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posted by janrinok on Monday June 29 2015, @03:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-glad-you-asked dept.

I'm a neuroscientist in a doctoral program but I have a growing interest in deep learning methods (e.g., http://deeplearning.net/ ). As a neuroscientist using MR imaging methods, I often rely on tools to help me classify and define brain structures and functional activations. Some of the most advanced tools for image segmentation are being innovated using magical-sounding terms like Adaboosted weak-learners, auto-encoders, Support Vector Machines, and the like.

While I do not have the time to become a computer-science expert in artificial intelligence methods, I would like to establish a basic skill level in the application of some of these methods. Soylenters, "Do I need to know the mathematical foundation of these methods intimately to be able to employ them effectively or intelligently?" and "What would be a good way of becoming more familiar with these methods, given my circumstances?"


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2015, @07:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2015, @07:02PM (#203437)

    Asshat, maybe. Ignorant, no.

    So, which part of the medical field do you work in?