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Evolution Based Weight Vector Optimization

Implementation of Evolution Based Weight Vector Optimization
Jul 5, 2026
James Cummings, Jiffy Lesica, Yahya Rahhawi, Lukka Wolff

Overparameterization and Double Descent

Machine Learning
Implementation
Optimization
In this project, we explore the phenomenon of double descent in overparameterized linear regression models. Using a custom feature mapping approach inspired by kernel…
May 10, 2025
Yahya Rahhawi

Implementing Newton and Adam Optimizers

Machine Learning
Implementation
Optimization
In this blog post, I explore how different optimization algorithms behave when training a logistic regression model—from the basics of gradient descent to the more advanced…
May 5, 2025
Yahya Rahhawi

Implementing Logistic Regression

Machine Learning
Implementation
Optimization
In this project, I explore different optimization strategies for logistic regression, including vanilla gradient descent, momentum-based gradient descent, and an…
Apr 2, 2025
Yahya Rahhawi

Exploring and Implementing the Perceptron

Machine Learning
This blog post explores the implementation and behavior of the perceptron algorithm, a foundational model in machine learning for binary classification. I begin by building…
Mar 23, 2025
Yahya Rahhawi

 

When Numbers Lie

I came to machine learning because I believed in its elegance—the way a few lines of code could make predictions, optimize decisions, and maybe even eliminate human bias.…
Mar 22, 2025
Yahya Rahhawi

Auditing Bias

Machine Learning
Bias
Fairness
Here we are downloading the dataset using folktables, then we define a classification problem to predict whether an individual’s income exceeds $50K. We exclude SEX and PINCP…
Mar 21, 2025
Yahya Rahhawi

Understanding Feature Separability in Penguin Classification

Machine Learning
Projects
This analysis explores penguin species classification using machine learning models based on physical measurements from the Palmer Penguins dataset. We apply exploratory…
Mar 2, 2025
Yahya Rahhawi
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