Kernel Density Estimation with Seaton Ullberg

Allen Wyma talks with Seaton Ullberg (github.com/seatonullberg), developer of github.com/seatonullberg/kernel-density-estima…, a Rust library that computes kernel density estimations (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_density_estimation).

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - Introduction

• [@0:55] - Crate overview and how it works

• [@17:49] - Kernel Density Estimation vs other competing algorithms

• [@24:05] - Application uses of Kernel Density Estimation

• [@33:38] - Why write this library

• [@35:03] - Why use Rust when re-writing this library

• [@40:26] - Seaton using f64 as a feature

• [@42:20] - Parting thoughts

Credits

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