Part of the End-to-End Machine Learning School course library at http://e2eml.school
A gentle introduction to how support vector machines work. Also, a guided tour through the process of teaching yourself anything.
Slides: https://github.com/brohrer/public-hosting/raw/master/Brandon-Rohrer-Black-Box-light.pptx
Code for examples: https://github.com/brohrer/public-hosting/blob/master/svm_kernel_trick.py
Blog and post: https://brohrer.github.io/open_the_black_box.html
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This was a dry run for Metis' Demystify Data Science Conference. Check out the other awesome talks: https://www.thisismetis.com/demystifying-data-science