Posts tagged with "Machine-Learning"

24.05.2025 Paper: Step-by-Step Diffusion: An Elementary Tutorial

I’ve been reading through Step-by-Step Diffusion: An Elementary Tutorial by Apple (arxiv). The mathematics underpinning diffusion language or image models is quite complex, but this walkthrough strikes a nice balance between concrete mathematical grounding and intuition.

18.04.2025 2025 Australian Election Forecast Model

My friend, Dania Freidgeim, created a probabilistic model of First Preference votes for the 2025 Australian Federal Election. Australia uses a Preferential voting (Instant-runoff) system, which makes this a really interesting exercise! Please go check it out!