Learning certifiably optimal rule lists for categorical data Angelino et al., JMLR 2018 Today we’re taking a closer look at CORELS, the Certifiably Optimal RulE ListS algorithm that we encountered in Rudin’s arguments for interpretable models earlier this week. We’ve been able to create rule lists (decision trees) for a long time, e.g. using CART, … Continue reading Learning certifiably optimal rule lists for categorical data
Stop explaining black box machine learning models for high stakes decisions and use interpretable models instead
Stop explaining black box machine learning models for high stakes decisions and use interpretable models instead Rudin et al., arXiv 2019 With thanks to Glyn Normington for pointing out this paper to me. It’s pretty clear from the title alone what Cynthia Rudin would like us to do! The paper is a mix of technical … Continue reading Stop explaining black box machine learning models for high stakes decisions and use interpretable models instead
Task-based effectiveness of basic visualizations
Task-based effectiveness of basic visualizations Saket et al., IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2019 So far this week we’ve seen how to create all sorts of fantastic interactive visualisations, and taken a look at what data analysts actually do when they do ‘exploratory data analysis.’ To round off the week today’s choice is … Continue reading Task-based effectiveness of basic visualizations
Futzing and moseying: interviews with professional data analysts on exploration practices
Futzing and moseying: interviews with professional data analysts on exploration practices Alspaugh et al., VAST'18 What do people actually do when they do ‘exploratory data analysis’ (EDA)? This 2018 paper reports on the findings from interviews with 30 professional data analysts to see what they get up to in practice. The only caveat to the … Continue reading Futzing and moseying: interviews with professional data analysts on exploration practices
Vega-Lite: a grammar of interactive graphics
Vega-lite: a grammar of interactive graphics Satyanarayan et al., IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, 2016 From time to time I receive a request for more HCI (human-computer interaction) related papers in The Morning Paper. If you’ve been a follower of The Morning Paper for any time at all you can probably tell that … Continue reading Vega-Lite: a grammar of interactive graphics
HackPPL: a universal probabilistic programming language
HackPPL: a universal probabilistic programming language Ai et al., MAPL'19 The Hack programming language, as the authors proudly tell us, is "a dominant web development language across large technology firms with over 100 million lines of production code." Nail that niche! Does your market get any smaller if we also require those firms to have … Continue reading HackPPL: a universal probabilistic programming language
“I was told to buy a software or lose my computer: I ignored it.” A study of ransomware
"I was told to buy a software or lose my computer. I ignored it": a study of ransomware Simoiu et al., SOUPS 2019 This is a very easy to digest paper shedding light on the prevalence of ransomware and the characteristics of those most likely to be vulnerable to it. The data comes from a … Continue reading “I was told to buy a software or lose my computer: I ignored it.” A study of ransomware
