the hugely popular app could be putting people in danger by revealing their whereabouts without their knowledge. Go to techxplore
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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act
As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. Go to techxplore
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Opinion: Former surgeon general: The CDC shooting must be a wakeup call
Opinion: Former surgeon general: The CDC shooting must be a wakeup call At approximately 4:50 p.m. on Friday, a gunman opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. The attack left bullet holes in office windows and claimed the life of DeKalb County police officer David Rose. Authorities believe the…
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STAT+: Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster
STAT+: Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster WASHINGTON — Vinay Prasad is returning to the Food and Drug Administration to resume his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy, and blood product regulation. “At the FDA’s request, Dr. Vinay Prasad is resuming leadership of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,” Health and…
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Opinion: Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner puts crucial health data at risk
Opinion: Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner puts crucial health data at risk In early July, I began teaching a summer course: introductory biostatistics for an accelerated master’s of public health program. Most of the students are clinicians, and biostatistics is (understandably) not often the favorite course. On day one, I told…
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CDC shaken after gunman attacks its headquarters
CDC shaken after gunman attacks its headquarters This article was updated on Aug. 9. A gunman attacked the main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, further shaking an agency in the midst of a tumultuous year. Read the rest… Daniel Payne Go to statnews
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Harvard Reveals $116 Million Investment in BlackRock Bitcoin ETF
Harvard Reveals $116 Million Investment in BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Harvard is the latest major institution to buy Bitcoin via regulated investment vehicles. Mathew Di Salvo Go to decrypt.co
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Bumps in the Machine: OpenAI’s GPT-5 Rollout Stumbles Into the Spotlight
Bumps in the Machine: OpenAI’s GPT-5 Rollout Stumbles Into the Spotlight Users say GPT-5 is slower, less engaging, and prone to errors despite OpenAI’s lofty promises. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Dogecoin, XRP Lead Altcoins as Bitcoin Dominance Falls
Dogecoin, XRP Lead Altcoins as Bitcoin Dominance Falls The tailwinds remain “incredibly strong” for Bitcoin, according to Hashdex Head of Global Markets Insights Gerry O’Shea. André Beganski Go to decrypt.co
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Another Trump Pump Sends Ethereum, XRP and Dogecoin Flying: What Happens Next?
Another Trump Pump Sends Ethereum, XRP and Dogecoin Flying: What Happens Next? Markets are pumping on another pro-crypto Trump executive order. Will it last? The charts suggest growing optimism. Jose Antonio Lanz Go to decrypt.co
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Coinbase Rolls Out DEX Trading on Its App Starting With Base—And Solana ‘Coming Soon’
Coinbase Rolls Out DEX Trading on Its App Starting With Base—And Solana ‘Coming Soon’ The company is moving to become an “everything exchange,” its CEO said. Mathew Di Salvo Go to decrypt.co
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How to Design Machine Learning Experiments — the Right Way
How to Design Machine Learning Experiments — the Right Way The key to successful ML projects isn’t always more resources The post How to Design Machine Learning Experiments — the Right Way appeared first on Towards Data Science. TDS Editors Go to original source
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How to Write Insightful Technical Articles
How to Write Insightful Technical Articles Learn how to write informative technical articles The post How to Write Insightful Technical Articles appeared first on Towards Data Science. Eivind Kjosbakken Go to original source
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Tessell Achieves PCI DSS 4.1, Setting the Standard for Cloud Database Security
Tessell Achieves PCI DSS 4.1, Setting the Standard for Cloud Database Security Tessell, the multi-cloud database-as-a-service (DBaaS) platform, announced that it has successfully achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 4.1 certification, the most rigorous standard for securing cardholder data globally. Go to dbta
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AppSignal Debuts OpenTelemetry Support, Expanding its Monitoring Prowess
AppSignal Debuts OpenTelemetry Support, Expanding its Monitoring Prowess AppSignal, the provider of actionable application insights for developers, is unveiling native OpenTelemetry (OTel) support for its application performance monitoring (APM) product suite, democratizing OpenTelemetry for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Go to dbta
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How AI is Augmenting, Not Automating, the DBA with Quest and Datavail
How AI is Augmenting, Not Automating, the DBA with Quest and Datavail DBTA’s webinar, The Impact of AI on the DBA, illustrated the new challenges and opportunities facing DBAs in the AI era, featuring expert perspectives on the skills, tools, and mindsets required for DBA success. Go to dbta
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Intruder Launches Autoswagger, a Free Tool to Expose Hidden API Authorization Flaws
Intruder Launches Autoswagger, a Free Tool to Expose Hidden API Authorization Flaws Intruder, a leader in attack surface management, is releasing Autoswagger?a free, open-source tool that scans OpenAPI-documented APIs for broken authorization vulnerabilities. According to the company, Autoswagger automatically detects authorization weaknesses in APIs and discovers sensitive endpoints not requiring authentication where the application fails…
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The Keys to AI Enablement: Data Integration and Governance with Informatica
The Keys to AI Enablement: Data Integration and Governance with Informatica Chetan Swain, senior product marketing manager, Informatica, joined DBTA’s webinar, Data Integration and Governance for the AI Era, to explore emerging technologies and trends reshaping how organizations manage data for AI enablement, from data fabric and data mesh, to real-time data integration, no-/low-code integration,…
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Pioneer spirit drives Swiss solar-powered plane altitude attempt
Pioneer spirit drives Swiss solar-powered plane altitude attempt Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan on Friday made his first attempt of the year at setting a new aviation record: reaching an altitude of 10,000 meters in a solar-powered airplane. Go to techxplore
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How Uber steers its drivers toward better performance
How Uber steers its drivers toward better performance New research shows that the app’s ratings and incentive system has made drivers in Chicago as safe and reliable as taxi drivers. The findings suggest regulators may want to consider new quality-control measures. Go to techxplore
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Towards better earthquake risk assessment with machine learning and geological survey data
Towards better earthquake risk assessment with machine learning and geological survey data “A building is only as strong as its foundation” is a common adage to signify the importance of having a stable and solid base to build upon. The type and design of foundation are important for ensuring the structural safety of a building.…
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Q&A: New physical model aims to boost energy storage research
Q&A: New physical model aims to boost energy storage research Engineers rely on computational tools to develop new energy storage technologies, which are critical for capitalizing on sustainable energy sources and powering electric vehicles and other devices. Researchers have now developed a new classical physics model that captures one of the most complex aspects of…
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Overtaking the odds: Do passing zones make rural roads safer?
Overtaking the odds: Do passing zones make rural roads safer? The frustration of getting stuck behind a slow vehicle on a remote road is all too familiar to drivers in Pennsylvania, where rural roads make up about 60% of highways. One of the roadway features that addresses this issue are passing zones—dotted sections of two-lane…
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STAT+: Trump administration launches investigation into Harvard’s federally funded research patents
STAT+: Trump administration launches investigation into Harvard’s federally funded research patents The U.S. Department of Commerce is opening an investigation into Harvard’s federally funded research programs amid allegations that it failed to follow the law, according to a senior administration official. In a letter sent to Harvard President Alan Garber on Friday, Commerce Secretary Howard…
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In internal FDA town hall, employees raise concerns about staffing, impromptu expert meetings
In internal FDA town hall, employees raise concerns about staffing, impromptu expert meetings WASHINGTON — Top drug regulator George Tidmarsh assured Food and Drug Administration staff this week that he and other leaders are trying to bring operations back to normal. “I know that I’m coming in here at a challenging time,” Tidmarsh said at…
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HHS cites list of studies as scientific justification for cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts
HHS cites list of studies as scientific justification for cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are citing an extensive list of studies purported to document harms caused by messenger RNA vaccines as scientific justification for canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in investment in the technology. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
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STAT+: Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees
STAT+: Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants by giving President Trump’s political appointees unprecedented power over the projects agencies fund. The order issued Thursday night, titled “Improving Oversight Of Federal…
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STAT+: Advocates urge South Africa to reopen antitrust probe into Vertex Pharmaceuticals
STAT+: Advocates urge South Africa to reopen antitrust probe into Vertex Pharmaceuticals Patient advocacy groups are urging the South African government to reopen an antitrust investigation into Vertex Pharmaceuticals over allegations the company misled authorities into closing a high-profile case last year over access to a cystic fibrosis treatment. Last December, the Competition Commission ruled…
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Ethereum Foundation Pledges to Match $500K for Roman Storm’s Legal Defense
Ethereum Foundation Pledges to Match $500K for Roman Storm’s Legal Defense Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm faces decades in prison if prosecutors retry deadlocked charges in a high-profile case. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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Jack Dorsey’s Block Adds 108 Bitcoin in Q2, Posts Higher Revenue and Profit
Jack Dorsey’s Block Adds 108 Bitcoin in Q2, Posts Higher Revenue and Profit Dorsey’s fintech company now holds 8,692 BTC worth over $1.15 billion, according to the company’s latest 10-Q filing. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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Core Scientific’s Top Investor to Vote Against CoreWeave’s ‘Inadequate’ $9B Takeover
Core Scientific’s Top Investor to Vote Against CoreWeave’s ‘Inadequate’ $9B Takeover Two Seas Capital is challenging Core Scientific’s $9 billion sale to CoreWeave, arguing the terms significantly undervalue the miner. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Trump’s Pro-Crypto Orders See Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Jump, Then Unwind
Trump’s Pro-Crypto Orders See Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Jump, Then Unwind Futures market data shows traders quickly closed positions after a burst of speculative activity tied to White House policy moves. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co
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Bitcoin Advances After Trump Taps Bitcoin-Friendly Economist for Fed Role
Bitcoin Advances After Trump Taps Bitcoin-Friendly Economist for Fed Role Trump’s nomination of a pro-Bitcoin economist is seen as a tilt toward looser policy, though some warn it could erode the bank’s independence. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Differentially Private Model-X Knockoffs via Johnson-Lindenstrauss Transform
Differentially Private Model-X Knockoffs via Johnson-Lindenstrauss Transform arXiv:2508.04800v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce a novel privatization framework for high-dimensional controlled variable selection. Our framework enables rigorous False Discovery Rate (FDR) control under differential privacy constraints. While the Model-X knockoff procedure provides FDR guarantees by constructing provably exchangeable “negative control” features, existing privacy mechanisms like…
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The Cosine Schedule is Fisher-Rao-Optimal for Masked Discrete Diffusion Models
The Cosine Schedule is Fisher-Rao-Optimal for Masked Discrete Diffusion Models arXiv:2508.04884v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this work, we study the problem of choosing the discretisation schedule for sampling from masked discrete diffusion models in terms of the information geometry of the induced probability path. Specifically, we show that the optimal schedule under the Fisher-Rao…
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High-Dimensional Differentially Private Quantile Regression: Distributed Estimation and Statistical Inference
High-Dimensional Differentially Private Quantile Regression: Distributed Estimation and Statistical Inference arXiv:2508.05212v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the development of big data and machine learning, privacy concerns have become increasingly critical, especially when handling heterogeneous datasets containing sensitive personal information. Differential privacy provides a rigorous framework for safeguarding individual privacy while enabling meaningful statistical analysis. In…
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L1-Regularized Functional Support Vector Machine
L1-Regularized Functional Support Vector Machine arXiv:2508.05567v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In functional data analysis, binary classification with one functional covariate has been extensively studied. We aim to fill in the gap of considering multivariate functional covariates in classification. In particular, we propose an $L_1$-regularized functional support vector machine for binary classification. An accompanying algorithm is…
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High-Order Error Bounds for Markovian LSA with Richardson-Romberg Extrapolation
High-Order Error Bounds for Markovian LSA with Richardson-Romberg Extrapolation arXiv:2508.05570v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper, we study the bias and high-order error bounds of the Linear Stochastic Approximation (LSA) algorithm with Polyak-Ruppert (PR) averaging under Markovian noise. We focus on the version of the algorithm with constant step size $alpha$ and propose a…
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Time Series Forecasting Made Simple (Part 3.2): A Deep Dive into LOESS-Based Smoothing
Time Series Forecasting Made Simple (Part 3.2): A Deep Dive into LOESS-Based Smoothing Explore how STL uses LOESS smoothing to extract trend and seasonal components. The post Time Series Forecasting Made Simple (Part 3.2): A Deep Dive into LOESS-Based Smoothing appeared first on Towards Data Science. Nikhil Dasari Go to original source
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Agentic AI: On Evaluations
Agentic AI: On Evaluations Metrics to track for RAG and agents, plus the frameworks that help The post Agentic AI: On Evaluations appeared first on Towards Data Science. Ida Silfverskiöld Go to original source
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Finding Golden Examples: A Smarter Approach to In-Context Learning
Finding Golden Examples: A Smarter Approach to In-Context Learning From random example selection to systematic AuPair generation — how to make your LLM prompts actually work The post Finding Golden Examples: A Smarter Approach to In-Context Learning appeared first on Towards Data Science. Sudheer Singh Go to original source
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The Channel-Wise Attention | Squeeze and Excitation
The Channel-Wise Attention | Squeeze and Excitation Applying the Squeeze and Excitation module on ResNeXt using PyTorch The post The Channel-Wise Attention | Squeeze and Excitation appeared first on Towards Data Science. Muhammad Ardi Go to original source
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What is IDoc (intermediate document)?
What is IDoc (intermediate document)? IDoc (intermediate document) is a standard data structure used in SAP applications to transfer data to and from SAP system applications and external systems. Go to techtarget
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Redpanda 25.2 Simplifies Iceberg Adoption, Partnership with Databricks Delivers Stream-to-Table Iceberg Integration
Redpanda 25.2 Simplifies Iceberg Adoption, Partnership with Databricks Delivers Stream-to-Table Iceberg Integration Redpanda, the real-time data platform that powers agentic and operational applications, is introducing Redpanda 25.2, simplifying Iceberg adoption for enterprise users and including support for Databricks Unity Catalog?allowing enterprise customers to turn streaming event data into queryable Iceberg tables in Databricks. Go to…
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NetApp in Partnership With AWS Accelerate Secure VMware Cloud Migrations with Amazon EVS
NetApp in Partnership With AWS Accelerate Secure VMware Cloud Migrations with Amazon EVS NetApp, the intelligent data infrastructure company, announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now a supported external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Go to dbta
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ThreatLocker Delivers Real-Time Visibility into Configuration Risks and Compliance Gaps?with DAC
ThreatLocker Delivers Real-Time Visibility into Configuration Risks and Compliance Gaps?with DAC ThreatLocker, a leader in endpoint security and Zero Trust solutions, is rolling out a new feature for ThreatLocker customers, Defense Against Configurations (DAC)?giving IT and security teams a comprehensive, real-time view of vulnerabilities in their environment.???? Go to dbta
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Cloudera Launches On-Prem AI Services for Accelerating and Safeguarding Deployment
Cloudera Launches On-Prem AI Services for Accelerating and Safeguarding Deployment Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, is announcing that its latest iteration of Cloudera Data Services delivers private AI to on-prem environments. Go to dbta
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Q&A: Can assistance tech become part of the family?
Q&A: Can assistance tech become part of the family? In an article published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Dr. Zhao Zhao and her colleagues have investigated the long-term lifespan of a social robot given to 20 families in 2021 to see whether it could help their children learn to read. Four years after their…
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EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program that was intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income U.S. households. Go to techxplore
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OpenAI releases ChatGPT-5 as AI race accelerates
OpenAI releases ChatGPT-5 as AI race accelerates OpenAI on Thursday released a keenly awaited new generation of its hallmark ChatGPT, touting “significant” advancements in artificial intelligence capabilities, as a global race over the technology accelerates. Go to techxplore
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Berserkers to bigfoot: Computational folklore explained in 101 seconds
Berserkers to bigfoot: Computational folklore explained in 101 seconds Quick: Think of “folklore.” Did images of witches, trolls, goblins or other fairytale creatures and stories populate your mind? Go to techxplore
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Wind tunnel enables testing of advanced air mobility aircraft wing
Wind tunnel enables testing of advanced air mobility aircraft wing The advanced air mobility industry is currently working to produce novel aircraft ranging from air taxis to autonomous cargo drones, and all of those designs will require extensive testing—which is why NASA is working to give them a head-start by studying a special kind of…
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Exposure management starts with identity
Exposure management starts with identity While concepts like zero trust, XDR and threat intelligence are valuable in cybersecurity, the fundamental imperative today is exposure management: understanding where critical vulnerabilities lie and remediating them swiftly. To effectively manage cyber exposure, the focus must begin where the risk is the greatest — identity. More specifically, Active Directory.…
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Pega aims to revolutionalise self-service tools
Pega aims to revolutionalise self-service tools Pegasystems has announced a solution aimed at automating some of the most complex customer service requests using agentic AI. The Pega Self-Service Agent solution combines the agentic capabilities of Pega Blueprint and Pega Predictive AI into a tool designed to handle the complex interactions typically conducted by customer service…
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Palo Alto seeks to redefine application security
Palo Alto seeks to redefine application security Palo Alto Networks has launched a solution aimed at redefining application security by intelligently blocking security issues before they can reach production. The company says the solution, Cortex Cloud Application Security Posture Management (APSM), is designed to allow developers and security teams to fix security risks before cloud…
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HPE unveils new security tools at Black Hat USA
HPE unveils new security tools at Black Hat USA HPE has expanded its cybersecurity, resiliency and compliance portfolio with a range of new solutions driven by AI and other emerging technologies. At Black Hat USA this week, the company announced a new Secure Access Service Edge copilot for HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect designed to provide…
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ACS backs digital productivity vision but urges action on AI regulation
ACS backs digital productivity vision but urges action on AI regulation The Australian Computer Society (ACS), says it welcomes the Productivity Commission’s interim report on Harnessing Data and Digital Technology as a timely acknowledgment of the central role digital capability plays in Australia’s economic resilience and future prosperity. But while the ACS supports many of…
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Closing a zombie biotech, and Lilly’s disappointing obesity readout
Closing a zombie biotech, and Lilly’s disappointing obesity readout How does a biotech company decide to shut itself down? Why does Eli Lilly have so much riding on its oral obesity candidate? And what’s the outlook for Vertex’s pain franchise? We discuss that and more on this on this week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD,”…
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STAT+: Unpacking Trump’s approach to health care oversight
STAT+: Unpacking Trump’s approach to health care oversight You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I was reminded recently of why I dig mass transit upon overhearing the train conductor and…
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STAT+: Kennedy’s rejection of mRNA vaccines thwarts scientific progress — and threatens national security, experts say
STAT+: Kennedy’s rejection of mRNA vaccines thwarts scientific progress — and threatens national security, experts say Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision this week to discontinue funding of the development of messenger RNA vaccines has alarmed scientists, who have warned that it will leave the country far less prepared for future pandemics. But it is…
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STAT+: DOJ and UnitedHealth reach settlement on $3.3 billion Amedisys deal
STAT+: DOJ and UnitedHealth reach settlement on $3.3 billion Amedisys deal The Department of Justice and state officials have reached a proposed settlement agreement with UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys that would allow the companies to complete their $3.3 billion combination so long as they agree to sell 164 home health and hospice locations across 19…
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STAT+: Dewpoint Therapeutics, biotech startup in a once-buzzy field, cuts 70% of staff
STAT+: Dewpoint Therapeutics, biotech startup in a once-buzzy field, cuts 70% of staff Dewpoint Therapeutics, a startup working in the once-buzzy field of biomolecular condensates, laid off most of its staff Thursday. The biotech is cutting around 70% of its workforce, a source told STAT. Dewpoint declined to provide the number of employees who were…
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Marex Becomes ‘First’ Clearing Firm to Use JPMorgan’s Kinexys Blockchain For Settlements
Marex Becomes ‘First’ Clearing Firm to Use JPMorgan’s Kinexys Blockchain For Settlements JPMorgan’s permissioned platform will help reduce settlement risk, time, and cost by enabling 24/7 programmable payments Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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Bitcoin Steadies as Short-Term Holder Profit-Taking Slows
Bitcoin Steadies as Short-Term Holder Profit-Taking Slows Bitcoin’s short-term profit-taking declines, but investors remain cautious as directional bias remains uncertain amid ongoing risks. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co
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Lawmakers Call for Inquiry Into China’s DeepSeek Over National Security, Data Risks
Lawmakers Call for Inquiry Into China’s DeepSeek Over National Security, Data Risks Seven Republican senators are urging the Commerce Department to investigate whether open-source models like DeepSeek’s R1 pose risks. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Apple Seeks Pivot on AI as It Pours Additional $100B Into US
Apple Seeks Pivot on AI as It Pours Additional $100B Into US Apple pledged an extra $100 billion to U.S. manufacturing as Trump threatens tariffs on foreign-made chips. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Trollface Creator Says Crypto ‘Diminishes’ Art, Rules Out Legal Action on $200M Meme Coin
Trollface Creator Says Crypto ‘Diminishes’ Art, Rules Out Legal Action on $200M Meme Coin Carlos Ramirez, aka Whynne, told Decrypt that he doesn’t want to be involved and won’t press legal action against the surging Troll meme coin. Ryan Gladwin Go to decrypt.co
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Reliable Programmatic Weak Supervision with Confidence Intervals for Label Probabilities
Reliable Programmatic Weak Supervision with Confidence Intervals for Label Probabilities arXiv:2508.03896v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The accurate labeling of datasets is often both costly and time-consuming. Given an unlabeled dataset, programmatic weak supervision obtains probabilistic predictions for the labels by leveraging multiple weak labeling functions (LFs) that provide rough guesses for labels. Weak LFs commonly…
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Reinforcement Learning in MDPs with Information-Ordered Policies
Reinforcement Learning in MDPs with Information-Ordered Policies arXiv:2508.03904v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We propose an epoch-based reinforcement learning algorithm for infinite-horizon average-cost Markov decision processes (MDPs) that leverages a partial order over a policy class. In this structure, $pi’ leq pi$ if data collected under $pi$ can be used to estimate the performance of $pi’$,…
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Negative binomial regression and inference using a pre-trained transformer
Negative binomial regression and inference using a pre-trained transformer arXiv:2508.04111v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Negative binomial regression is essential for analyzing over-dispersed count data in in comparative studies, but parameter estimation becomes computationally challenging in large screens requiring millions of comparisons. We investigate using a pre-trained transformer to produce estimates of negative binomial regression parameters…
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Deep Neural Network-Driven Adaptive Filtering
Deep Neural Network-Driven Adaptive Filtering arXiv:2508.04258v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper proposes a deep neural network (DNN)-driven framework to address the longstanding generalization challenge in adaptive filtering (AF). In contrast to traditional AF frameworks that emphasize explicit cost function design, the proposed framework shifts the paradigm toward direct gradient acquisition. The DNN, functioning as…
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The Relative Instability of Model Comparison with Cross-validation
The Relative Instability of Model Comparison with Cross-validation arXiv:2508.04409v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Existing work has shown that cross-validation (CV) can be used to provide an asymptotic confidence interval for the test error of a stable machine learning algorithm, and existing stability results for many popular algorithms can be applied to derive positive instances where…
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The MCP Security Survival Guide: Best Practices, Pitfalls, and Real-World Lessons
The MCP Security Survival Guide: Best Practices, Pitfalls, and Real-World Lessons Unless you’re someone who lives and breathes cybersecurity, chances are you didn’t think much about authentication, network exposure, or what happens if someone else finds your server. This guide isn’t here to kill the excitement—it’s here to help you use MCP without opening the…
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How I Won the “Mostly AI” Synthetic Data Challenge
How I Won the “Mostly AI” Synthetic Data Challenge A deep dive into how post-processing can supercharge synthetic data generation The post How I Won the “Mostly AI” Synthetic Data Challenge appeared first on Towards Data Science. Daniel Gärber Go to original source
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The Machine, the Expert, and the Common Folks
The Machine, the Expert, and the Common Folks A look at noise, consistency and broken legs The post The Machine, the Expert, and the Common Folks appeared first on Towards Data Science. Lars Nørtoft Reiter Go to original source
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InfiniBand vs RoCEv2: Choosing the Right Network for Large-Scale AI
InfiniBand vs RoCEv2: Choosing the Right Network for Large-Scale AI Learn how InfiniBand and RoCEv2 enable high-speed GPU communication The post InfiniBand vs RoCEv2: Choosing the Right Network for Large-Scale AI appeared first on Towards Data Science. Shireesh Kumar Singh Go to original source
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DBTA Readers’ Choice Award Winners (2025)
DBTA Readers’ Choice Award Winners (2025) The amount of data and its complexity has been growing at a rapid clip and shows no sign of stopping. To contain this data, organizations have been introducing different types of database platforms alongside relational solutions. To help organizations progress along their data-driven journeys, each year, DBTA presents the…
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Winners’ Circle: Navicat
Winners’ Circle: Navicat Go to dbta
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Winners’ Circle: CData
Winners’ Circle: CData Go to dbta
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Winners’ Circle: Yellowbrick
Winners’ Circle: Yellowbrick Go to dbta
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Winners’ Circle: Devart
Winners’ Circle: Devart Go to dbta