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Jane StreetJane Street

How to shuffle a big dataset

Addressing the engineering challenge of shuffling a large dataset with a low signal-to-noise ratio.

9/26/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

Deep learning experiments in OCaml

Reproducing classical deep learning results in OCaml using TensorFlow and training models defined in a functional way on a GPU.

9/20/2018
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Using Kubernetes Pod Metadata to Improve Zipkin Traces

Improving Zipkin traces by utilizing Kubernetes Pod Metadata for debugging latency issues across microservices

9/19/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

OpenAI Scholars 2018: Final projects

Exploring innovative final projects from OpenAI Scholars 2018 cohort.

9/10/2018
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Hands-Off Deployment with Canary

A blogpost about implementing hands-off deployment using Canary at SoundCloud.

8/29/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

The International 2018: Results

Analyzing the outcomes and performance of The International 2018 esports event.

8/23/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Large-scale study of curiosity-driven learning

Exploring the impact of curiosity-driven learning on a large scale

8/13/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

OpenAI Five Benchmark: Results

Exploring the latest OpenAI Five benchmark results

8/6/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

What the interns have wrought, 2018 edition

Reflecting on the accomplishments of interns at the end of the season.

8/6/2018
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Creating Readable Spark Jobs

Improving the readability of Apache Spark jobs for efficient data processing at SoundCloud and other companies.

8/6/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Learning dexterity

Exploring the intricacies of mastering dexterity in a digital landscape

7/30/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Variational option discovery algorithms

Exploring variational option discovery algorithms for efficient decision-making in reinforcement learning

7/26/2018