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This is the first time I'm hearing that computer scientists deride engineering as not-real-computing. Any references? It doesn't check out based on my backgroun
by shas3 10y ago
This is the first time I'm hearing that computer scientists deride engineering as not-real-computing. Any references? It doesn't check out based on my background. In fact anecdotally, I've heard the reverse. I've heard EE and stat algorithms folks criticize CS ML/CV researchers for using algorithms as black boxes compared to the rigorous standards of EE/Stat (aka reviewer standards in IEEE Transactions in Information Theory, IEEE Trans Sig Proc, majority of stat journals). Now obviously there are a vast number of CS researchers who are competent at stat-level rigor. But there are also a large number of ML researchers (applied ML?) in CS departments who use algorithms as black boxes.
- liviu- 10y agoMy understanding is that the grandparent comment was referring to _software_ engineers.
- swordswinger12 10y agoThe prof of my applied ML class this semester jokingly refers to ML research's approach to statistics as "punk stats", which I find to be pretty accurate.