Algorithmic Trading Using AI: A Reinforcement Learning Method

In November last year (2023) I was trying to see if I could create a minimum viable solution based on AI for stock market analysis on ASX. This started as an R&D exercise where I was trialing out some different other things with ML. The algorithm (or we can call it an agent) was based...

My Own API for Linear Regression Services: egal

Imagine an abundant amount of data coming from a source system, and yet we don't know what patterns, correlations or insights live in there. One such important aspect of patterns or correlations is the ability to predict future based on past and present data. And that field of study is known as Predictive Analytics -...

Custom Authentication in .NET 6

Often when we create api's, security is considered paramount. I'm not intending to go in detail about implementing authentication here, and there are a plethora of articles under this topic. I'm just going to highlight a convenient way to implement custom authentication in NET6. As for this article it will be a custom basic authentication...

AR Core with Xamarin – A Sneak Peak

Few months back I tried to use AR Core with Xamarin and following is the result I ended up with.. https://youtu.be/3Ugw_ZM_nH8 This app goes up a bit further where it tries to register the AR object into a certain Geo-Location using the device's magneto meter and orientation sensors. I'll add more about this project in...

Estimating the Focus of Expansion (FoE)

One of the most intriguing things about Optical Flow is the calculation of Focus of Expansion or FoE. FoE is the point where all flow vectors converge when  a camera moves in a forward direction. It often indicates the direction where a camera is heading or aimed at, and is also regarded as the same...

How to think like Steve Jobs..

I love books that add value to our lives and provide us with lot of inspiration. This particular book titled "How to think like Steve Jobs" happened to grab my attention out of nowhere when I was browsing through the personal library of my wife's father. It's true that there are numerous books written by many,...

Abdul Kalam: A Valuable Role Model

Dr. Abdul Kalam is perhaps India's most admired technocrat who once led the country's space rocketry and missile programme into monumental heights. I recently came across his autobiography 'Wings of Fire' which is a fascinating account of his life and work and a story full of inspiration. In spite of being brought up in a...

AR and its Role in Marking Space

It is perhaps surprising to realize that only two things in this world have troubled man’s ingenuity for centuries, i.e. space and time. These two are absolute benchmarks, often used when making a reference to a physcial object in space or when describing a past incident, though it is hard to understand why do we...

Parallel Tracking And Global Mapping

It's been a while since I last blogged as I kept receiving piles and piles of work. I do realize now, that research is not a leisurely activity although it may seem like, for a person who is looking from outside. Apart from usual activities of experiments & literature surveys, doing tutorials, marking assignments, writing...

PTAM Revealed

PTAM (Parallel Tracking & Mapping) is a robust visual SLAM approach developed by Dr. George Klein at Oxford University. It tracks the 3D pose of the camera quite rapidly at frame rate which in turn becomes an ideal platform for implementing marker-less augmented reality. Through this post I’m going to reveal my own insights about...