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Practical Guide to Applied Conformal Prediction in Python: Learn and apply the best uncertainty frameworks to your industry applications

Practical Guide to Applied Conformal Prediction in Python: Learn and apply the best uncertainty frameworks to your industry applications

Take your machine learning skills to the next level by mastering the best framework for uncertainty quantification - Conformal Prediction

2023

Valery Manokhin

Valery Manokhin

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Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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5d ago

The multiplication method Russian peasants used for a thousand years — and why every computer in…

A folk algorithm that turns out to be Egyptian, and turns out to be binary.

The multiplication method Russian peasants used for a thousand years — and why every computer in…

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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Jul 9

Amazon Said a Tree Beats Conformal Prediction “By a Wide Margin.” I Reproduced It. It Doesn’t.

A 2021 Amazon Science paper claimed its method crushed conformal prediction. It never actually tested conformal prediction on forecasting —…

Amazon Said a Tree Beats Conformal Prediction “By a Wide Margin.” I Reproduced It. It Doesn’t.

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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May 16

If You’re Still Worshipping Pearson Correlation, You’re Not a Data Scientist — You’re Driving a…

The correlation coefficient has more holes than Swiss cheese. Yet people still treat it like gospel.

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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May 9

A Cool Russian Way to Teach Subtraction: Replace It with Addition

One of the most interesting things about old Russian arithmetic books is that they often did more than teach children how to calculate…

A Cool Russian Way to Teach Subtraction: Replace It with Addition

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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May 7

How the Bolsheviks Destroyed Russian Mathematical Education by Importing American Progressive…

Then they imported a 19th-century schoolteacher to undo the damage.

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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May 4

How Many Children Learned Mathematics From Kiselev’s Textbooks?

A demographic estimate, with sources, of the readership of A.P. Kiselev’s textbooks across Russian and Soviet education — and a look at why…

How Many Children Learned Mathematics From Kiselev’s Textbooks?

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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Apr 29

The Small Moscow Economics School That Helped Produce Revolut, XTX, and a $100 Billion Talent Story

There is a curious and underappreciated story in modern European technology and finance.

The Small Moscow Economics School That Helped Produce Revolut, XTX, and a $100 Billion Talent Story

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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Apr 24

The West Talks About “Distillation.” Fine. Let’s Talk About the Time the CIA Kidnapped Lunik.

The West loves to lecture others about “distillation.”

The West Talks About “Distillation.” Fine. Let’s Talk About the Time the CIA Kidnapped Lunik.

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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Apr 24

The West Talks About “Distillation.” Fine. Let’s Talk About Project Azorian.

Apparently, “distillation” is now the word of the week.

The West Talks About “Distillation.” Fine. Let’s Talk About Project Azorian.

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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Apr 23

The Men Who Translated the Machine: Wu Zuji, Qiu Guangming, and the Hidden Builders of China’s…

When people tell the story of modern Chinese mathematics, they usually reach for the grand names.

The Men Who Translated the Machine: Wu Zuji, Qiu Guangming, and the Hidden Builders of China’s…

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

Valeriy Manokhin, PhD, MBA, CQF

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