Gaussian Mixture Models

A friendly description of Gaussian mixture models, a very useful soft clustering method.

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0:00 Introduction
0:13 Clustering applications
1:56 Hard clustering - soft clustering
3:36 Step 1: Colouring points
6:10 Step 2: Fitting a Gaussian
10:33 Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM)

[trantrungnghia]

after 2 years, finally I found someone that explains covariance the good way

[ppddeka]

Probably the most intuitive explanation of expectation maximization within gaussian mixture models . Cannot be more simple than this, just loved it

[sharathnatraj]

I wish every complicated model is explained with this kind of simplicity.. amazing skill. Thanks a lot

[maselyna]

Being a visual learner, I'd say you are the best teacher ever! Thank you so much for this lesson it really helps a lot. Keep up the good work!

[Ninjasharkcat]

Wow excellent video, without any background on GMM I was able to understand the concept and logic behind it. Gracias!!

[reverse_engineered]

Great video Luis. I think this is a very clear and concise explanation of Gaussian Mixture Models.

One thing you could do to improve your videos is to focus on the audio quality. The volume levels varied considerably between parts, as did the sound of the vocals (echo, room tone), and the instrumental covered your voice for the first minute or so. Using a consistent recording setup with some curtains or sound absorbing foam will help to keep the reflections down and give a consistent sound. Using a compressor on your audio track and adjusting your levels both during recording and during mixing to get consistent audio levels will help to keep the volume consistent. A quick A/B listen of each part compared to each other will also help to tell if things are inconsistent and need to be adjusted.

I think your illustrations are excellent and the explanations are very clear. You seem to achieve a great balance between giving simplified explanations while still providing correct and accurate explanations.

Great job! I look forward to the next video. And I still plan to read over your grokking machine learning book too!

[justin.c]

Best video in explaining GMM in a not-so techical way that I come across so far!

[AnirbanDasgupta]

Never saw a better explanation of GMMs

[dhinas]

I love the clear visualizations! Thank you for your great work. :)

[donaastor]

DAMN this is exactly what I needed for my project. One of the best YouTube's recommendations so far. Thank you.

[nishitskunder]

After wasting time on all other videos I had lost hope to find a good video on this topic. Amazing use of visuals to support the explanation. You nailed it. Subscribed your channel too :)

[land_sea]

Best video I found on understanding the top level concept of Gaussian Mixture Models, thanks!

[minruihu]

tbh I look up tons of videos.this is the only one I can understand. it is so simple, with no terminology and clear explanation with visualization.

[mr_possible]

This is the best channel for such ML stuff that I have come across by far! Thanks!!!

[eliebordron]

This is so clear, thank you. perfect for learning quickly and in detail how Gaussian mixture models work.

[dhruvrnaik]

Please keep making videos. I've never understood concepts better than when watching your videos

[neox]

Superb! Am glad I held this long to read abt GMMs, till your explanatory video came 😄
Please do an Attention/Transformer video

[asdasvcxvwe]

Thank you VERY MUCH. i have been struggling with understanding the GMM for two whole days and no book or video could explain it very intuitively like you have done, i truly appreciate it <3

[amrapalisamanta]

I just needed a beginner level understanding and this video was amazing.

[tashfiashamim]

What an intuitive explanation! Kudos to you!