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Parachuting Sensor Data

During my first tandem parachute jump in August 2022, I collected some sensor data with a smartphone (the app is called Sensor Logger) and a Garmin watch. Below is a little analysis of the recordings. The source code for data […]

September 3, 2022August 27, 2022by Timo Denk

Gas Station Power Output

A gas station does not produce energy, but it transfers it into cars. The energy is in the form of gasoline. As we will see in this article, one might intuitively underestimate just how much energy can be stored in […]

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022by Timo Denk

Theory PDG Notes: MLE, MAP, Conjugate Prior, Integrating over Parameters, Tractability, Bayesian, and Probability Theory

There are several terms in probability theory which keep popping up in our machine learning paper discussion. Michael Hefenbrock and I sat down to get a hang of what exactly is behind a few of these terms. This blog contains […]

July 17, 2022by Timo Denk

My Values (Age 25 Snapshot)

Earlier this year a friend and I sat on a cliff in Santa Cruz, California, watching the waves. She asked me what my values were. Since I was unable to verbalize them beyond a dull “honesty, politeness, …”, I took […]

June 17, 2022June 30, 2022by Timo Denk

Five Years With Neural Networks and a Research Retreat

Five years ago I worked on a project trying to replace a physical keyboard with a glove that was equipped with accelerometers. The idea was to measure the fingers’ accelerations and determine the intended “key press” even though the user […]

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022by Timo Denk

All My 3D Prints of 2021

Last year I published a blog post with all my 3d printing projects of the year 2020. The idea was to have an exhaustive list to not forget about “that tiny glass holder for the balcony rail” and other smaller […]

December 31, 2021December 24, 2021by Timo Denk

My Favorite Papers at NeurIPS 2021

In December 2021 I had to pleasure to attended NeurIPS (the thirty-fifth Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems). For the second time the conference was held remotely, not in Sydney as originally planned. A total of 2334 papers were accepted […]

December 10, 2021December 23, 2021by Timo Denk

Notes on Anne Frank’s Diary

In preparation for a trip to Amsterdam I read Anne Frank’s diary, whose original Dutch title is Het Achterhuis (The Annex). I scribbled down some notes on points that stood out to me. They may serve as a (subjective) summary […]

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021by Timo Denk

Chess Art: Kasparov vs. Deep Blue (1996)

In 1996 the IBM supercomputer “Deep Blue” beat the reigning world champion Garry Kasparov at the game of chess. An event of symbolic significance. I created an artwork which shows the final position of the game, with special emphasis on […]

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021by Timo Denk

On Single-Color Paintings and Aphorisms

Single-color paintings (aka. monochrome paintings) are painted using just one color. For example, a painting called IKB 92 by the French painter Yves Klein is painted entirely using a specific blue shade (HEX code #002FA7). The very color itself (!) […]

September 25, 2021by Timo Denk

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Hi there! This blog is run by me, Timo. I am a Software Engineer living in Zürich, Switzerland. Please visit my portfolio website for more detailed information.

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