Random stuff about hard problems

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Examines using random choices to tackle hard computational problems by demonstrating the random walk method in pure Python (no special libraries). Covers applying random-walk techniques to a range of cases from trivial examples up to classically difficult or intractable problems, with accompanying slides and Jupyter notebooks on GitHub.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:46Random worktimization
3. 4:14Choosing random step
4. 11:263D camera calibration
5. 19:56MNIST digit recognition
6. 22:03Car parking problem
7. 23:50Q&A

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