Vyacheslav Efimov, Author at Towards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com Publish AI, ML & data-science insights to a global community of data professionals. Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:40:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://towardsdatascience.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Vyacheslav Efimov, Author at Towards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com 32 32 CLIP Model Overview :  Unlocking the Power of Multimodal AI https://towardsdatascience.com/clip-model-overview-unlocking-the-power-of-multimodal-ai/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:01:21 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606570 The magic behind multimodal models unlocked through contrastive learning

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]]> Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, Explained Simply https://towardsdatascience.com/explained-simply-reinforcement-learning-from-human-feedback/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 23:31:07 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606394 The one technique that made ChatGPT so smart

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]]> LLM Optimization: LoRA and QLoRA https://towardsdatascience.com/llm-optimization-lora-and-qlora/ Fri, 30 May 2025 18:44:49 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606170 Scalable fine-tuning techniques for large language models

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]]> Diffusion Models, Explained Simply https://towardsdatascience.com/diffusion-models-explained-simply/ Tue, 06 May 2025 01:33:51 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=605912 From noise to art: how to generate high-quality images using diffusion models

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]]> AWS: Deploying a FastAPI App on EC2 in Minutes https://towardsdatascience.com/aws-deploying-a-fastapi-app-on-ec2-in-minutes/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:40:41 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=605805 From zero to EC2: easy steps to launching an AWS Instance

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]]> Beginner’s Guide to Creating a S3 Storage on AWS https://towardsdatascience.com/beginners-guide-to-creating-a-s3-storage-on-aws/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 04:44:52 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=605764 How to quickly create cloud storage and access it remotely

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]]> Comprehensive Guide to Dependency Management in Python https://towardsdatascience.com/comprehensive-guide-to-dependency-management-in-python/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:34:56 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=599201 Master the management of virtual environments

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]]> Roadmap to Becoming a Data Scientist, Part 4: Advanced Machine Learning https://towardsdatascience.com/roadmap-to-becoming-a-data-scientist-part-4-advanced-machine-learning/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=597896 Introduction Data science is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating fields today. Following significant breakthroughs in machine learning about a decade ago, data science has surged in popularity within the tech community. Each year, we witness increasingly powerful tools that once seemed unimaginable. Innovations such as the Transformer architecture, ChatGPT, the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) framework, and state-of-the-art computer vision models — including GANs — have […]

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]]> Roadmap to Becoming a Data Scientist, Part 3: Machine Learning https://towardsdatascience.com/roadmap-to-becoming-a-data-scientist-part-3-machine-learning-628248c96cb5/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:02:00 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/roadmap-to-becoming-a-data-scientist-part-3-machine-learning-628248c96cb5/ From beginner to pro: key machine learning skills for data science aspirants

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]]> Roadmap to Becoming a Data Scientist, Part 2: Software Engineering https://towardsdatascience.com/roadmap-to-becoming-a-data-scientist-part-2-software-engineering-e2fee3fe4d71/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:01:25 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/roadmap-to-becoming-a-data-scientist-part-2-software-engineering-e2fee3fe4d71/ Coding your road to Data Science: mastering key development skills

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]]> Roadmap to Becoming a Data Scientist, Part 1: Maths https://towardsdatascience.com/roadmap-to-becoming-a-data-scientist-part-1-maths-2dc9beb69b27/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:02:20 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/roadmap-to-becoming-a-data-scientist-part-1-maths-2dc9beb69b27/ Identifying fundamental math skills to master for aspiring Data Scientists

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]]> Decoding One-Hot Encoding: A Beginner’s Guide to Categorical Data https://towardsdatascience.com/decoding-one-hot-encoding-a-beginners-guide-to-categorical-data-058582240e86/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:21:59 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/decoding-one-hot-encoding-a-beginners-guide-to-categorical-data-058582240e86/ Learning to transform categorical data into a format that a machine learning model can understand

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]]> Comprehensive Guide to Crafting a Perfect CV in Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com/comprehensive-guide-to-crafting-a-perfect-cv-in-data-science-dd6294aeb444/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:59:49 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/comprehensive-guide-to-crafting-a-perfect-cv-in-data-science-dd6294aeb444/ Impress recruiters and land your dream job by creating a standout resume

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]]> 5 Amazing Plugins for an Eye-Catching Visual Studio Code UI https://towardsdatascience.com/5-amazing-plugins-for-an-eye-catching-visual-studio-code-ui-ebce393a5e8c/ Sat, 05 Oct 2024 04:34:53 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/5-amazing-plugins-for-an-eye-catching-visual-studio-code-ui-ebce393a5e8c/ Make your code shine by transforming the IDE into a stunning coding environment

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]]> Reinforcement Learning, Part 8: Feature State Construction https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-8-feature-state-construction-62e7d2fc5152/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 02:30:08 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-8-feature-state-construction-62e7d2fc5152/ Enhancing linear methods by smartly incorporating state features into the learning objective

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]]> Intuitive Explanation of Async / Await in JavaScript https://towardsdatascience.com/intuitive-explanation-of-async-await-in-javascript-730174c000bd/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 16:50:51 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/intuitive-explanation-of-async-await-in-javascript-730174c000bd/ Designing asynchronous pipelines for efficient data processing

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]]> Reinforcement Learning, Part 7: Introduction to Value-Function Approximation https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-7-introduction-to-value-function-approximation-2e22495f7008/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:01:04 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-7-introduction-to-value-function-approximation-2e22495f7008/ Scaling reinforcement learning from tabular methods to large spaces

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]]> Reinforcement Learning, Part 6: n-step Bootstrapping https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-6-n-step-bootstrapping-e666f8cc7973/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:04:37 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-6-n-step-bootstrapping-e666f8cc7973/ Pushing the boundaries: generalizing temporal difference algorithms

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]]> Reinforcement Learning, Part 5: Temporal-Difference Learning https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-5-temporal-difference-learning-cacf7854fe0c/ Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:41:04 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/reinforcement-learning-part-5-temporal-difference-learning-cacf7854fe0c/ Intelligently synergizing dynamic programming and Monte Carlo algorithms

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]]> System Design: Load Balancer https://towardsdatascience.com/system-design-load-balancer-9a3582176f9b/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:48:45 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/system-design-load-balancer-9a3582176f9b/ Orchestrating strategies for optimal workload distribution in microservice applications

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