Dropout as Implicit Bagging in Deep Learning
March 7, 2026
A concrete way to understand dropout in deep learning: shared-parameter ensemble training that approximates bagging without training separate models.
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Book notes from Alex Leung, with a focus on deep learning, machine learning foundations, and technical reading.
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Structural Reasoning About Deep Networks
February 15, 2026
Chapter 6 sharpened how I think about architecture as a structural assumption, not just a tuning choice.
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Deep Learning Part I Review: Goodfellow, Bengio, and Courville
February 7, 2026
A short review of Part I of Goodfellow, Bengio, and Courville's Deep Learning textbook, focused on the mathematical foundations.
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