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Transformer models: an introduction and catalog — 2022 Edition

I no longer maintain my Medium blog. Find the newest (2023) version of the Tranformer catalog in my personal blog here.

Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

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Oct 11, 2022

A new chapter

After more than 5 years as CTO Curai Health, I am transitioning this week to an advisory role (while staying in the board of directors). I am grateful for the opportunity to build something huge, and remain very bullish on the company. Read about it in my blog.

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Jul 14, 2022

Principles for data driven organizations

Originally posted in my personal blog. What does it mean to be “data driven”? Data driven is a somewhat controversial term that has many definitions and interpretations. In fact, many argue that being data driven can harm organizations, and instead argue that they should be “data informed”. I believe that this stems from an incorrect interpretation of the…

Data Science

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Principles for data driven organizations
Principles for data driven organizations
Data Science

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Jun 8, 2022

Migrating Medium and Blogger blogs to self-maintained Github Pages

In case you are reading this post in my now Medium mirror, you can access the result of this migration here. For quite some time I have been pretty disappointed with my current Medium blog here. It has been sad to see how much Medium has failed as a product…

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Migrating Medium and Blogger blogs to self-maintained Github Pages
Migrating Medium and Blogger blogs to self-maintained Github Pages

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May 30, 2022

The death of the stars: A brief primer on online user ratings

A few weeks back, Netflix announced that they were adding a two thumbs up option to give feedback on their content. At the same time I was being asked on Twitter why we had given up on 5 star ratings at Netflix back in the day. …

Hci

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The death of the stars: A brief primer on online user ratings
The death of the stars: A brief primer on online user ratings
Hci

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Published in Curai Health Tech

·Apr 18, 2022

2021 Engineering Internships — Part I

At Curai we accept interns on all our different teams all year round. For obvious reasons, we have gone to a full-remote model the past two years, and we expect it to continue like this at least for now. We have always been fortunate to attract amazing interns every year…

Healthtech

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2021 Engineering Internships — Part I
2021 Engineering Internships — Part I
Healthtech

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Published in Curai Health

·Aug 6, 2021

Patient Stories: The Human side of Curai Health

By: Yvonne K. Okoh, MD, MPH (Head of Clinical Operations) Introduction At Curai, we have the very human-centric mission of providing the world’s best healthcare to every individual. In order to do so, we use state of the art technology and are constantly innovating on our products and services. We talk…

Healthcare

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Patient Stories: The Human side of Curai Health
Patient Stories: The Human side of Curai Health
Healthcare

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Jun 23, 2021

On the “Usefulness” of the Netflix Prize

It has been over 10 years since the Netflix Prize finished, and I was not expecting to write a blog post about it at this point. However, just in the past couple of weeks I have found myself talking about it extensively both in the context of a Twitter thread…

Machine Learning

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On the “usefulness” of the Netflix Prize
On the “usefulness” of the Netflix Prize
Machine Learning

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Published in Curai Health

·May 7, 2021

Curai’s Medical Advisory Board

At Curai we take our mission of “Providing the world’s best healthcare to everyone” to heart. This means our company must be informed by the best medical expertise. We have an amazing group of doctors on our team. In addition, we believe that receiving input from independent experts from outside…

Healthcare

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Curai’s Medical Advisory Board
Curai’s Medical Advisory Board
Healthcare

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Mar 21, 2021

Valuing Equity in Startups: A Decision-Making Framework

and a spreadsheet — (In case you came here looking for the spreadsheet, here it is. However, I recommend you continue reading to help you understand the overall framework.) I am often surprised that many folks I talk to, even those working at startups, have very little understanding of how to think about the…

Startup

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Valuing Equity in Startups: A Decision-Making Framework
Valuing Equity in Startups: A Decision-Making Framework
Startup

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