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Simon Hørup Eskildsen

Cool explanation of computational aspects of recommendations avoiding to "get lost in the weeds of linear algebra".

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Automated text extraction at Bolt

Francesco Pochetti

A comprehensive explanation of the system implemented at Bolt to extract text from ID documents.

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Text analysis of Trump's tweets confirms he writes only the (angrier) Android half

David Robinson

An analysis of tweets from Donald Trump and his staff during the 2016 US Election campaign.

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