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Practical perspectives on clinical AI, computer vision, and building systems that work outside the lab.
Stop Uploading Millions of Files
How I escaped the small-file trap with WebDatasets
The Trap I had 10 million images ready for training. The model was written, the cloud bucket was empty, and all I had to do was upload. So I kicked off the transfer and went to grab a coffee. When I came back, the…
Spontaneous Human-Robot Interaction: Embracing the Unplanned
When we think about human-robot interaction (HRI), we often imagine carefully designed scenarios: a robot assistant following a set routine, or a service robot responding to pre-defined commands. But real life is rarely…
Me, Dr.
Call it magic
There are a few exceptional moments in the life span of tree. When the seed is planted, when water and sun make the magic, and when its chopped for businesses. This harsh intro only highlights how everything around us…
Gatsby via Docker
Portable and clean
Your gatsby website served by docker You have a gatsby website but your dependencies are getting out of hands? Gatsby as a docker container can be the solution and this short tutorial will show you how. Prepare your…
smallQR
All you need is a small QR code
The QR code is a 2D barcode that can contain up to 7089 digits or 4296 characters. A traditional QR code is composed by a matrix of black and white squares, that can be read by a camera and decoded by a software…
Passions never grow old
It's a mee Francesco! (semicit.)
I grew up as a very curios kid, with my hands and mind always busy solving some non existent problem. I loved understanding the mechanism of the toys and their misteries. One of the memories I am most attached to comes…
Write, explore, share
A gentle introduction to social robotics
If you are not a geek like me, you may not know that For a more soft introduction to the topic, I wrote some blogs for the Perseo project. These links will redirect you there!
Scholar Crawling
Look, Ma, No Hands!
Exploring Web Scraping for Researcher Statistics: A Google Scholar Adventure ProjectRepo In the ever-evolving landscape of data retrieval, I embarked on a journey to explore the nuances of web scraping for obtaining…
Ciao
New year, new website
For long time, I have been using frameworks like Wordpress in order to set up my own website. Recently I learned about gatsby and I decided to give it a try. I designed this website starting from @r-ichard/gatsby-starter…