Computer Science Notes

Computer Science Notes

CS Notes is a simple blog to keep track about CS-related stuff I consider useful.

31 Jul 2022

Art with Data

The idea of making art with code is not new, but what about Data? Can data be a work of art? Well, the truth is that thanks to conceptualism, it is possible. Trust me! [4min read]
23 Jun 2022

Using DVC pipelines with examples in R (stages)

DVC provides the elements for managing machine learning pipelines using git repositories as a backend. If you use git for tracking your machine learning experiments, you will feel comfortable with DVC.[9min read]
02 Jun 2022

Why Using DVC

Notebooks rule! We agree on that, but they can get messy very fast. The truth is they are not the best tool for good software engineering practices. Data Version Control (DVC) is a toolset for helping the development of machine learning experiments favoring better practices. Are you ready to give it a try? [5min read]
09 May 2022

The Crisis of Computer Science careers in LATAM

Are there any tangible benefits for the IT sector when hiring university graduates?  A two-year program can fill the industry's needs?. The latter are valid questions that we should ask ourselves if we want to bring the university to current times. [6min read]
18 Feb 2022

Tackling the limitations of tree-based algorithms

Tree-based algorithms suffer from severe limitations when applied to forecasting problems. They can't predict beyond observed training data points values. However, not everything is lost. There are some alternative approaches to improve the performance of the tree-based algorithm under such scenarios. [5min read]