Last week I ran across this great post on creating a neural network in Python. It walks through the very basics of neural networks and creates a working example using Python. I enjoyed the simple hands on approach the author used, and I was interested to see how we might make the same model using … More How to build your own Neural Network from scratch in R

Violinist, Professor, Pastor Among 25 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A violinist who organizes concerts for the homeless, a professor whose research is being used to increase access to civil justice by poor communities and an activist pastor are among this year’s MacArthur fellows and recipients of so-called genius…