Latest Blog Entries April 2017

Activation functions used in deep learning, are they differentiable or not?

by Dominic Waithe

Posted on May 8th, 2017 at 5:02 PM



In a recent presentation I gave on the back-propagation algorithm, for neural network optimisation, the issue of differentiability came up with regard to certain activation functions. This blog article delves into this issue and provides some explanation.

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Highlights from my time as a web designer and Flash animator.

by Dominic Waithe

Posted on April 19th, 2017 at 10:58 AM



Over a period of 10 years I was a html developer and Flash designer working freelance to support my studies. Several of the websites I worked on have since moved on and some of the projects I worked on were never finished. In this gallery I showcase some of my designs as animated gifs that highlight and maintain for posterity my achievements in this area.

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Results of NEUBIAS Questionnaire (UK): do you use or develop bioimage analysis for life sciences research?

by Dominic Waithe

Posted on November 27th, 2016 at 1:52 PM



We recently wrote to UK life science academics and asked those involved in some form of image analysis to fill out a short questionnaire. The results of this questionnaire were enlightening and have given us an incite into the state of image analysis careers within the life sciences.

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NEUBIAS Questionnaire (UK): do you use or develop bioimage analysis for life sciences research?

by Dominic Waithe

Posted on September 22, 2016 at 9:52 AM



NEUBIAS (Network of European BioImage Analysts) is a new initiative designed to link and develop BioImage Analyst training and careers. Here we describe a questionnaire we are using to communicate our project and to gain insight into the community.

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