Weekly Review 19 December 2015

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about this week:

1. 10 Deep Learning Tips & Tricks http://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/12/top-10-deep-learning-tips-tricks.html These apply to most learning systems, especially cross-validation of data.
2. Is coding ability mostly down to natural aptitude? http://mikehadlow.blogspot.co.nz/2015/12/learn-to-code-its-harder-than-you-think.html I've always found it easy, but have seen so many others struggle
3. Top 10 machine learning projects on GitHub http://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/12/top-10-machine-learning-github.html 
4. Deep learning and topological data analysis https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/6-crazy-things-deep-learning-topological-data-can-do-your-kibardin 
5. Improvements to Google's TensorFlow open source machine learning package: http://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/12/update-google-tensorflow-deep-learning-is-improving.html
6. 33 Big Data predictions for 2016: http://www.datanami.com/2015/12/15/industry-speaks-top-33-big-data-predictions-for-2016/ 
7. Updated list of 50 deep learning tools: http://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/12/deep-learning-tools.html