Ismael Balafrej

Hi, I’m Ismael. Welcome to my personal Blog. I post content about machine learning, spiking neural networks, data science and more. Feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed.

Latest posts

The Growing Challenge of Deepfakes and the Future of Detection

Deepfakes are getting smarter; so should detection!

Are electric cars a worse investment ?

This post examines the value depreciation of electric vehicle (EV) in the Montreal area, with an analysis of the impact of the Quebec government’s decision to phase out the…

Unexpected coin flip experiment

In this post, I explore a seemingly straightforward coin flip game between two players. Interestingly, the intuitive approach fails when validated with a Monte Carlo…

What if you could grow an AI chip ? 🧠

New publication alert !

PhD thesis defended !

Like a proper nerd, I wore an ECG during my thesis defense. Here is the data !

Selection of a timestep for SNN simulation

What is the proper timestep to select when simulating a spiking neural network ? The answer is, of course, it depends. Although, I think the usual assumption is incorrect…