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Utilizing the Icecream Package for Efficient Print Debugging & How to Customize It

Hello!ThisisAtsushiYasumoto,adatascientistatHACARUS. Inthisarticle,Iwillgiveanoverviewoftheicecreampackage,ausefultoolfordebuggingprintwhileusingPython.IwillalsointroduceacustomizedfeaturewehaveaddedatHACARUSaspartofourwork.Beforetryingthisforyourself,pleaseusepipinstallicecreamtoinstallthev2.1.2versionoficecream. Tostart,let’slookataquickexampleofprintdebugging.Supposeyouhavean…

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Edge AI Evangelist’s Thoughts Vol.19:  Analyzing Unconventional Logic Semiconductors – A Shift Away from Semiconductor Manufacturers

Helloeveryone,thisisHaruyukiTago,EdgeEvangelistatHACARUS'TokyoR&Dcenter.Inthisseriesofarticles,IwillsharesomeinsightsfrommydecadesofexperienceinthesemiconductorindustryandIwillcommentonvariousAIindustry-relatedtopicsfrommyuniqueperspective.Intoday’svolume,Iwillonceagaincoverthreemaintopics.First,IwilldiscusstheestimatednumberofserversusedbyAmazon,theworld’slargestonlineretailer,andwhyin-housedevelopmentisadvantageousfor…

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Edge AI Evangelist’s Thoughts Vol.18: Decarbonizing AI development by a factor of 100 compared to Deep Learning AI

Helloeveryone,thisisHaruyukiTago,EdgeEvangelistatHACARUS'TokyoR&Dcenter.Inthisseriesofarticles,IwillsharesomeinsightsfrommydecadesofexperienceinthesemiconductorindustryandIwillcommentonvariousAIindustry-relatedtopicsfrommyuniqueperspective.Intoday’svolume,Iwilltrymybesttocoverthreetopics.Thefirstinvolvesexaminingthetransitionofcomputationalpowerduringmachinelearningtraining.ThesecondexploreswhythepowerconsumptionandCO2emissions…

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Edge AI Evangelist’s Thoughts Vol.17: Measuring a Bluetooth Microcontroller’s Battery Life

Helloeveryone,thisisHaruyukiTago,EdgeEvangelistatHACARUS'TokyoR&Dcenter.Inthisseriesofarticles,IwillsharesomeinsightsfrommydecadesofexperienceinthesemiconductorindustryandIwillcommentonvariousAIindustry-relatedtopicsfrommyuniqueperspective.BatteryLifeModel&PredictionsforBluetoothMicrocontrollers Previouslyinvolume15oftheEdgeAIEvangelistThoughtsseries[1],IexploredusingaBluetoothLow-powerThermometerprogramusingthe‘Thunderboard’bySiliconlabs[2].…

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Edge AI Evangelist’s Thoughts Vol.16: Smart Edge Devices with Spresense

Helloeveryone,thisisHaruyukiTago,EdgeEvangelistatHACARUS'TokyoR&Dcenter.Inthisseriesofarticles,IwillsharesomeinsightsfrommydecadesofexperienceinthesemiconductorindustryandIwillcommentonvariousAIindustry-relatedtopicsfrommyuniqueperspective.Inthisvolume,IwilltalkaboutarecentexperimentIconductedusingSony’sSpresenseboardtomonitortherotationalnoisefromamodelmotor.TheSpresensewasalsousedtodetermineifthemotor…

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RuleFit: A Modeling Method for Automatically Extracting Interactions

IntroductionHelloeveryone,thankyouforreadingmyarticletoday.MynameisYushiro,adatascientistatHACARUS.AtHACARUS,weworkwithvariousmachinelearningmodelsandwealsowriteblogsaboutlearningandinterpretationmethodsforAI. Inmypreviousarticle,IintroducedthetopicofPDP,ICEplots,andd-ICE.Theseareallinterpretationmethodsformachinelearningmodelsthatcanbeappliedtoanymodel.WhilePDPandICEplotsareusefulforvisualizingthe…

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Visualizing AI: PDP Reliability using d-ICE

IntroductionHelloeveryone,thisisYushiro,adatascientistatHACARUS. Thesedays,withlibrariessuchasScikit-learn,TensorFlow,andPyTorch,itisbecomingincreasinglyeasytocreatemachinelearningmodelsusingdata.Thesemodelsarecommonlyusedtomakepredictionsfornewdatabasedondatafromthepast. However,asthesemodelsbecomemorecomplex,theissuesofblack-boxingbecomemoreprevalent.Thismakesitdifficultforuserstounderstandthereasoningbehindthemodel’sdecision-making.Black-boxingis…

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Methods for AI Visualization: PDPs & ICE Plots

IntroductionHelloeveryone,IamYushiroYamashita,adatascientistatHACARUS.TodayIwouldliketodiscussmethodsforvisualizingAI’sdecision-makingcriteriausingseveraldifferentmodels.Whenitcomestomachinelearning,itiseasytodevelopapredictivemodelaslongasyouhavesufficientdata.However,whenusingmorecomplexmodels,suchasforensemblesorneuralnetworks,werunintotheissueofmodelinterpretability.Soeventhoughthesemodelsimproveperformance,itisdifficult…

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Edge AI Evangelist’s Thoughts Vol.15: Bluetooth Microcomputers – Part 2

Helloeveryone,thisisHaruyukiTago,EdgeEvangelistatHACARUS'TokyoR&Dcenter.Inthisseriesofarticles,IwillsharesomeinsightsfrommydecadesofexperienceinthesemiconductorindustryandIwillcommentonvariousAIindustry-relatedtopicsfrommyuniqueperspective.Inthisvolume,Iwillcontinuemydiscussionaboutmicrocomputers.Inparticular,IwouldliketotalkaboutitsBluetoothfunctionalityfordatacollectioninanedgeAIsystem. BluetoothEnabledMicrocomputersInpart1…

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Edge AI Evangelist’s Thoughts Vol.14: Bluetooth Microcomputers – Part 1

Helloeveryone,I’mHaruyukiTago,EdgeEvangelistattheHACARUSTokyoR&Dcenter.Inthisseriesofarticles,IwillsharesomeinsightsfrommydecadesofexperienceinthesemiconductorindustryandIwillcommentonvariousAIindustry-relatedtopicsfrommyuniqueperspective.Inthisvolume,IwouldliketotalkalittleaboutmicrocomputerswithBluetoothfunctionality.ThemicrocomputerswewillcovertodayarealsodesignedfordatacollectioninedgeAIsystems.MicrocomputerswithBluetoothFunctionality…