CHATBOTS. They're everywhere. Every company seems to have one. But what is a chatbot and how is it developed? Chatbots are intelligent dialog systems that we interact with via text or voice, typically used for customer service or information acquisition. Some chatbots use sophisticated NLP systems, whereas simpler forms scan for keywords, then pull a reply with … Continue reading 3 TUTORIALS: HOW TO BUILD A CHATBOT
UPCOMING TECH-MEETUPS
Monday Let's Learn Programming(Design) and English!! On Mondays people meet up at Shiftbrain in Minamiaoyama and teach each other English and Web Dev. Nov 6 | 19:00 - 21:00 [more] Wednesday Hacker News Tokyo Japan Meetup #75 Announcing the next Hacker News event at Super Deluxe in Nishi Azabu, near Roppongi station. The space is huge, it's … Continue reading UPCOMING TECH-MEETUPS
MOOC MATH FOR DATA SCIENCE
It's always the same question people ask: How much math do I need for Machine Learning? And the answer is: It's really up to you, your projects and your goals. Getting started, you can use frameworks and libraries, that will cover most of the math for you, so that software engineering becomes a valuable skill, even … Continue reading MOOC MATH FOR DATA SCIENCE
MEETUPS OF THE WEEK
TUESDAY TOKYO HACKER SPACE "Every Tuesday and Wednesday night, from 7:30 PM, THS opens its doors to the public and guests, free for all. We chat about technology, upcoming events, show and tell, and work on projects. Let's deepen our understanding of technology and art in a social atmosphere. " When? 10/31 | 7:30 pm … Continue reading MEETUPS OF THE WEEK
RNNs or CNNs for NLP?
When we talk about Convolutional Neural Networks, that take a fixed size input and produce a fixed size output, we usually think of image processing. When it comes to Natural Language Processing, Recurrent Neural Networks come into play, since they allow us to operate over sequences of vectors. Now, a new trend in research is emerging, experimenting … Continue reading RNNs or CNNs for NLP?
Rakuten Tech Conference 2017
This week, we skipped our study session and attended the Rakuten Tech Conference instead. This year's theme was to connect Heart, Head & Hands and create something new. Dozens of talks and workshops were held in fields like Web and App Development, Game Development, VR & AR, Blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence. Also, Yoovraj (who … Continue reading Rakuten Tech Conference 2017
MACHINE LEARNING BRAINSTORMING
The first ML TOKYO IDEATHON was held on October 7th at the open co-working space Yahoo! Japan Lodge. We've been working with a Machine Learning course for the past two months and are ready to apply some of that knowledge to a real world problem. We came up with a lot of ideas, ranging from … Continue reading MACHINE LEARNING BRAINSTORMING
