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Explore code repositories, book recommendations, and find my contact information." /> 107 </head> 108 <body> 109 110 111 <h1> 112 Andrew Laack 113 </h1> 114 115 <nav class="navigation"> 116 <a href="#research">research</a> 117 <span class="separator">|</span> 118 <a href="#code">code</a> 119 <span class="separator">|</span> 120 <a href="#studies">studies</a> 121 <span class="separator">|</span> 122 <a href="#blog">blog</a> 123 <span class="separator">|</span> 124 <a href="#contact">contact</a> 125 </nav> 126 127 128 <hr> 129 <h2 id="research">research</h2> 130 <p> My main research interest is classical machine learning. In particular, oblique decision trees, ensemble methods, and interpretability. 131 132 <h3 id="publications">publications</h3> 133 <ul> 134 <li> 135 <strong>Laack, A. D.</strong> (2025, May 8). <em>CART-ELC: Oblique decision tree induction via exhaustive search</em> [Manuscript under review]. arXiv. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2505.05402" target="">https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2505.05402</a> 136 </li> 137 </ul> 138 139 140 <hr> 141 <h2 id="code">code</h2> 142 <p>I like building software and implementing machine learning research. <a href="https://git.laack.co/andrew"> My code</a> is self hosted. I have some code available on my <a href="https://github.com/andrewlaack">Github</a>, but I am not a fan of the platform becoming the de facto standard for code distribution given its proprietary nature. 143 144 <hr> 145 <h2 id="studies">studies</h2> 146 147 <p> 148 I graduated from the University in Wisconsin-Superior with a BS in CS in the Spring of 2025. I am also starting a Master's degree program at Georgia Tech in the Fall of 2025. I have taken a fair number of computer science courses and math courses, but I have found it much more rewarding to self-study. Below is a non-comprehensive list of books I have read and recommend to those interested in machine learning. 149 </p> 150 151 <p> 152 <h3>ml book recommendations (in order)</h3> 153 <ol> 154 <li> Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow by Geron</li> 155 <li> The Elements of Statistical Learning by Hastie, Tibshirani, Friedman </li> 156 <li> Deep Learning by Goodfellow, Bengio, and Courville</li> 157 <li> Reinforcement Learning by Sutton and Barto</li> 158 </ol> 159 160 </p> 161 <p> 162 <h3> math book recommendations (unordered)</h3> 163 <ol> 164 <li> Probability and Statistical Inference by Hogg and Tanis</li> 165 <li> Calculus: Early Transcendentals by Stewart </li> 166 <li> Linear Algebra Done Right by Axler </li> 167 <li> Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Rosen</li> 168 <li> Mathematics for Machine Learning by Deisenroth</li> 169 </ol> 170 </p> 171 172 <p> 173 These were the most impactful math and machine learning books that I read early on. For those interested in reading them, I would recommend first reading Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow to get a good understanding of what machine learning is all about and how to use modern machine learning tools. I would then start reading the math books to gain a strong understanding of linear algebra, probability, and calculus, prior to returning to the more theory based machine learning books. Once all of these have been read and well understood, it becomes evident what is of interest to the reader and thus their paths may diverge, but I think these recommendations are non-controversial. 174 </p> 175 176 <hr> 177 <h2 id="blog">blog</h2> 178 <p> 179 On <a href="https://blog.laack.co" target="">my blog</a> I discuss my views about software, freedom, and other topics of interest. 180 </p> 181 182 <hr> 183 <h2 id="contact">contact</h2> 184 185 <p> Email contained in metadata: </p> 186 187 <!-- PGP Key Section --> 188 <div class="pgp-container"> 189 <pre class="pgp-key"> 190 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 191 192 mDMEZ6xkphYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAIDyb5c/NfL9VY8GTK2+NWD48GSxk3wBuOA6e 193 kb5O2SS0LWFuZHJldyBsYWFjayAocGFzc3dvcmQga2V5KSA8YW5kcmV3QGxhYWNr 194 LmNvPoiTBBMWCgA7FiEEWEIRDXWw8E+m6MOJMvmjEHDJ1+MFAmesZKYCGwMFCwkI 195 BwICIgIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgcCF4AACgkQMvmjEHDJ1+MchQEA/qSjA+uE+u/p 196 lwGdAOnmz8qQmw4cettMujU0/WXhCKEBAJxS62RluH2jlYMk0u6XiEW2u9AOse6E 197 6Tt1ya0et/IOuDgEZ6xkphIKKwYBBAGXVQEFAQEHQP4GUQ22EKyTtp5UP+aoPrjb 198 k27LGhvPDtcbw+dyGT4VAwEIB4h4BBgWCgAgFiEEWEIRDXWw8E+m6MOJMvmjEHDJ 199 1+MFAmesZKYCGwwACgkQMvmjEHDJ1+OQhAD/dh4e/qYtE/xjvEJb9foDYxCAZmoO 200 YDCsVpBwLQgBKW8A/RshYmUz7CBCuGsmxPtzVNSsP3mtLTc/85dX1V8oTd0J 201 =wfRT 202 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 203 </pre> 204 </div> 205 206 <div class="spacer"></div> 207 <div class="spacer"></div> 208 <div class="spacer"></div> 209 </body> 210 </html>