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Imran Ahmad
Imran Ahmad
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Imran Ahmad

Imran Ahmad has been a part of cutting-edge research about algorithms and machine learning for many years. He completed his PhD in 2010, in which he proposed a new linear programming-based algorithm that can be used to optimally assign resources in a large-scale cloud computing environment. In 2017, Imran developed a real-time analytics framework named StreamSensing. He has since authored multiple research papers that use StreamSensing to process multimedia data for various machine learning algorithms. Imran is currently working at Advanced Analytics Solution Center (A2SC) at the Canadian Federal Government as a data scientist. He is using machine learning algorithms for critical use cases. Imran is a visiting professor at Carleton University, Ottawa. He has also been teaching for Google and Learning Tree for the last few years.
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Exploring abstract data types

Abstract data types (ADTs) are high-level abstractions whose behavior is defined by a set of variables and a set of related operations. ADTs define the implementation guidance of “what” needs to be expected but give the programmer freedom in “how” it will be exactly implemented. Examples are vectors, queues, and stacks. This means that two different programmers can take two different approaches to implementing an ADT, like a stack. By hiding the implementation level details and giving the user a generic, implementation-independent data structure, the use of ADTs creates algorithms that result in simpler and cleaner code. ADTs can be implemented in any programming language, such as C++, Java, and Scala. In this section, we shall implement ADTs using Python. Let’s start with vectors first.

Vector

A vector is a single-dimension structure for storing data. They are one of the most popular data structures in Python...

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Imran Ahmad

Imran Ahmad has been a part of cutting-edge research about algorithms and machine learning for many years. He completed his PhD in 2010, in which he proposed a new linear programming-based algorithm that can be used to optimally assign resources in a large-scale cloud computing environment. In 2017, Imran developed a real-time analytics framework named StreamSensing. He has since authored multiple research papers that use StreamSensing to process multimedia data for various machine learning algorithms. Imran is currently working at Advanced Analytics Solution Center (A2SC) at the Canadian Federal Government as a data scientist. He is using machine learning algorithms for critical use cases. Imran is a visiting professor at Carleton University, Ottawa. He has also been teaching for Google and Learning Tree for the last few years.
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