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Researcher Sam Roweis took his own life last night. Here's one of his lectures.
- jimboyoungblood 17y agoRIP Sam. You will be missed.
- osipov 17y agoSam was a prominent contributor to the field of machine learning and given his young age he held so much promise. He will be missed. http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/01/13/nyu-computer-science-professor-sam-roweis-jumps-to-death-in-washington-square-village/ http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/01/13/nyu-computer-scienc...
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- jafl5272 17y agoI remember him from grad school.
- danger 17y agoA few memories of Sam from a Toronto machine learning student: http://blog.smellthedata.com/2010/01/sam.html http://blog.smellthedata.com/2010/01/sam.html
- theorique 17y agoHe was head of science club at my high school and also preceded me into the same college program. I really admired his talent and drive. This is terrible and sad news.
- orionlogic 17y agowith these kind of sad news, a phrase always come in to mind; "Permanent solution to a temporary problem"
- TeHCrAzY 17y agoIt's unlikely to have been a temporary problem. Depression is pervasive, all encompasing, and, seemingly, far outside your expreiences to have made such an uninformed comment.
- uuilly 17y agoIf it's far outside his experiences then by definition his comment will be uninformed. Might be nicer to inform him. No need to be condescending.
- zackattack 17y agoIt's an emotional issue, and when someone dismisses it as a casual case of melancholy, it can push some buttons.
- jonah 17y agoYes, it is a serious emotional/chemical/psychiatric issue, but there are alternative solutions that are less drastic. (Even though one may not see them as valid or helpful at the time.)
- zackattack 17y agousing the word "but" was unnecessary because you didn't disagree with anything i said, and it just makes you come across as kind of an argumentative asshole
- kingkilr 17y agoAre you out of your mind? He doesn't sound like an argumentative asshole, his sentence flowed perfectly normally with the word "but". Not to abuse the cliche, but have you looked in the mirror?
- elblanco 17y ago:(
- araneae 17y agohttp://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/01/13/nyu-computer-science-professor-sam-roweis-jumps-to-death-in-washington-square-village/ http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/01/13/nyu-computer-scienc... "His wife recently gave birth prematurely to a set of twins." Usually I'm sympathetic to this kind of thing, but that's a pretty horrible thing to do to his wife.
- csbrooks 17y agoI don't think it's fair to speculate; we don't have enough information.
- jimboyoungblood 17y agoI don't think it would be fair or accurate to attribute it to post partum depression. The challenges Sam and his wife faced were/are extraordinary. From the comment by "fr_of_sams" (http://www.nydailynews.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=84311 http://www.nydailynews.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=84311): Their children were twin girls. Born over one year ago. Severely premature: 24 weeks gestation. Severely disabled. Require 24-hour nursing care for their entire lives. Cannot eat, and will be on feeding tubes for the rest of their lives. Constant medical treatment and medical crises. Maybe someday they will walk. Maybe not. They will never really talk. The financial pressures on this couple were severe: they had already used up all insurance benefit limits, and burnt through their own personal savings with their retirement savings following rapidly...
- ice_man 17y agoI took his Information Theory course at U of T. He was a brilliant guy. I remember him young and full of life. This is shocking and very sad.
- sweis 17y agoThis is sad. He was a co-worker of mine. Here's more info: http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/01/13/nyu-computer-science-professor-sam-roweis-jumps-to-death-in-washington-square-village/ http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/01/13/nyu-computer-scienc...
- kurtosis 17y agoNothing much I can add. I didn't know him personally, but I was a huge fan of Sam Roweis and I learned a lot from reading his papers. It's very sad to think that there won't be any more.
- JabavuAdams 17y agoSad. I was at U of T before his time. What is it about (Toronto) AI researchers?