Month: November 2022

How to deal with the annoying implications of changing data sources

Let’s discuss a common scenario in AI consulting. The client provides access to data sources in formats such as CSVs or databases that aren’t in a production environment. Why? Usually, they’re exploring the value of the project, do not want to disclose too much data and want to prevent technical problems from happening at the […]

Written by on Nov 20, 2022

Stop removing outliers just because!

Outliers are data points that stand out for being different from the remaining data distribution. An outlier can be: An odd value in a feature A data point distant from the centroid of the data A data point in a region of low density, but between areas of high density. Suppose you have been working […]

Written by on Nov 14, 2022

Insights from UPTEC NON STOP

Last month, we participated in UPTEC NON-STOP, an event celebrating the 15th anniversary of UPTEC. UPTEC is the Science and Technology Park at the University of Porto, where businesses and academia meet to exchange ideas. During the event, local startups incubated at UPTEC (NILG.AI included), and French startups promoted by Accelerateur M pitched their business to […]

Written by on Nov 7, 2022