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Intuitively Understand Maximum Likelihood

Use simple, everyday examples to understand the fundamental concept so that you can even explain it to your grandmother.

6 min readJul 19, 2021

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Learn Deep Learning from MIT in 2021 for Free

First few serious steps towards becoming an expert in deep learning with minimal pre-requisites

5 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Data Science is Not Becoming Extinct in 10 Years, Your Skills Might

9 min readMay 31, 2021

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My Productivity System Based on Techniques from 3 Must-Read Books

Key lessons and a practical system so that it doesn’t only make you feel good but instead inspires you to transform your productivity…

12 min readAug 1, 2021

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Understand Bayes Rule, Likelihood, Prior and Posterior

A case study based introduction to using Bayes rule and how it compares with a frequentist, pessimistic and optimistic approaches to…

9 min readDec 25, 2020

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Ahmar Shah, PhD (Oxford)

Effortlessly Conquering the 100,000 Steps Triumph: How I Transformed My Life and You Can Too!

A Personal Journey, Shared Wisdom, and Practical Tips for Your Transformation: 7 Lessons

11 min readDec 30, 2023

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Effortlessly Conquering the 100,000 Steps Triumph: How I Transformed My Life and You Can Too!

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Track Heart and Lung Health With A Smart Watch: VO₂ Max Case Study

A personal case study with free code to plot personalized contour plots of heart rate, speed, and VO₂ Max with Fitbit to track and improve…

8 min readFeb 24, 2023

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Ahmar Shah, PhD (Oxford)

5 Life Lessons from the Shortest-Serving Prime Minister in British History

2: Seek Scrutiny, Don’t Duck It.

5 min readOct 25, 2022

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Understand Vectorization for Deep Learning

Compared to a “for” loop, NumPy in Python is over 10,000% faster when dealing with a billion multiplications.

6 min readJul 22, 2022

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Ahmar Shah, PhD (Oxford)

Understand the Relationship Between Probability and Statistics

Statistics is akin to reverse engineering probability to find the truth

4 min readMay 11, 2022

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Ahmar Shah, PhD (Oxford)

Ahmar Shah, PhD (Oxford)

Scientist (several research publications in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Brain, Thorax, IEEE Transactions), love writing for meaning & impact…

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