Hi there!
I’m Alex Gude, a data scientist with a passion for plots and algorithms, as well as cycling and photography. I got my start in the tech industry at Insight Data Science, after previously working as a high energy particle physicist at CERN and a cosmologist at Lawrence Berkeley Labs.
I write about whatever catches my attention here on this site; mostly that means data science, machine learning, deep learning, and software development. My writings on deep learning from my time at Lab41 can be found at Gab41 and rehosted on this page.
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The code that I write lives on my Github page. Bug reports and pull requests are always welcome!
Recent Writings
I write articles about machine learning, data science, and technology, as well as book reviews. You can find a sample of my most recent writings below:
On Basilisk Station, by , is the first book in the long-running Honor Harrington series of military science fiction. It introduces Commander Honor Harrington, a brilliant naval officer exiled to a remote star system with an aging ship and a demoralized crew. There, she must enforce the law and uncover a smuggling plot that proves to be the opening move in an interstellar war.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, by , is a Hugo Award-winning classic of libertarian science fiction. It chronicles the revolt of a lunar penal colony against its terrestrial rulers, a revolution orchestrated by a small group of rebels and their self-aware computer.
Last Stand is the thirteenth book in the Bolo series. It features ten stories by eleven authors, many of whom are new. Their stories explore themes of Bolos going rogue, the distant future of the setting, and new details about the Final War with the Melconians.
The Sirens of Titan, by , is a satirical science fiction novel about the richest man in America, Malachi Constant. It follows his unwilling and absurd journey from Earth to Mars, Mercury, and finally Titan, exploring questions about free will, the purpose of human history, and the nature of religion along the way.
The Triumphant is the twelfth book in the Bolo series. It’s an anthology of Bolo stories written by three different authors. They explore the emotional bond between a Bolos and the people around them, and the dangers of caring too much about a machine built for war.