Math, Music Occasionally, and Stats
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Using deep reinforcement learning to solve the Zelda Thrill Digger in PyTorch: static environment (part 1)
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. Background In a previous post - about two years ago - I speculated that one could solve Thrill Digger using reinforcement learning (RL).
Last updated on Mar 13, 2024
11 min read
Using conventional alpha values for hypothesis tests obscures the meaning of "statistical significance"
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. I once had a conversation with someone who wanted help designing an A/B test for a website. The design was more or less what one would have for a conventional two-sample proportions \(Z\)-test: users would be assigned randomly, by IP address, to one of two versions of a website.
Last updated on Mar 9, 2024
5 min read
Review of my first semester of OMSCS: Computer Vision and Reinforcement Learning
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. The inevitable question: I got an A in Computer Vision (CS 6476) and a B in Reinforcement Learning (CS 7642).
Last updated on Dec 18, 2023
8 min read
A minimal audio and video production setup for lecturing
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. Introduction When I taught at Normandale Community College from Fall 2019 through Spring 2021, I transitioned the course I taught from an in-person to online mode of instruction in Spring 2020.
Last updated on Jul 16, 2023
3 min read
Connecting to the ChatGPT API using Python and Docker
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. Introduction The quickstart page on the OpenAI website covers how to set up a connection to the ChatGPT API using Python.
Last updated on Apr 21, 2023
4 min read
Three things I learned from a year of listening to musical theatre that I didn't learn in my Classical training
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. Introduction About one year ago, I started listening and playing musical theatre music for piano, as someone who had been playing primarily Classical (common-practice) piano music for most of my life.
Last updated on Mar 19, 2022
3 min read
An Exact Solution to "The Dice Game" using R, Python, and Markov Chains
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. To recall “The Dice Game,” a friend sent me the following TikTok video where the speaker refers to “The Dice Game,” consisting of the following steps:
Last updated on Feb 13, 2022
7 min read
Simulating "The Dice Game" in R
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. A friend sent me the following TikTok video where the speaker refers to “The Dice Game,” consisting of the following steps:
Last updated on Feb 10, 2022
4 min read
Minesweeper, Zelda Style
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. The analogue to the popular game Minesweeper in Zelda’s Skyward Sword HD is known as Thrill Digger. I wrote R code to help assist me in playing Thrill Digger.
Last updated on Dec 31, 2021
7 min read
Natural Language Processing: An Introduction to Predictive Text
Views and opinions expressed are solely my own. Introduction This post explains the mathematics behind predictive text in natural language processing (NLP), as well as a brief simulation.
Last updated on Aug 22, 2021
7 min read
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