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Jul 12, 2026·3 min

Inside the ML Engineer Coding Assessment at Top US Tech Companies: What's Tested and How to Prepare

A firsthand account shared on Reddit reveals what a machine learning engineer online assessment (OA) at a top US tech company is really like. This article breaks down OA modules, role differences, and prep strategies for FAANG job seekers.

Jul 12, 2026·4 min

Quantum Optimization with QAOA + Elastic Net: A Practical Look at Genomic Variant Selection

An in-depth look at Q-FH Explorer's latest iteration: replacing XGBoost with Elastic Net for high-dimensional genomic data and adding QAOA quantum optimization for variant selection, reaching R²=0.655.

Jul 12, 2026·7 min

Training Machine Learning Models from Scratch: A Complete Beginner's Guide

A complete walkthrough of training machine learning models from scratch—covering problem definition, data preprocessing, algorithm selection, hyperparameter tuning, and evaluation, with tool recommendations for beginners.

Jul 11, 2026·2 min

The AI Model Versioning Crisis: What an Industry Rumor Reveals About Iteration Chaos

A viral AI rumor about a lost "version 5.6" model exposes three real industry pain points: version control chaos, compliance risk, and model asset management failures.

Jul 11, 2026·3 min

Reward Shaping and RL Debugging in Practice: A Systematic Guide from Oscillation to Convergence

Using an FPV drone RL project as a case study, this guide covers reward shaping principles, Bang-Bang control hacking, module isolation, single-variable debugging, and behavior visualization to solve common RL training issues.

Jul 10, 2026·6 min

MIRA: An Analysis of a Multiplayer Interactive World Model Built on Rocket League

MIRA is an interactive world model project for the multiplayer competitive game Rocket League, exploring how neural networks simulate multi-agent interaction and complex physics. An in-depth look at its significance, challenges, and prospects.

Jul 9, 2026·7 min

Block-Sparse Featurizers: Opening the Black Box of Vision Model Neural Geometry

Block-sparse featurizers remap dense vision model activations into block-sparse representations, making the internal feature spaces of ViT, CNN, and other models readable and interpretable. This article explores their core principles, links to mechanistic interpretability, and applications.

Jul 8, 2026·6 min

AI for Beginners: A Five-Step Practical Path That Skips the Math and Python Syntax Traps

Struggling with math and Python when learning AI from scratch? This article lays out a five-step entry path: grasp the concepts, learn Python lightly, master ML and deep learning principles, get hands-on with PyTorch, then deepen understanding through real projects.

Jul 7, 2026·2 min

Training Just One Transformer Layer Can Match Full-Parameter RL Training?

A controversial study shows training just one Transformer layer can match full-parameter RL training. We analyze the technical principles, engineering value, and limitations of this approach.

Jul 7, 2026·7 min

Dispersion Loss: A Key Technique for Solving Embedding Condensation in Small Language Models

Embedding condensation is a hidden bottleneck in small language model training. Dispersion Loss combats this by enforcing representation spread during training at zero inference cost.

Jul 7, 2026·5 min

Reverse Fine-Tuning Experiment: How AI Can Be Trained to Believe Tokyo Isn't Japan's Capital

A fine-tuning experiment making an LLM believe 'Japan's capital is Paris' reveals the fragility of AI knowledge storage, boundaries of knowledge editing, and deep implications for model poisoning and AI safety.

Jul 7, 2026·3 min

AI + Python Reimagines Empirical Research: From Stata to Fully Automated Paper Generation

A PKU-Stanford trainer breaks down how Python surpasses Stata and R, how AI-driven Skills and Paper Workflow automate empirical research from data to LaTeX paper drafts.

Morph Reflexes: Building Real-Time Beh…

Jul 7, 2026·4 min

Morph Reflexes: Building Real-Time Behavioral Guardrails for AI Agents with Multi-Head Classifiers

Morph Reflexes is an open-source AI agent monitoring tool that uses multi-head classifiers for real-time trace classification — enabling safety guardrails, quality scoring, and training data filtering.

Jun 23, 2026·4 min

Deep Learning Lane Detection: From Segmentation to Classification for 300+ FPS Real-Time Inference

Deep learning lane detection algorithm that simplifies dense segmentation into efficient grid classification, achieving 300+ FPS real-time inference with row selection, Focal Loss, and expectation-based localization.

Jun 19, 2026·3 min

PyTorch Image Classification in Practice: Complete Pipeline from Data Preprocessing to Model Training

A PyTorch flower classification project covering the full image classification pipeline: data preprocessing, transforms augmentation, ResNet pretrained models, and Resize strategies with reusable template code.

Jun 12, 2026·3 min

Using AI Tools to Write Your Graduate Thesis: Completing Deep Learning Experiments Without a CS Background

How can non-CS graduate students use AI tools like Cursor to efficiently complete their thesis? A complete guide covering data sourcing, code adaptation, and AI-assisted modifications.

Jun 4, 2026·2 min

What It Means That Claude Mythos Preview Outperforms Human Researchers in 64% of Research Decisions

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview outperforms human researchers in 64% of research decisions, up from 22%. Analyzing this breakthrough's impact on AI-assisted research and human-AI collaboration.

MixupMP: How Data Augmentation Fixes the Uncertainty Quantification Flaws of Deep Ensembles

Research

May 29, 2026·3 min

MixupMP: How Data Augmentation Fixes the Uncertainty Quantification Flaws of Deep Ensembles

Deep dive into AISTATS 2024 paper MixupMP: revealing Deep Ensembles' fundamental UQ flaws and fixing them via Mixup augmentation and Martingale Posterior framework for better calibration and OOD detection.

Neural Networks for Beginners: From Fundamentals to Handwritten Digit Recognition

Deep Dives

May 27, 2026·1 min

Neural Networks for Beginners: From Fundamentals to Handwritten Digit Recognition

Understand neural networks from scratch. Learn input layers, hidden layers, forward propagation, backpropagation, gradient descent, with a handwritten digit recognition example.

Python Machine Learning in Practice: A Complete Guide from Algorithm Derivation to Code Implementation

Tutorials

May 21, 2026·2 min

Python Machine Learning in Practice: A Complete Guide from Algorithm Derivation to Code Implementation

A systematic Python ML course using a 3-stage framework: algorithm derivation, code implementation, and experimental analysis. Covers logistic regression, decision trees, and ensemble learning.