# Education

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## [Role of cells](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/role-of-cells/7814)

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**Author:** [@bizunow13](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/bizunow13)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/role-of-cells/7814 "2020-08-19T22:52:09Z")

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Hello! Im implemented spatial pooler and wish to implement temporal pooler, but it more complex and im stuck. I have a lot of questions, but at first I would like to understand role of cells in columns. Why i cant add d…

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## [Question about linking individual TMs](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/question-about-linking-individual-tms/7683)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Stephan](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Andrew_Stephan)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/question-about-linking-individual-tms/7683 "2020-07-29T20:38:07Z")

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Hi, relatively new to HTM here. I’ve been building my own code library as a way to really learn the ins and outs of HTM. So far I have working encoders, poolers and temporal memory. Now I want to move on and build an act…

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## [Supervised multivarient Anomaly Detaction by using HTM](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/supervised-multivarient-anomaly-detaction-by-using-htm/7744)

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**Author:** [@Aliraza](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Aliraza)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/supervised-multivarient-anomaly-detaction-by-using-htm/7744 "2020-07-25T16:22:10Z")

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Hi, I am new to HTM and start learning HTM, I have a multivariant labeled dataset and want to apply HTM by using SP, TM. I saw many examples like HOTGYM.py, but I didn’t find any example which can help for multivariant …

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## [Anomaly Likelihood seems wrong](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/anomaly-likelihood-seems-wrong/7136)

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**Author:** [@helena\_Thielen](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/helena_Thielen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/anomaly-likelihood-seems-wrong/7136 "2020-07-17T17:03:25Z")

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Hello =) I am doing some basic anomaly detection. But some things are going wrong here. So first of all: I’m loading the model params with params = getScalarMetricWithTimeOfDayAnomalyParams(data\[predicted\_filed\_name\]) …

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## [Intuitions about learning parameters](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/intuitions-about-learning-parameters/7711)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Stephan](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Andrew_Stephan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/intuitions-about-learning-parameters/7711 "2020-07-09T17:54:54Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m looking for some guidance regarding all the different knobs you can tweak in an HTM. I’ve seen in my own experiments that even relatively small changes to the number of cells, the permanence increments,…

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## [Connecting Brain directly to video games](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/connecting-brain-directly-to-video-games/7691)

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**Author:** [@Viacheslav](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Viacheslav)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/connecting-brain-directly-to-video-games/7691 "2020-07-02T02:48:51Z")

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NeurotechGaming 2020 free online global conference, July 18-19: Presentations from companies: Valve - creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Dota 2 BrainAttach - Brain-Computer Interfaces for gamers Neurable - …

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## [Minimalist RDSE encoder to ensure understanding. A little help with the "random" part please?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/minimalist-rdse-encoder-to-ensure-understanding-a-little-help-with-the-random-part-please/7620)

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**Author:** [@Socradeez](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Socradeez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/minimalist-rdse-encoder-to-ensure-understanding-a-little-help-with-the-random-part-please/7620 "2020-06-24T19:47:05Z")

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So I’m trying to build a pretty bare minimum implementation of the RDSE to play with. This is how I learn best. I’ve been working from the videos and papers online to get the encoding of a single value into a bitarray. T…

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## [Difference between two boost factor updates](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/difference-between-two-boost-factor-updates/7668)

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**Author:** [@Qubitza](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Qubitza)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/difference-between-two-boost-factor-updates/7668 "2020-06-18T13:44:35Z")

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Hi thogether, I’m relatively new to HTM and currently studying the SPs learning phase, especially the boost factor update. I watched Matts excellent HTM School, so I think I have a solid knowledge of the process as a w…

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## [Does Anomaly detection work on detecting Steps in noisy data? My results do not make sense](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/does-anomaly-detection-work-on-detecting-steps-in-noisy-data-my-results-do-not-make-sense/7655)

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**Author:** [@EvaMartinC](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/EvaMartinC)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/does-anomaly-detection-work-on-detecting-steps-in-noisy-data-my-results-do-not-make-sense/7655 "2020-06-15T03:35:50Z")

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Hello everyone, I am a newbie trying to use the HTM model to detect steps in my data. They come from an experiment and I would like the model to detect steps within the noise. To do so, I have been trying for a month to…

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## [Can someone explain the motivation behind the Spatial Pooler?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/can-someone-explain-the-motivation-behind-the-spatial-pooler/6384)

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**Author:** [@Moti](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Moti)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/can-someone-explain-the-motivation-behind-the-spatial-pooler/6384 "2020-06-02T20:32:20Z")

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Hello, I am looking for an explanation of the SP, and the main motivation behind the concept? if you have only two bullets/paragraphs to describe it. how you going to do this… Thanks

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## [What happens in Las Vegas . . .](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/what-happens-in-las-vegas/7521)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/what-happens-in-las-vegas/7521 "2020-05-11T10:42:02Z")

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This flew under my radar: It’s a shorter version than what most of us have seen already, but please go give this clip a thumbs up.

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## [HTMs as Serial Associative Memories](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htms-as-serial-associative-memories/7486)

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**Author:** [@Chronic788](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Chronic788)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htms-as-serial-associative-memories/7486 "2020-05-05T14:31:39Z")

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Hi all! First of all I’d like to say how excited I am to have found Numenta and HTMs! After digging into the theory and learning resources I think it is very likely to be exactly what I am looking for! I have been work…

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## [Getting started, looking for tips](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-looking-for-tips/7510)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Stephan](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Andrew_Stephan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-looking-for-tips/7510 "2020-05-08T05:14:33Z")

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Hi everyone! I recently heard about HTM and I’m really hyped about it. To facilitate my learning, I want to program a complete (but mini) version on my own and test it on a sample problem. I have tons of questions! Any a…

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## [Nooby questions for Implementation](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nooby-questions-for-implementation/7112)

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**Author:** [@Jossos](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Jossos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nooby-questions-for-implementation/7112 "2020-05-05T13:30:43Z")

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I was making my Temporal Memory algorithm a while back, but work decided to eat a lot of my time, but I’m back at it again. I like to program these algorithms myself to better understand, I’m just having some difficulty …

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## [A remark about Japanese terminology](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-remark-about-japanese-terminology/7497)

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**Author:** [@pon\_dad](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/pon_dad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-remark-about-japanese-terminology/7497 "2020-05-03T00:41:25Z")

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Hello, everyone. In Japanese, nouns do not have a plural form. This makes understanding the terminology more difficult. htm.core parameters - Single Order Sequence Memory @indy’s explanation of the jargon was very hel…

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## [Interesting webinar: Writing Neural Network Code: Introduction to TensorFlow, Hands-On](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/interesting-webinar-writing-neural-network-code-introduction-to-tensorflow-hands-on/7482)

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**Author:** [@Bitking](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Bitking)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/interesting-webinar-writing-neural-network-code-introduction-to-tensorflow-hands-on/7482 "2020-04-30T18:26:48Z")

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https://www.designnews.com/continuing-education-center/writing-neural-network-code-introduction-tensorflow-hands-on?cid=051120-051520\_DNEvite&elq\_mid=12893&elq\_cid=124921 Even if you can’t attend live go ahead and sign …

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## [Performing Nonlinear Transformations automatically](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/performing-nonlinear-transformations-automatically/7442)

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**Author:** [@jordan.kay](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/jordan.kay)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/performing-nonlinear-transformations-automatically/7442 "2020-04-22T19:30:04Z")

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tdlr Given only a map of (nd) point-to-point conversions, and assuming a non-linear transformation, how do I infer the conversion point of a new point? intro I know this probably isn’t the best forum to discuss a math q…

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## [Numenta Office Hours (April 14, 2020)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/numenta-office-hours-april-14-2020/7357)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/numenta-office-hours-april-14-2020/7357 "2020-04-16T16:08:11Z")

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Please RSVP on the meetup page: I’m not going to send an announcement for this meeting until later so everyone here on the forum has a chance to RSVP. I put a cap for attendees at 20 because I don’t want a huge group …

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## [How to interpret the term "region" and "layer" ？](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-to-interpret-the-term-region-and-layer/7426)

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**Author:** [@flash59](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/flash59)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-to-interpret-the-term-region-and-layer/7426 "2020-04-15T14:17:10Z")

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Hello ! I am wondering the term “region” and “layer” apreaed in the white paper or HTM.JAVA project realy mean, in the HTM.java, you can create multi-region network, and multi-layer network, I don’t know the difference…

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## [Building HTM Systems (WIP Document)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/building-htm-systems-wip-document/3762)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/building-htm-systems-wip-document/3762 "2020-04-14T17:23:47Z")

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I recently asked who was building HTM systems and got quite a few people respond. That’s great, because I’m starting a big educational project, called Building HTM Systems. It is an interactive document with visualizatio…

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## [Replicate experiments in "Continuous Online Sequence Learning with an Unsupervised Neural Network Model"](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/replicate-experiments-in-continuous-online-sequence-learning-with-an-unsupervised-neural-network-model/7402)

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**Author:** [@nuwan](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/nuwan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/replicate-experiments-in-continuous-online-sequence-learning-with-an-unsupervised-neural-network-model/7402 "2020-04-13T22:25:18Z")

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I am trying to replicate experiments in “Continuous Online Sequence Learning with an Unsupervised Neural Network Model” (https://numenta.com/neuroscience-research/research-publications/papers/continuous-online-sequence-l…

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## [Numenta Basic Source Code Install](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/numenta-basic-source-code-install/7359)

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**Author:** [@PeriodicStructure](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/PeriodicStructure)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/numenta-basic-source-code-install/7359 "2020-04-13T02:57:30Z")

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I want to build a multilayer network of multidendritic neurons, like I’ve read about in the Hawkins papers and seen in the tutorial videos on YT. I’d like to add axonal network connections to more layers, for the purpos…

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## [HTM for fast moving dataset](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htm-for-fast-moving-dataset/7370)

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**Author:** [@khan](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/khan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htm-for-fast-moving-dataset/7370 "2020-04-06T21:14:24Z")

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I have a question related to applying HTM on real data. What if my data is not exactly regularly spaced, ie.e the measurements are coming after every 30sec approximately, sometimes (29sec,30sec,31 sec)) and comes from a …

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## [Matt is live streaming regularly](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/matt-is-live-streaming-regularly/5567)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 123\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/matt-is-live-streaming-regularly/5567 "2020-03-30T16:38:07Z")

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Does anyone have a Twitch account? I’m testing out it’s live steaming capability, and I want to see how hard it is to take questions over chat, or loop in other callers or video streamers like we do in our hackers’ ha…

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## [ContinualAI hosts monthly online meetup "Neuroscience-Inspired Continual Learning"](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/continualai-hosts-monthly-online-meetup-neuroscience-inspired-continual-learning/7316)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/continualai-hosts-monthly-online-meetup-neuroscience-inspired-continual-learning/7316 "2020-03-27T15:46:09Z")

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Be there are be :black\_square\_button:. I’ll be joining the meeting live. Join us!

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## [Sharing an analogy I consider interesting](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sharing-an-analogy-i-consider-interesting/7255)

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**Author:** [@vizvamitra](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/vizvamitra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sharing-an-analogy-i-consider-interesting/7255 "2020-03-14T02:35:33Z")

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I’m here to share with you an analogy that came to my mind recently. It might be inaccurate or even wrong in any or all of it’s aspects but though it might not be useful I still consider it interesting enough to share. B…

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## [Best outside resources for someone new?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/best-outside-resources-for-someone-new/7257)

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**Author:** [@chendo124](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/chendo124)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/best-outside-resources-for-someone-new/7257 "2020-03-05T13:01:39Z")

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Hi all, Outside of Numenta’s resources (this forum, HTM School, papers, research meetings, etc.), what additional places would you recommend a newbie turn to for relevant neocortical theory and computer science / engine…

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## [Statical componentens in HTM-Learning Algorithm?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/statical-componentens-in-htm-learning-algorithm/7232)

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**Author:** [@helena\_Thielen](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/helena_Thielen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/statical-componentens-in-htm-learning-algorithm/7232 "2020-02-25T01:21:18Z")

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Hey everybody, I am wondering: Is there any statistical component in the HTM-Learning algorithm? I mean besides the initialization (which is driven by a seed). So when I ran 2 HTM models with the same seed on the same …

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## [Would HTM be good for anomaly detection in a sensor network?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/would-htm-be-good-for-anomaly-detection-in-a-sensor-network/7203)

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**Author:** [@alfred](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/alfred)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/would-htm-be-good-for-anomaly-detection-in-a-sensor-network/7203 "2020-02-19T19:47:44Z")

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Hey all, We are two students who are trying out some different models for an anomaly detection project. Our data is timeseries from 40 different sensors, where the values have a close relation to each other, but does n…

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## [Affordance Competition Hypothesis](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/affordance-competition-hypothesis/6683)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/affordance-competition-hypothesis/6683 "2020-02-16T23:53:06Z")

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This Friday Oct 11 @ 10:15AM Pacific. Wed Oct 16 @ 10:15AM Pacific Wed Oct 23 @ 10:15AM Pacific I’ll probably touch on both these papers, although the first one is more essential reading than the second. Cortical …

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