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Re:Online graduate-level machine learning course from CMU's ... by monk_the_dog on Saturday November 05, 2011 @05:47PM (#3201020)
Zeratul, you're obviously into ML. Would you mind if I asked what your application is? I'm just curious.

I work in computer vision. When I do a machine learning problem, I spend most of my time brainstorming and implementing good features. I'm getting deeper into ML (and loving it). I'm always curious what other people are doing with ML.

Re:Online graduate-level machine learning course from CMU's ... by zeratul on Saturday November 05, 2011 @06:18PM (#3201082)
Medical language processing, information extraction from patient data, text classification, and clustering.

Yes, it would be great to get a list of hackers that do ML and the domain that they are working with.

Re:Online graduate-level machine learning course from CMU's ... by aperrien on Sunday November 06, 2011 @01:07AM (#3201908)
I'm working using ML in the casino industry. I use multiple forms of classification and forecasting.
Re:Online graduate-level machine learning course from CMU's ... by monk_the_dog on Sunday November 06, 2011 @09:53AM (#3202780)
Once upon a time I thought about using ml/vision in slot machines. I would try to read the gamblers emotions/age/sex and the slot machine would change stimulation (music/lights etc; not mess with the odds) to try to keep them at the machine longer.

I thought it was a good idea until I actually visited a casino. People sit at the slots in what looks like a hypnotic state. The emotions don't change much. I don't think I could have made a measurable difference.

I'm not surprised the gambling industry is using ml, but cool to hear about it. Thanks.