Although you don't need a lot of math to understand the concepts, I found that brushing up on some areas of math helped me to understand their implementations. Specifically, linear algebra (vectors and matrices), and some basic set theory.
Khan Academy has some good introductory courses on these subjects. - Jeff On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:41 PM Mayuresh Kathe <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks for that link, the material there-in is quite fascinating. > > i am also looking out for material which would gently guide me on the > implementation (in software) aspects of 'nupic'. > > my background is in software development, though, i haven't written a > single full-blown program in the past 8 years (due to demands posed by > my current hierarchical position). > > ~mayuresh > > -- > http://www.kathe.in/ > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:28:30AM -0500, Julian Samaroo wrote: > > For neuroscience specifically, I personally recommend > > http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/. This has also been recommended by a > > number of professors at my undergrad college neuroscience department. > > > > Julian > > > > Julian Samaroo > > Manager of Information Technology > > BluePrint Pathways, LLC > > (516) 993-1150 > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Mayuresh Kathe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > okay, i am currently reading "on intelligence", actually that's what > led > > > me to numenta. > > > > > > would you be kind enough to suggest some more reading material > regarding > > > biology on the brain? preferably for mere mortals. :) > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > ~mayuresh > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 07:49:54AM -0700, Chandan Maruthi wrote: > > > > No special math knowledge necessary , you will need to study some > biology > > > > on the brain though . > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Mayuresh Kathe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > > > > > may i know what be the pre-requisite mathematics knowledge > mandatory to > > > > > understanding the 'htm' papers well? > > > > > > > > > > would a firm grasp of statistics be necessary? > > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > > > ~mayuresh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Regards > > > > Chandan Maruthi > > > > > > > >
