Joel Smith

Hi, I'm Joel 👋 I'm a Data Science & Artificial Intelligence MSc graduate taking a hands-on approach to learning. I enjoy turning ideas into working ML systems and sharing what I learn along the way (see below for some of my posts).

I'm particularly interested in generative modelling and engineering the infrastructure required to support it at scale.

Feel free to reach out to chat about anything ML.

Posts

13 Jan 2026

A Deep Dive into Diffusion Models: DDPM (1/?)

An introduction to diffusion models with a focus on denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPM).

3 Jan 2026

Exploring the theory behind Variational Autoencoders (VAEs)

How do VAEs work?