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HOW TO GET TO
RUNTER END
GENERATING PLACENAMES
WITH A NEURAL NETWORK
DOUG CLOW
• Old Functon, Oxfordshire
• Milly Load, Nottinghamshire
• Mounton in in the Woop,
Bath and North
East Somerset
Photo (CC)-BY Ganbreeder.app https://ganbreeder.app/i?k=0680da128cf010d9680f9639
What is a
neural
network?
Photo (CC)-BY-ND Hillel Steinberg https://flic.kr/p/2cz4VeK
A neural network learns patterns
• it can predict
• it can generate
… you just need enough examples
Photo (CC)-BY Freshwater2006 https://flic.kr/p/6Syq8m
Upton
Snodsbury
Woughton
on the Green
Woburn Sands
formerly
Hogsty End
© Paul Cox 2017
http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/wsc/
English placenames are funny
(CC)-BY Scorpions and Centaurs https://flic.kr/p/9m4FzQ
Open Names
1.61 Gb
>870,000 roads
~44,000 settlements
>1.6 million postcodes
mapped to National Grid
Map sample © 2019 Ordnance Survey
A bit of processing (95% of data science)
A bit of neural network training
32,637 names
1h on an old laptop
Photo by Crissy Jarvis on Unsplash
Tregounden, County of Herefordshire
Lower’s Common, Staffordshire
West Curwood, Hertfordshire
Kingstworth, Swinghamshire
Marton, Cumbria
Liston, Devon
Lewtin, West Sussex
Rykerook, Somerset
Little Sandy Park, Kent
Great Burton, Rutland
Topworth, North Yorkshire
St Egerperferton, County Durham
Photo (CC)-BY Ray in Manila https://flic.kr/p/zS6uGC
• Penty Fiehall,
Cumbria
• Lines,
Milton Keynes
• Glumhill,
Staffordshire
• Weetloss,
East Riding of
Yorkshire
Photo (CC)-BY Karen Roe https://flic.kr/p/mmyNb6
Runter End
• Wimmer, Bourcestershire
• Sniddington, County Durham
• Randiskerton, North Yorkshire
• Thornwithich, Pooestop
• Runter End, Cambridgeshire
Map data © 2019 Google
Thanks to:
Janelle Shane
http://aiweirdness.com/
Seeking new fun
data science work
@dougclow
Doug.Clow@gmail.com

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How to get to Runter End: Generating English placenames with a neural network

  • 1. HOW TO GET TO RUNTER END GENERATING PLACENAMES WITH A NEURAL NETWORK DOUG CLOW
  • 2. • Old Functon, Oxfordshire • Milly Load, Nottinghamshire • Mounton in in the Woop, Bath and North East Somerset Photo (CC)-BY Ganbreeder.app https://ganbreeder.app/i?k=0680da128cf010d9680f9639
  • 3. What is a neural network? Photo (CC)-BY-ND Hillel Steinberg https://flic.kr/p/2cz4VeK
  • 4. A neural network learns patterns • it can predict • it can generate … you just need enough examples Photo (CC)-BY Freshwater2006 https://flic.kr/p/6Syq8m
  • 5. Upton Snodsbury Woughton on the Green Woburn Sands formerly Hogsty End © Paul Cox 2017 http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/wsc/ English placenames are funny (CC)-BY Scorpions and Centaurs https://flic.kr/p/9m4FzQ
  • 6. Open Names 1.61 Gb >870,000 roads ~44,000 settlements >1.6 million postcodes mapped to National Grid Map sample © 2019 Ordnance Survey
  • 7. A bit of processing (95% of data science) A bit of neural network training 32,637 names 1h on an old laptop Photo by Crissy Jarvis on Unsplash
  • 8. Tregounden, County of Herefordshire Lower’s Common, Staffordshire West Curwood, Hertfordshire Kingstworth, Swinghamshire Marton, Cumbria Liston, Devon Lewtin, West Sussex Rykerook, Somerset Little Sandy Park, Kent Great Burton, Rutland Topworth, North Yorkshire St Egerperferton, County Durham Photo (CC)-BY Ray in Manila https://flic.kr/p/zS6uGC
  • 9. • Penty Fiehall, Cumbria • Lines, Milton Keynes • Glumhill, Staffordshire • Weetloss, East Riding of Yorkshire Photo (CC)-BY Karen Roe https://flic.kr/p/mmyNb6
  • 10. Runter End • Wimmer, Bourcestershire • Sniddington, County Durham • Randiskerton, North Yorkshire • Thornwithich, Pooestop • Runter End, Cambridgeshire Map data © 2019 Google
  • 12. Seeking new fun data science work @dougclow Doug.Clow@gmail.com

Editor's Notes

  1. At the moment I’m a senior academic at the OU doing fun things with data, but I’m taking voluntary severance so I’m looking for new fun things to do with data.