Michael Downs

director at intersection of finance, software and data science. interests in machine learning, IoT, blockchain and quantitative finance. grace & kaya's dad

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Appears key driver of U.S. innovation (and success) is still a bit of a secret. https://t.co/ny1QVRAoRa

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

@davidsancar W/be interesting to see demo/psychographic profile of that 1%. Doubt it's representative of broader pop https://t.co/YDHZHsd2Vv

[David Sánchez @davidsancar]

"Since 1980, the portion of people who respond to phone polls has dropped below 1 percent." @WIRED

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

538 story on police shootings points to journalism's future. Comprehensive, data-centered and clear about limits. https://t.co/bly9u4LYjr

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

MIT blockchain series is well structured context for hand-wavy analyst predictions, but still light on key tradeoffs https://t.co/8LnJfbpsVw

[Nick Bilodeau @FinMKTG]

Fintech Innovation | An MIT White Paper Series https://t.co/enkUNdCjXr

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Given "Unsupervised Transcription of Piano Music" https://t.co/I1dUQXL6tA, Carnegie Mellon smart to hire Taylor Berg https://t.co/UP5SwdDI23

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

"Anthem and Aetna said they intend to fight". Given concentration ratios, fighting DOJ not a smart use of funds here https://t.co/7GDcHKRfor

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Hmm... NFLX at -13% still trades at 265 PE (was 300). Given our usage patterns, there's still plenty of downside: https://t.co/fc16djuOnT

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Planet Labs opens California satellite image time series for devs: https://t.co/q94QofwK2I. Excellent source data for your geo conv nets.

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Elegant. https://t.co/YzputuRksj

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Writing my deep learning book. I am pretty bad at writing, but hopefully I am better at mental images.

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Deloitte's embrace of blockchain reminds me of CSC Index's bearhug of re-engineering following Hammer's 1993 book - https://t.co/iIa9kD25HV

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Sweet. @MSFTResearch open sourced Malmo. Can't wait to turn my q-learning drone pack loose in Minecraft's 3D world https://t.co/aYCinh9xP8.

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Magic Leap q&a @ Fortune. Hand-wavie q's about future apps: 100%. Practical q's about effort to build content: 0% - https://t.co/ogfbNjzhvs

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Good survey of research on CNN for... NLP. RNNs-CNNs domains converge as supranets optimize subnets like other parms https://t.co/yNRE5hNdJf

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Wapo parses violance stats. Starting to see return on police shootings database investment - https://t.co/UuklXC9ThA.

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

This teatment of European alliances as metro map, including discriptions of each, has been helpful this summer - https://t.co/jtQ6wkQKKe

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Suspect TSLA's rationale for SCTY bid is a bit more sophisticated than initial analyst reaction suggests: https://t.co/iCXcWbRfGL...

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Nice post by @drob w/ key recommendation to grad students: "create public artifacts". Applies to all students. https://t.co/0lRQUeLHBN

[Gaetan Juvin @gtnjuvin]

One year as a Data Scientist by @drob at @StackOverflow #DataScience - https://t.co/GxnORu6qHK

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Capable summary of the Ethereum Dao heist: https://t.co/c1YqiT33x9. While not ideal, likely ends demo'ing value of trackable cryptocurrency

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Nice concise, accessible description of GPU vs. CPU. https://t.co/6BCw21zCVh

[jtoy @jtoy]

What are GPUs, anyway? https://t.co/mhnLm8n7Z3

[Michael Downs @MichaelDowns]

Machine-payable web is interesting esp micro-payable apis. Great if bitcoin accounts were pervasive and trxns speedy https://t.co/2ExazEQ2X3