Yann HOFFMANN

Yann HOFFMANN

17
Dec
An Exploration of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

An Exploration of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

Non Violent Communication (NVC) is a fascinating language developed by Marshall B. Rosenberg in the 70's. He was
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27
Apr
State of Research in Luxembourg (April 2025)

State of Research in Luxembourg (April 2025)

Luxembourg is betting big on research. Out of 6,000 students enrolled at university, around 600 are doctoral researchers. The
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04
Feb
Language Models Can Reduce Asymmetry in Information Markets – Slides

Language Models Can Reduce Asymmetry in Information Markets – Slides

Language Models Can Reduce Asymmetry in Information Markets In this presentation, I explore how language models (LMs) can help address
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16
Oct
Analyzing Multi-Dimensional Data for Clinical Tests: A Practical Case Study

Analyzing Multi-Dimensional Data for Clinical Tests: A Practical Case Study

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to give a technical overview of the steps that can be taken to
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16
Oct
Master Thesis: Reinforcement Learning for Optimizing Compute Clusters

Master Thesis: Reinforcement Learning for Optimizing Compute Clusters

Main Contributions * Generalization of Q-learning to multi-objective environments * Implementation of a proof-of-concept on synthetic examples * Dashboard
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16
Oct
Using Compute Power to Iterate Faster Through Machine Learning Experiments

Using Compute Power to Iterate Faster Through Machine Learning Experiments

I have created a Python template that makes running ML experiments on AWS convenient so you too can take advantage
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01
Jun
Bessel's Correction

Bessel's Correction

Short proof of why the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of the variance is a biased estimator. When we measure the
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