Can an algorithm predict hit songs? Let’s explore how we can successfully build a hit song classifier using only audio features, as described in my publication (Herremans et al., 2014). During my PhD research I came across a paper by Pachet & Roi (2008) entitled “Hit song science not yet…

Best practices and success principles for PhD students and early career researchers — Whenever a new student, intern, or research assistant joins my lab, I often find myself repeating a lot of our lab’s best practices. One of the most common and most frustrating occurrences is receiving an email entitled `Dear prof, please read through the attached paper, the deadline is tomorrow’. My experiences as a PhD student at the University of Antwerp in Belgium; in my current position as the head of the Audio, music, affective computing and AI lab (AMAAI) at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and director of the SUTD Game Lab, have inspired me to write down some best practices for the early career researcher.

There are more stocks than just the SP500! In this article we will explore Python code that will unveil fast moving small gem stocks… — The stock market is a fast moving place, especially in these volatile times. While we often hear about the most popular stocks (the so called SP500), there are many other stocks out there. Some small, some fast rising, some are new IPOs, and some are fast crashing… In this article, I will share some useful Python code that I’ve written to dive deep into the most unknown stocks and find those fast movers / high risers…

If you’re a scientist or questioner like me, understanding the research on meditation can help you overcome obstacles in your practice — It was 12:45 p.m. I was getting changed for swim class in my grandmother’s living room. I could hear the clock ticking. Just an hour ago, my grandmother had taken the little key out of the cupboard and used it to wind the clock—a daily ritual. We had an hour…

Step-by-step tutorial of how to use nnAudio to tackle the keyword spotting (KWS) task Have you heard about nnAudio? A PyTorch tool for Audio Processing using GPU. I want to introduce a very handy trainable front-end tool to all of you — nnAudio [1]. After providing some background, we will dive into the coding tutorial. In audio deep learning, spectrograms play an important role…

— Detailed tutorial Masternoding refers to the process verifying new blocks on the blockchain, for which you typically get a reward (much like mining). With mining coming to an end for assets like Ethereum, the popularity of masternoding has increased drastically. Masternoding, especially for newer coins, can be a very profitable business with…

— Shared masternoding is here With mining coming to an end for assets like Ethereum, the popularity of masternoding has increased drastically. Masternoding, especially for newer coins, can be a very profitable business with ROIs in the triple digits. To run a full masternode, however, you may need a lot of collateral. For instance, running…