Computer Vision is a rapidly growing subfield within the broader fields of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, as it is both fairly new, and has a wide range of applications....
It is no secret that the use of advanced analytics has boomed in sports. As athletes are pushing the human limits every year, they are looking at every tool that could help optimize their training....
If you are listening to the current data science buzz at all, for sure you have heard about Kaggle. What is it, and why is everyone talking about it? In this post, we will talk a little bit about Kaggle, and how to get started with it too....
Last week on May 11th, Tokyo Techies welcomed 10 participants joining with us in our intensive but interesting Data Science Battleground Round 8: What to Watch – How a recommender system works....
Last week on April 20th, Data Science Battleground Round 7 was successfully hosted with over 20 participants. Like in other previous rounds of Data Science Battleground, our participants are empowered to acquire fundamental Data Science knowledge as well as topic-related Data Science skills through high-quality lectures prepared by our mentors....
In recent years, the market of coding bootcamps around the world has grown rapidly. Coding bootcamps are usually marketed as the fast, low cost and future-guaranteed education plan for prospective IT engineers....
As Saint Luke wrote in his gospel, “A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly instructed will be like his teacher.” Can online video courses perfectly instruct students, providing that excellent learning experience?...
We live in an age of unprecedented interconnectivity, and this has given rise to equally unprecedented danger. The nature of technology has changed. While we regularly used devices without understanding their inner workings, (cars, microwaves) we could at least estimate the limits of their misuse....
Creating a cellphone application to play chess by using artificial intelligence (Al) is a challenge. A Tokyo Techies 15-year-old student, named JP, grabbed hold of this challenge and successfully developed his first chess bot running on iPhone which can win against a human being....
As a society that runs on computers, our society is going to need members who know how to program and fix them. Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group, said “Whether we’re fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don’t have enough people who...
Phong is a data science expert with experience working at a Japanese technology company. Currently he leads data science education at Tokyo Techies. With almost a decade of experience in...
At Tokyo Techies students participate in research projects throughout the year. These projects lead students to a deeper understanding of technical skills through direct application. Today we sit down with...
Duc Doba is an ex-Softbank engineer with a vast range of experiences in the field of technology. Duc has a methodology to teach students through an engaging and hands-on learning...
We propose to use a facial recognition technology in a smart attendance application in order to make the attendance taking process more efficient. The conventional method, such as manual roll...
An open-source application using a gaze tracking device for investigating a correlation between reading patterns and superior Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) reading scores is presented....
This research was conducted because the student was interested in finding out how sleep quality affected exam results. At the time, the student was using a sleep tracking application every...
An Open Source, post-match analysis software that recreates player and soccer ball movements as two dimensional trajectories as seen from a bird’s eye view is implemented....
Thank you again for giving us a chance to introduce very unique points in the current professional tech education program for All ages at Tokyo Techies...
One of our students, TC, is a star soccer player and is a member of his school’s soccer team. A year ago TC’s coach talked to him about investigating methods...