Speed up training on Amazon SageMaker using Amazon FSx for Lustre and Amazon EFS file systems

Favorite Amazon SageMaker provides a fully-managed service for data science and machine learning workflows. One of the most important capabilities of Amazon SageMaker is its ability to run fully-managed training jobs to train machine learning models. Visit the service console to train machine learning models yourself on Amazon SageMaker. Now you

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Shared by AWS Machine Learning August 28, 2019

What makes a community of practice successful? Top 10 factors

Favorite There have been many articles and blog posts (including here) listing “Top Success Factors for Communities of Practice“. Usually these are based on a combination of experience and theory. Here’s a different approach. Image from wikimedia commons As part of our global global Knowledge Management Surveys in 2014 and

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Shared by Nick Milton August 27, 2019

How to run a wikithon

Favorite We all know about the traditional lifecycle of Wikis. They start with a blaze of publicity, attract a dozen or so pages, then activity fades inexorably away. It doesn’t have to be like this! Try starting with a wikithon Euro stem cell wikithon, image from wikimedia commons The Wikithon

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Shared by Nick Milton August 21, 2019

The curse of knowledge (video)

Favorite When we have a lot of knowledge, we underestimate how hard it is to communicate this to people who don’t know.  This is called the “Curse of Knowledge” – a cognitive bias that leads to people trying to convey knowledge in bullet points, or in fuzzy statements which are

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Shared by Nick Milton August 19, 2019

AWS DeepRacer League weekly challenges – compete in the AWS DeepRacer League virtual circuit to win cash prizes and a trip to re:Invent 2019!

Favorite The AWS DeepRacer League is the world’s first global autonomous racing league, open to anyone. Developers of all skill levels can get hands-on with machine learning in a fun and exciting way, racing for prizes and glory at 21 events globally and online using the AWS DeepRacer console. The

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Shared by AWS Machine Learning August 15, 2019