Friday, January 30, 2009

machine learning alphabet :)

a for adaboost
b for bayes
c for cramer-rao
d for dirichlet
e for EM
f for fisher information
g for gaussian
h for HMM
i for ICA
j for jensen's inequality
k for kernel
l for linear
m for monica geller monte carlo
n for neural network
o for occam's razor
p for pca
q for Q-learning
r for random :)
s for SVM
t for tensor
u for UMP test
v for VC dimension
w for weka
x,y - {x,y : x \in ML alphabet, y \in ML alphabet }
z for zipf's law

:-)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Love ? probably :-)

Yet another conversation

1: Did you see Sonam in Masakalli song ? Tharumaru da :)
2: Already fell in love da.. Ava ippo un anni
1: Ada pavi :) .. Neraiya one side love-a irukku.. Namba side dhan onnum vara mattengudhu
2: You mean the priors are high, but the likelihoods are pretty low ? :)
1: Dei, I am a freq freak. Epdi ellam bayesian analysis panna try pannadha
2: Frequentist ellam seri.. Adhukkaga oru interval-a vidama un confidence interval-a pala actress-ku extend panriye .. Overa therila ?:)
1: Hee hee.. By the way, did you read about (..theorem..stat..math ..mumble..)

:-)

Athiradee song lyrics

The lyrics are pretty hard to decrypt from the way Rahman has sung it. I found them pretty funny :)


Athiradikkaaran - Machan ! Machan ! Machandi !
Avanukkelaamey - Ucham ! Ucham ! Uchamdi !

Male :
Rathi
Thi ! Thi ! Jega Jothi ! Jothi ! Jothi !
Thala Pa Thi ! Vedi Jaathi ! Jaathi ! Jaathi !
Adi Billa Ranga Baasha Thaan..
Ivan Pistol Pesum Beshaa Thaan..

Rathi ! Thi ! Sutta...

Chorus :
Dakkaal Dakkaal
Dammaal Dummeel

Paanja..Saanja..
Kaanja..Menjaa..
Thonjaa..Maanjaa..
Ja Ja...Ja Ja...
( Rathi... )

Saranam 1 :

Male :
Dil Dhik Dil
Thendral Nenjil..
Thithikkindra
Anril Kunjil..
Jil Jil Jil
Ginger Pennil..
Jil Endroru
Jin Thaan Kannil..

Chorus :
Dada ! Thottu Konja Thodha -
Sittu Sikkuthey ! Sokkuthey !!

Oru Shocku Yerum Padu Shokka !!

Thotta - Onnu Rendu **** -
Ponnu Thulluthey ! Thalluthey !!

Vedi Vettu Poda Vilum Flatta !

Male :
Gun ! Gun ! En Step Gun !
Roger Moore Poley - Dishum !!
Munnaal Pennundu !
Enthan Pinnaal Kannundu ! Paar !!

Female :
Fun ! Fun ! Un Love Fun !
Eddy Murphy Pol - Naughty !!


Male :
Nee Enthan -
Maan Thaan..
Naan Thaan..
Don Thaan !
( Athiradikkaaran... )

Saranam 2 :


Male :
Man ! Man ! Man... Superman Thaan
Mid Nightula - Spiderman Thaan !

Female :
NRI Unthan Eye Thaan
James Bond Pol Seiyum Spy Thaan !!

Cuba - Pola Oru Theeva
Ponnu Nikkuthey ! Mukkuthey !!

Chorus :
Enthan Tension Erum Romba Fasta !

Caestro - Pola Intha Maestro
Sontham Kollavaa ? Killavaa ??

Intha First Nightu Enna Waste-a ?

Male :
Bun ! Bun ! Nee Sweet Bun !
Butter Jam Poley - Naan Thaan !
Unthan Meley Thaan - Naan
Otti Kolla Thaan Vaa !!

Female :
One Two Three
Four Five -
Mutham Thanthaaley Then Thaan !!

Male :
En - Anbey
My Fair Lady - Nee Thaan !!
(Athiradikkaaran... )

The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You

The lyrics of the opening song of F.R.I.E.N.D.S

So no one told you life was going to be this way.
Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.
You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.

That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.
Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,
Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

:-)

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Vaaranam aayiram

I guess this should have been the most talked about Tamil movie of the year 2008. As reviewers, my friends cover a pretty broad spectrum - die-hard Surya fans to not-so-easily-impressed people who dismissed it as a lame imitation of Forrest Gump.

No. This is not a movie review. Its about a couple of comedy conversations that had this movie as its theme. And yes, censored :)

Other than the fact that Meghna is my girlfriend, pretty much everything is fictional.

Berkeley-la epdi da 90 days romance pannanga ? Avangalukku assignment,quiz, midterm, TA work, research grp meeting edhuvumey illaya ?? :-)
Dei mokka.. !
Yeah I know, just curious :-)

Adiye kolluthey! ( Gtalk SM )
Ennada girlfriend-a ? ( Friend pings )
Yeah yeah :) <3
Ada pavi, nijammava, sollave illa
Enakke theriyala da.. Just happened :)
What is she doing ? Intro kudu-da
She is also doing MS only. You might have seen her actually.
(... And after 5 minutes of intentionally misleading build-ups, the other person realises I am talking about Sameera reddy in the movie)
Dei.. Idhellam oru pozhappu.. I thought you really got a girlfriend
Well, er, ( I am not sure what was goin on in my mind ) enakku kaadhalikka neramillai
Kaaadhalikkkkaaa neramillaya ? Adingu mavaney .. Unakku girlfriend mattum irukka
Adha dhana naan konjam geth-a sonnen :)
Right vidu

Thala.. Berkeley dhan da .. SFO-ku ticket podanum :)
Edhukku da ?
Sameera reddy :)
Dei.. Andha madhiri ellam ponnu irundha evanavadhu yerkanavey correct pannirpan da
Yen da epdi unarchchi vilakka oodhi anaikkara ? Namakku samaikka theriyadha, paathiram wash panna theriyadha (..left to imagination..)
Adhellam seri.. Aana wat happ in that movie ? India-landhu vandhu inga irukkara ponna correct pannittu poittan
Indha aspect la naan yosikkavey illaye da :)
SFO ku pora idea irukka ? :)
ss.. annan poi oru 'anniya anni'-ya set panren
Sappaa.. I appreciate your confidence.. All the best
Poda poda :)

Dei, your mother tongue telugu only na .. Can you teach me ?
??
Sameera "Reddy" :)
Well, I dont know much, are you looking for anything specific ?
Propose panradhukku idea ? :)
I know the Telugu sentence for 'I like you very much', podhuma ?
Gun OK. Whats tat ?
"Nuvv-ante naaaku chaala ishtam"
Idha engayo ketta madhiri irukke da ?
En kitta yaaravadhu propose pannum bodhu ottu kettiya ?
Dei naye.. Enga da indha dialogue varum
See 1:23 min of the video
Dei $%6^%**&%^%*
ROTFL :)

Top 5 Status messages of this week :)

只是为了好玩

Nothing in life can be larger than life.. It has been proven to be minimally sufficient

When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical

It is true that if your paperboy throws your paper into the bushes for five straight days it can be explained by Newton's Law of Gravity. But it takes Murphy's law to explain why it is happening to you.

What is Mind? No matter. What is Matter? Never mind.

Pachelbel's canon in D Major

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wpPk8qk3uQ

Bliss. Period.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Top 10 Reasons to Become a Statistician

Top 10 Reasons to Become a Statistician ( of course, in random order )

7. Deviation is considered normal
4. We feel complete and sufficient
1. We are 'mean' lovers
9. Statisticians do it discretely and continuously
5. We are right 95% of the time
8. We can legally comment on posterior distributions
10.We may not be normal, but we are transformable
2. We never have to say we are certain
6. We are honestly significantly different
3. Statisticians may be dull but we have our moments

:-)