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By harnessing randomness, a new algorithm achieves a fundamentally novel — and faster — way of performing one of the most basic computations in math and computer science.

Not just a cool scientific advance, but a very cool explanation of a new technique. For that matter, a lovely explanation of matrix multiplication for the non-mathematician. New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations By harnessing randomness, a new algorithm achieves a fundamentally novel — and faster — way of performing one of the most basic computations in math and computer science. Quanta Magazine quantamagazine.orgquantamagazine.org https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-algorithm-breaks-speed-limit-for-solving-linear-equations-20210308/

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50 Years of Data Science ...

50 Years of Data Science: Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics: Vol 26, No 4: This paper is a great find. Not the least because the argument (statistics versus data science) was already in full swing 50 years ago. I have no problem with predictive modelling, but it is a different task. And it does seem that the emphasis on ML has obscured the value (in a pendulum swing from the days of Tukey) on importance of understanding the generative model.

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