Insights

One publication. Many difficult questions.

Technical articles, research, engineering notes, and professional analysis about intelligent systems and the real engineering required to make them useful.

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    From the law of large numbers to Mamba-based telemetry analysis and human trial-and-error, the value of repetition depends on what the process lets us observe.

    Ergodic theory explains when one long trajectory can reveal a system’s statistical truth—and why data volume alone cannot guarantee learning.

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    Ryan Powers reflects on his path from Marine cyber operations to cybersecurity graduate study and applied research at USF.

    How military service, resilience, and an applied research mindset shape my work in cybersecurity and AI at the University of South Florida.

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    Learn the foundations of reinforcement learning and Markov decision processes, then compare PPO and SAC through their mechanics, use cases, strengths, weaknesses, and practical tradeoffs.

    A practical guide to two leading reinforcement-learning algorithms: how Markov decision processes frame the problem, why PPO favors stable updates, and why SAC emphasizes sample efficiency and exploration.