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Visualizing Data Using t-SNE

Google TechTalks · 203.6K views · 2013-11-07 · 55:10

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A Google Tech Talk by Laurens van der Maaten, co-creator of t-SNE, on visualizing high-dimensional data by mapping it to two dimensions. It explains how the technique works and how it compares with other visualization approaches.

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HN people point to it as the canonical explanation from the method's author whenever t-SNE comes up.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2013–2019

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a1k0n · 2013-11 · Recommendation

Barnes-Hut uses a quadtree, doesn't it? I don't know whether the code was adapted to use an octree in 3D instead; maybe it was? FWIW there's a really interesting Google techtalk on how it works: [VIDEO]

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vankessel · 2019-08 · Reference

Use non spatial dimensions as well, like color, size, and shape. You can also use clever projections like t-sne to reduce the number of dimensions while retaining some of the structure of the data ( [VIDEO] )

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zoren · 2016-11 · Reference

Thanks for the offer. I've seen this [VIDEO] and I think I understand how it works but still think the results are amazing.

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