Dating is hard — but maybe Probability Theory can make it slightly easier this cuffing season — Back in 2019, I wrote an article about Optimal Stopping theory and its application to dating. Finding the optimal dating strategy for 2019 with probability theory How knowing some Statistical theory may make finding Mr. Right slightly easier?towardsdatascience.com The lesson was simple for the hopeful romantic: to maximize your chance of finding the best match, you should get to know but not commit yourself to any of the first 37% of the…

A little bit of Statistical Theory will convince you that the idea of “the average Joe” is really just a big myth — I love Disney movies !!! Besides all magical kingdoms and thrilling adventures, mystery and romance, the one thing Disney Movies are so good at is convincing me that, after all, I am special. Nowadays, we live by comparisons to others. We want to live an exciting life, to be more…

In a world of too much information, how do you tell the signals from the noises? — Sometimes, I wake up and feel anxious to open my phone. Scrolling through all the social media news feed, glancing at the New York Times app, hoping around some Youtube new uploads, takes a lot of time. The flood of information that swamps me daily produces more pain than gain…

A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to Collaborative Filtering and all the cool acronyms MF, SGD, ALS — I (re)-discovered reading in 2020. As the world muddles through a deadly pandemic and I’m holed up at home, an old habit of mine, something I have long forgotten since college, rekindles: curling up with a good book and enjoying moments of peace in meditation books, learning about how the…

How confident are we that blue states California, New York, etc. do not turn red in the next election? — Author’s note: I’m experimenting with a shorter form of articles, which aims to introduce interesting statistical facts and rules of thumbs. Let me know how you like them. For more in-depth analysis: How Bayesian Statistics convince me to hit the gym? Making big bucks with a data-driven sport betting strategy

When everything comes down to a spot kick, who can you trust? — Arguably the most nervy moment of all during a football match, the penalty shot is psychological warfare: Two men, one ball and a clear chance to score a goal. A penalty is supposed to be finished at the professional level: period. Anything else is a failure. Such a task should…

Bayes’ theorem and the probabilistic answers to the most fundamental question of all: “Does God exist?” — This article focuses not on formula and numbers, but a fascinating story where Bayes’theorem establishes itself across the most controversial discussions in philosophy, epistemology and religions. We Data Scientists and Statisticians love Bayes’ theorem. A seemingly simple idea: we get updated and improved belief by updating our initial belief with…

How knowing some Statistical theory may make finding Mr. Right slightly easier? — This is part 1 of an exploration to love and dating from a romantic hopeful. Check out part 2 here. Let me start with something most would agree: Dating is hard !!! (If you don’t agree, that’s awesome!!! …

Detailed tutorial on how to derive valuable insights from the most competitive games — “The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.” You have seen it all in the news: media outlets raving about the Coming of Sports Analytics age, commercial ads picturing Big Data tools like a pocket calculator, punditry using multi-dimensional…