Gradient descent

R&D or academia. My long-term scientific goal is to develop a machine intelligence that sees, hears and feels, and interacts correspondingly with humans. Summary of preparatory research studies I started working with the applications of data as a software engineering intern at The MathWorks, where I worked to develop methods for volumetric data visualization. Accomplishing the internship, I worked as a data analyst at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital of the University of Cambridge. I analyzed “tons” of data, and contributed to developing an automatic statistical method for improved patient monitoring systems. Later, I moved at JHU and developed a method for segmentation of thalamic nuclei from diffusion tensor images (DTI). I established a gradient descent method for tensor computation that made the processing twice faster than the earlier method used. I, with another colleague, also wrote a random forest algorithm in Matlab for efficient classification of thalamic nuclei using intrinsic DTI properties like fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, and principal eigenvectors. Having had these R&D experiences, I realized that I could use and further develop my programming and computational skills in brain research for machine perception and cognition. Research study 1 - Tactile perception in humans The haptic perception of natural objects requires combining cutaneous signals with proprioceptive information. However, how proprioception and touch sensing over multiple fingers…

Everyone makes relationships to fulfil their desires. As relationships are made, people look for positivity and happiness that they can get from the relationships. Some relationships turn out well but unfortunately not everybody becomes successful. In “Frankestein” and “The descent”, the protagonist and the others do not develop a positive relationship or at least they cannot because of society. The protagonist and the others do not have a cooperative relationship which is the main factor of…

Their Descents, Their Reasons The world was created by many methods for various reasons; according to the myths, a lot of gods and goddesses were born after this world was created. By their own roles, they have ruled over from a small tribe to a big society that is larger than a country with diverse names. Inanna, Ishtar, and Aphrodite are the goddesses who have similar roles, personalities, and characteristics but different names because those three regions of myths are adjoined. However, the…

Mexico City with just him, the flight attendant, and the pilots. With the ransom money strapped to his chest along with two different parachutes, he jumped (Gray). The FBI, at his suspected landing area, searched for Cooper, but he was never found and there was not a trace of him (“D.B. Cooper: Everything”). Many people believe that D.B. Cooper died after his escape jump following the hijacking. One justification of this opinion is that it was negative seven degrees Celsius at the time of his…

1.0 Introduction Data collection on Bruny Island yielded several readings associated with climate, topography, and GPS. These readings have been analysed using visual techniques before refining to report on the reasoning behind the different trends in the datasets. As Bruny Island experiences (a general) North-Westerly wind direction, it became evident that vegetation and the topography of one sand dune transect would impose an effect on the recorded wind speed (or velocity) readings. The…

After we prepared the house for the dinner party, I went for a walk in the woods, and my aunt stayed behind to survey her sister’s belongings. As I walked, I enjoyed the freshness of the woods and the odor of fresh water that the afternoon wind carried across the land. I found an old stump. The heart of the three had rotted away, and some pine needles had fallen into the bottom of the hole. It looked as if some animal had spread them evenly as if preparing a nest. Across the opening, a spider…

"The Black Cat" is a short horror story, written by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story, a narrator is in prison waiting for his punisment, as like hanging. The narrator, who is the main character ,tells us about the story of his own’s life that has gone bad… As a little child, he is decribed as a mild and kind boy who loves all kinds of animals. His favorite thing to do is taking care of his pets and spendig lots of time with them . His favorite animal is a dog. He gets married in his early…

Many people relate the color black to sin, sadness, or lacking luck. They think that just because the color is black, that the cat is evil, although the cat can’t pick its own color. It is just a mixture of genetics from the cat’s parents and grandparents. Black cats are also portrayed as evil or mysterious creatures in scary or Halloween themed movies, because of the witch myth. Many people think that witches own black cats. Why only cats though? This is because in ancient Pilgrim times,…

Mr. Dussel Do you know what happened on April 30 in 1889 Fritz pfeffer was born. He had a son and put him on a boat. Mr. Dussel, he stayed in his room and was always patient and was selfless. He always stayed in his room because he had to wait on Anne to get ready for petter so they can go on there dates. Anne was talking to Peter about how they feel and Mr. Dussel always wanted in. Mr. Dussel was always patient when he needed a hiding place he had to wait a while so they can make room. When…

At the beginning Polly bought a store so she could sell her pie's and she named her store Pie. The store was bringing in plenty of business, her sisters daughter, Alice loved to come over and work on the pies with Polly. Then one day Polly died leaving her will to say what she did not get to say. Polly left the world famous pie crust recipe to Lardo(the cat), and left Lardo to Alice, Alice was pleased, but her parents thought other wise. One night Alice hear a noise so she looked to see if it…