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Quantum Data embedding Methods for Quantum Machine Learning

Quantum Computer expects data in Quantum state for processing. NISQ (Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum) devices contain a limited amount of qubits, and these qubits are stable for a concise period of time. The first step in Quantum Machine Learning is to load classical data by encoding it into the state of the Qubits. This process is also known as Quantum Data encoding or embedding and is an important step in Quantum state preparation. …


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QML the next logical step for ML practitioner

In the coming decades, quantum computation will play an essential role in technology, science and business advancement. With Google claiming “Quantum supremacy” and exponential interest in this subject, we aren’t far from seeing many intractable issues challenging to tackle with a classical computer solved by Quantum processing. Furthermore, there is a clear indication that machine learning and quantum computation will play complementary roles in strengthening each other’s areas.

But the main question is why now one should dive into a complex topic like Quantum Machine Learning that looks complex and difficult to learn.
Fortunately, Quantum Computation and then Quantum Machine learning…


In-Depth Analysis

Convert a categorical variable to a number for Machine Learning Model Building

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Last Updated : 12th February 2020

Most of the Machine learning algorithms can not handle categorical variables unless we convert them to numerical values. Many algorithm’s performances vary based on how Categorical variables are encoded.

Categorical variables can be divided into two categories: Nominal (No particular order) and Ordinal (some ordered).


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How AI algorithms are influenced by our life, nature, and the environment

Scientists, engineers, and AI experts have drawn inspiration from their environment to create various Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms. Deep learning has ushered in an AI revolution in recent years, beginning with inspiration from the human brain, especially neurons. In this article, I’ll highlight a few well-known algorithms or disciplines of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning that have been strongly influenced by nature. Fortunately, nature does not have a patent; otherwise, we would have to ask bees, fish, or even ants for permission.

Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA)


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Comprehensive & concise concepts of Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Reinforcement learning (RL) is the hottest field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with many breathtaking breakthroughs in the last couple of years. This article is an attempt to give a concise view of the entire RL spectrum without going too much into math and formula while not losing sight of trees in the dense & complex forest.

Now first, let’s understand what is Reinforcement Learning or RL?

RL means taking optimal action with long term results or cumulative rewards in mind.


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Data Science Made Easy: Few delightful usage examples of Pandas

In day to day, data analysis, we face many unique situations for which Pandas built-in API has many hidden treasures that can resolve most of our problems through concise, elegant code. In this article, I will share, few simple yet compelling tricks that can make programming a joyful experience. When I used some of them for the first time, I had a “wow” effect.

We will use below DataFrame to explain all the concepts used in this article.


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Elegant, comfortable, concise, and fast way to build lists

Python is a language of expressiveness in concise code, which is very elegant and easy to comprehend. List Comprehension provides a concise way to create lists. List Comprehension is the proper “pythonic” way of building an accessible, concise, and fast way to build lists. It allows one to perform complex operations on lists using a single line.

What are List Comprehensions?

List comprehensions provide us with a simple way to create a list based on some sequence or another list that we can loop over. In python terminology, anything that we can loop over is called iterable. At its most basic level, list comprehension…


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How Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning helping fight against Corona Virus

Ever since corona has hit the earth with its deadly menace, the use of AI and Machine learning helped countries to identify & contain the spread of the virus, distribute limited resources, assist in deciding the next course of action.

AI technologies, in areas including natural language processing, speech recognition, computer vision, data analytics, machine learning, and deep learning, are now being deployed as powerful weapons against COVID-19. This article is a collection of stories narrating how successful application of technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science taking the battle head-on against deadly coronavirus to save our habitat.

Understanding Virus Inside Out :


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IN DEPTH ANALYSIS

Scale data for better performance of Machine Learning Model

Machine learning is like making a mixed fruit juice. If we want to get the best-mixed juice, we need to mix all fruit not by their size but based on their right proportion. We just need to remember apple and strawberry are not the same unless we make them similar in some context to compare their attribute. Similarly, in many machine learning algorithms, to bring all features in the same standing, we need to do scaling so that one significant number doesn’t impact the model just because of their large magnitude.

Feature scaling in machine learning is one of the…


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What to expect during the professional journey as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning or Data Science practitioner

The Harvard Business Review article ‘Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century’ created a ripple across the industry. After all, its the dream job sector with sky-high salary, all hype about Artificial General Intelligence, Cognitive Machine Learning, etc. Popular media is obsessed with every breakthrough by so-called AI powerhouses. It’s not just sexy but immensely glamorous to have Artificial Intelligence, Data Scientist, or Machine Learning tag with one’s career.

But the sexiest job does not mean everything is hot. Many aspects of Data science are gruesome and sometimes even scary.

In this article, I will use Data Science…

Baijayanta Roy

Data Science | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Artificial Intelligence | Quantum Computing

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