Climbing Gran Paradiso I was looking for a new adventure in the alps and was considering trying the matterhorn with a guide. Eventually I found a gentleman in Italy that would be keen to take me up there. We talked for a while and finally he talked me out of Read more…
Climbing Mont Blanc My brother and me, we like adventure, and we like mountains. We had this project to one day climb Mont Blanc and just decided to go for it in 2015. We booked a guide with Roc Odyssée and settled for september. The price was quite high as Read more…
Here are my environment details : Python 3.7.8 Cuda 10.1 CUDNN v7.6.5 So.. The MNIST dataset is usually one of the first one people are using to learn about neural networks or machine learning as a whole. I remember solving this problem in matlab in the course taught by Andrew Read more…
In this article we will solve one of the easiest and most widely used example for deep learning. The cats Vs dogs classification. The goal is to train a model that will take a picture of a cat or a dog as input and tell you whether it is a Read more…
I was involved in a project with a bank wishing to experiment and then implement a tokenization engine. This engine would answer a few concrete use cases : The bank has a lot of real estate and would like to make it available as an investment vehicle to their clients. Read more…
Day 3 – Smart contracts Rationale: What is a Smart Contract? Why Smart Contracts? A Detour into the Real World: Distributed Systems Principles Revisited A Detour into the Real World: Etherum, Solidity, and Remix Writing Smart Contracts Compiling and deploying the smart contracts Use Cases: Writing a Smart Contract in Read more…
Day 2 Blockchain Platforms and Architectures Part V: Ethereum Basics Mechanism and Protocol Smart Contracts Part VI: The Blockchain World Other Blockchains Blockchain Interoperability Part VII: Practical Exercises Ethereum Wallet Smart Contract Part VIII: Blockchain Evaluations (Technical View, mainly) To Blockchain or not to Blockchain Comparisons and Assessment Challenges and Read more…
Day 1 Introduction to Blockchains Part I: Introduction and Background Distributed Systems Overlay Networks and Peer-to-peer Systems Security and Trust Part II: Blockchain Basics (1) Principles of Blockchains Blockchain Operations Part III: Blockchain Basics (2) Blockchain Eras and Application Domains Consensus Mechanisms Blockchains and Quantum Security Part IV: Cryptocurrencies (Technical Read more…
Finally after a few month spent studying I decided to jump the fence and register for the exam. Here is how I prepared and what I found the most useful. First I studied the cursus offered on Coursera, the 5 modules. As I never touched a cloud before and had Read more…
Selecting Appropriate Storage Technologies Know the four stages of the data lifecycle: ingest, storage, process and analyze, and explore and visualize. Ingestion is the process of bringing application data, streaming data, and batch data into the cloud. The storage stage focuses on persisting data to an appropriate storage system. Processing Read more…