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Deep Learning

• Torch Learning Software;
• Neural Networks & Deep Learning; DeepLearnet.net; Neon Deep Learning Framework
• Deep Learning Blot; Understanding Convolution in Deep Learning;
• Deep Learning Tutorial;
• Convolution: Understanding Convolution In Deep Learning; Going Deeper with Convolutions/GoogLeNet; Deep Learning and Convolutional Nets; How Do Convolutional Nets Work?; Intuitive Explanation of Convolutional Neural Networks;

Reinforcement Learning

• Scholarpedia page on Reinforcement Learning

Bandits

• Cesa-Bianchi Bandit Lecture; Cesa-Bianchi Recent Results Lecture; Lugosi Lecture on Adversarial Bandits

Tensor methods

• Block Coordinate Update Code

Public Domain Codes

• Torque.JS

• Product Design Notebook;

• Linear Components: PBC Linear; 80/20; LM 76;

Low Cost/Used/Hobby Machine Tools

• Find-A-Machine]; TechSpex (compares machines); SouthernTool;
• Lathemaster (small mills/lathes) Hobby Shop Machinist; American Machine Tools; Roland Mills; MachineToolsWarehouse;
• IH CNC (nice small mill); TownLabs (table top 3,4 axis); CNC Masters; FlashCut CNC; TorMach; Sherline; Micro-Mark; KT Marketing; Hobby CNC; Torchmate; MaxNC; MikiMech; Enco(small machines);
• \'Routers: CNC Router Source (good CNC controller tutorials, links); CNC Router Store; SolSylva (router plans, guides); ProBotix; BuildYourCNC; Joe\'s CNC; IMWsrv (cheap CNC router); MarchantDice (Router parts); SaleCNC (cheap routers); NextWave; Cerebral Meltdown;
• MetalWorking: TinMan Technologies
• Wood: PennStateInd.; Rockler Woodworking
• Tools: DiscountTools; Tools-n-gizmos; CuttingToolSource; Glacern (mill tools); The Engineers Shop; Wholesale Tools For Less; AnyTime Tools;
• EMachineShop (online machining service);
• Electronics: HomeShopCNC Inc.; PMDX (CNC/Motion Control Boards); MotionTek (motors/servos); CampbellDesigns; MachMotion

CAD/CAM

• CAD: AutoDesk 123D apps; NetFab (mesh construction/repair);
• CAM: [Mach3; Online G,M code tutorial; DolphinSystems; DolphinCAD USA; ArtCam MillWizard; GSimple(CAM); MultiCam Mill; CNC Shop Software;SimpleNC; NC-Plot (simulates CNC build); Easy DNC; Multi-DNC;
• Google Sketchup: Sketchup-to-CNC;
• 3D Models/Input: TraceParts; 3D Model Club (3D decorative models); VectorArt3D; VizArtOnLine; VectorClip3d; Simple3D; Renderosity; The 3D Studio; TurboSquid;
• OnLine Tutorials: Virtual Machine Shop; OnLine GCode course;
• Forums: HomeGrown CNC; CNC Forum; HomeMachinest; Practical Machinest; CNC Info.; Yahoo CAD/CAM/EDM forum; CNC Cookbook (and their Resources Page); MachineToolHelp;
  • DIY CNC blog (good links); CNC-CI Links page (software links);\n** Comparison of Hobby CNC Mills; Hobbyist 3D Printing/Milling;
• Retrofits: SB Precision;
• Used Equip.: KD Capital (large selection);
• Ebay: Wheeler Machine Sales; PM Machine Sales; Rohner Machinery; American Machinery Liquidators; QualityMachineTools;

Auctions:

• AAG; GreatAmerican; RL Spear; VanHorn; Ashman; Tauber-Arons; Ostrin & Ostrin; Abamex; CMA Auctions; Premiere Auctions; Bendis Co.; UBid4It; Hoff Hilk; BidItUp; BidSpotter; Go-Dove; Asset Sales; Asset Reliance; Thomas Auction; AssetAuctions;SurplusRecord; Transzon; CorpAssets; ICollector; AuctionZip;

Other Numerical Machine Tools

• Water Jets: WaterJets.Org; Yahoo WaterJets Group;

Pneumatics/Hydraulics

• Festo;

Fixtures/Clamps/Vises

• DestaCo(clamps, grippers);
• SeaCatch (under load release);

Basic Mechanical Componenents

• Stock Drive Prodcts (great source for mechanical drive components);
• Small Parts; McMaster-Carr;\n* MicroFasteners,Boca Bearings,

Raw Material

• Industrial Metal Sales; Metal-By-The-Foot;

Engineering MarketPlaces

• Global Spec; Zycon;

On-Line Demonstrations

• Shortest Path in a Polygon

Resources

• Course/Resources for non-rigid shape matching;
• Hausdorff Distance Matching Code;

Origami

• Origami Heaven; Happy Folding.Com;
• Robert J. Lang; Erik Demaine;
• Curved Folding SIGGRAPH paper;
• Origami & Geometric Construction text by Lang;

MRI Imaging/Segmentation

• ITK-Snap: Home Page;

General

• Shloss Dagstuhul (Liebniz Center for INformatics--Seminar Program);

Vision/Graphics

• OpenCV: SourceForge; Docs Wiki; Yahoo Forum;
• Chan-Vese: MATLAB implementation; 2D/3D Image Segmentation;
• Onlne Courses: Univ. London 4054\n\n* VisionBib.com; Aravind\'s Links(graphics/image); Stylized Depiction in Computer Graphics; Laurence Maloney (visual perception);\n* Preprint of Szeliski Vision Text;
• Daniel Cremers;
• Gromov-Hausdorff Distances;
• Ortery 3-D model building; ReconstructMe; Autodesk 123D Catch;

Kinect 3D Sensor

• Kinect 3d Hacks: DashHacks; Info on MS SDK for Kinect; MS SDK; Kinect Calibration Wiki@Ros;YouTube Videos of Oliver Kreylos; O. KReylos Software Page; Quadrotor using Kinect; Kinect Driver & Nui Control; OpenKinect.Org; Story behind Kinect3D; Brekel Kinect;\n* KinectFusion;\n* Matherix (3D model reconstruction);

Spectral Graph Theory

• Saito\'s Laplacian Resource Page; Diestel Graph Theory Book; IPAM Laplacian Wkshp;
• Fan Chung Grahm; I.R. Kondor\'s papers;
• Maggioni Course; Spielman\'s course on Spectral Graph Theory;

Signal Processing

• Online Lecture on Optimal Detection of Sparse Signal Segments
• Compressive Sensing: Compressive Sensing 2.0; Duke Comp. Sens. Wkshp;
• Signal Compression: Compression Pointers; Compression Links;
• Spectral Processing: Multi-Taper Tutorial;
• Clustering: Clustering & multivariate analysis software; Murtagh\'s Multivariate Analysis Software Page; Correspondence Analysis Software;
• Sampling: William Wu@Stanford
• People: Don Johnson; Collected Works, Claude Shannon; Robert Nowak;
• review of projection pursuit; speech analysis tutorial;
• Ensemble Kalman Filtering Course;
• Obstacles to High-Dimensional Particle Filtering;

Wavelets

• Resources: searchable wavelet bibliography; multi-wavelet paper links Wavelet NetCare; WaveThresh biblio;Xwavelet Package;
• Tutorials: Wavelet overview (based on Mallat book);
• People: Dave Donoho; Donald Percival; Brani Vidakovic;
• Shearlets: Shearlet.org;

Frames

• Frame Research Center; Peter Casazza Publications;

Diffusion Wavelets

• Maggioni\'s publication page; ">[more diffusion wavelets; Diffusion Wavelet @Yale; Sridhar Mahadevan\'s pub.s;

Tensor Methods

• Blog post on Tensor Methods in Machine Learning

Info Theory

• People: John Daugman@Cambridge;

Machine Learning

• Blogs: Machine Learning (hunch.net); Machined Learning; Deep Learning;
• GPO: GaussianProcess.Org;
• ARD: Expectation Propagation for Graphical Models (on-line slides);
• Code: HMM Matlab Toolbox; Kevin Murphey\'s HMM Toolbox; Code by M.J. Beal (Variational Bayes);
• Tutorials: ICML 2008: Sparse Linear Models: Bayesian Learning & Experimental Design; Stochastic Optimal Control; Submodularity in Machine Learning; Machine Learning Workshop 2009; Andrew Moore\'s Data Mining Tutorials;
• On-Line Course Material: Caltech CS 101.2 (Active Learning); Maggioni MDP Page; Duke Data Mining Course; Course on Automated Planning & Reasoning; MIT Neural Networks;\n* Pybrain; AutonLab@CMU;\n* GoogleTalk Bayesian Nonparametrics;
• Notes on Regret;
• People: Mikhail Belkin; Glenn Shafer; Marcus Hutter@ANU; A. Anandkumar, UCI

Probability/Statistics

• Probability Page;
• Tutorials: Virtual Lab in Prob./Stats.; Monte Carlo Methods; HMM tutorial; Probability.net Tutorials
• Probability Theory: The Logic of Science (on-line book);
• Resources: Gauss resources(on-line statistical software);
• AlmostSure (Blog on Stochastic Processes); Basic Probability/Poisson MATLAB Code;
• Poisson: Poisson Processes; Raikov\'s Theorem; Palm-Kintchine Theorem; Levy Processes;
• Uncertainty Quantification: DongbinXiu@Purdue

Control

• On-line LMI course; Delft LMI course; Multiple Hypothesis Testing Code;
• MIT on-line Optimal Control Course; Scholarpedia Optimal Control;
• Technion Course on Estimation
• Stochastic Programming Community; Optimization Online;
• Continous KF notes; Technion Estimation Class
• Laplace Transform Theory
• Parallel&Distributed Systems Course;
• Zohar Manna;

Graph Theory

• Mason Porter@Oxford

Basic Applied Math

• Infinite Series Tutorial; Planet Math;

• Urban RF Sensing

• 2010 conf. on Indoor Positioning & Navigation;

Spinal Cord & Rehab

• human motion/amputees; > Sretavan lab (UCSF )(neural injury repair); ETH Sensory-Motor Systems Lab (Lokomat, etc.);
• Francisco Valero-Cuevas @ USC;

Epidural Stimulation/Simulation

• MATLAB/COMSOL Mesh Tool;
• Tyler Lab (Ultrasound neural stimulation);

Neural Coding/Processing

• Salk Abstractrs on Neural Coding; Tony Zador Publications on Neural Coding;
• simulation: PyNN; SNNAP (action potentials)

NeuroScience

• Brain Facts.Org; IonChannels.Org;
• Geometry of Neuroscience;
• ShenLab@Stanford;
• Neuron Generator Potential; Receptor Potentials; Touch-Evoked Generator Potential; Nerve Impulses; Sensory Receptor vs. Motor Neuron potentials;
• Dendritic Spikes@Wikipedia;
• YouTube Neuroanatomy Videos: CorticoSpinal Tract; Dorsal Column, Lemniscus; Dr. Najeeb--Ascending Tracts;\n* On-Line Atlases, Tutorials: On-line Medical Notes on NeuroAnatomy; Motor System Neurophysiology; Umass Spinal Atlas; Spinal Cord Anatomy;
• Quanta Magazine article on Mapping the Brain to Build Better Machines

Prosthetics

• Advanced Arm Dynamics; Hackberry Prosthetic Arm/Hand
• Design notebook on prosthetic hooks

BioMechanics/BioBehavior

• Locomotion Anatomy; Encyclopedia Brittanica Locomotion Page;
• Boids (links to Boids-like flocking);

• Matias Kawski\'s Math Matlab Functions
• Boyd Linear Systems Course;
• Gilbert Strang@MIT: Numerical methods course;

• LTI Systems @Connexions; Linear Time-Invariant Systems & Convolution;
• Practice Jordan Form problems;
• Make Educational Initiative;
• On-line Education: Udemy;

Wrought Iron Parts

• King Architectural Metals; Decorative Iron;Maidens of Iron; Architectural Iron Designs; Custom Iron Works; Metal Amore; McFrugal Ornamental Iron Parts; Delphi Glass Table Legs; TableLegs.com;

Wood Items

• Van Dykes; Inviting Home; Knob & Pulls; Zakros Designs;
• French Polishing; Guide to French Polishing; Art of French Polish;
• Teak Supplier;

Misc. Personal

• WroughtIronConcepts
• The Label Man;
• Rotodent Charger

Home Solar

• HeliosRay (solar water heaters); Calif. Solar Heater Rebate;
• Anelemmatic sundials; Anelemmatic sundial PDF generator
• HelioWatcher (@Thingverse);

Flora

• Cactus: YuccoDo; Cacti.Com; OldManCactus; Fishbone Cactus;
• Garden: night bloomers; CalWildflowerHotSheet; TheoPayne Foundation;
• Seed: Tomato Fest;
• Orchids;

Local Attractions/Info

• Current LA; 626 Night Market Info;
• Old Town Cinema; Storier-Stearns Japanese Garden; Farnsworth Summer Concerts

• Local News: Pasadena Star News; Pasadena Weekly; San Gabriel Valley News; LA Daily News; PCC Courier; Altadena Patch;
• "The List" (Pas. Weekly events)
• List of California Museums;
• Art Galleries: ArtSlant L.A.; Galerie Gabrie; Fremont Gallery; American Legacy Galleries; Segal Fine Art (Monrovia); Tirage Art; OffRamp Gallery; San Marino Old Mill; Williamson Gallery @Art Center; California Art Club/Blinn House; Altadena Arts Council;
• Venues: Sierra Madre Playhouse; WorldCity@MusicCenter;

Lathes/Rebuild

• Hardinge HLV: @lathes.co.uk; Yahoo Hardinge Group; On-Line HLV-H Manual; OnLine HLVH Schematics; UK Rebuild Story; Rebuild Story; Spindle Replacement;
• Hardinge HLV Parts: Centroid CNC Retrofit; Babin HLV Rebuild;
• Useful Thread on PracticalMachinist; Lathe Paint Threads;
• Electrolytic Rust Removal; Rust Removal Videos; Electrolysis Rust Removal;

Misc.

• XPS 15 9550 WiFi Problems

• Stand Frame: Cargo Control; Ratchet Cap; Amazon Tie Down Ratchet; Northern Tool winches; Hand Strap Winch; \"The Find\" winches; Dutton-Lainson Brake Winches; Dutton-Lainson Brake Winch Manual;

• Klee Klamp; Davis Bacon (Klee dist.); Southco Latches; Moore Indust. Latches; Southco Latches @ABE;

• Ratchets: Palm Ratchet (disassemble?); Finger Ratchet; Palm Ratchet; Palm Ratchet; Ratchet Handles; Ratchet Screwdriver; Screw Handle;

• Retractable Tie Downs: Retractable Transom Tie Down; 10 ft retractable; 24ft retractable; 10ft retractable; 12 ft/500 lb retractable; 2inx6ft/4000 lb retractable; 15ft/3500lb; 2in x 10ft retractable; 2in x 6ft retractable; 10ft/900 lb retractable; 14ft/1000 lb retractable; 2in x 6ft

• Cam Handle; Cam Strap @CarrLane; Cam Handle Bar Tube Mount\n* Wheel Chair Tie Downs;

• Homepage of Gabor Orosz (delay/control of gene circuits, neural circuits, traffic)

• DELTA forward/inverse kinematics;

• Clever minimilast \"penguin\" robot YouTube video; The Penguin Robot Kit;

• Books to buy?: Machine Shop Trade Secrets;
• Assembly Thesis;

• SCELETIUM TORTUOSA;

• Star-News: Events Calendar

• MF Global: Creditor Guide; SEC supervisor info; JPM Priority; MF GLobal Trustee; RJ Obrien; Commodity Customer Coalition (CCC); Update from CCC;

• Fusor.net
• Skateboard: DIY skate; Xtreme Skater;

Getting Started with Wikis

• How to Navigate a Wiki? Basic Intro to Wiki Editing
• MediaWiki Help (General Topics for Wiki Use)
• WikiMedia Manual: Contents, FAQ
• The MediaWiki User Hub (A place to get help with MediaWiki)

More Wiki Topics

• Install a Media Wiki, Configuration settings list
• WikiSkins
• MediaWiki FAQ Page
• Help for Wiki-Related Sysadmin