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by chriskanan 9y ago
While I won't dispute that many in AI thought machine learning was the correct path, the majority of researchers in machine learning in the 2000s were dismissive of neural networks as the way forward. When I started my PhD in 2007 with
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by chriskanan 9y ago
As a scientist, I'm biased on this issue. Being a scientist involves dealing with data and making/testing hypotheses. Being a scientist helps you understand scientific results, and then you can make a value decision with how those
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Air Force Maintains Trust in SpaceX After Secret Zuma Mission(space.com)
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How AI and copyright would work(techcrunch.com)
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This 15-foot tall mech weighs 8,000 lbs and can run 20 mph(techcrunch.com)
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This is a big misconception regarding what professors do at research-oriented institutions. Teaching is why people get professorships at teaching universities, where the main part of your job is to teach (typically 6-8 courses per year). If
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Pfizer Halts Research for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Because It's Too Expensive(gizmodo.com)
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I managed to get a banana cultivar called an ice cream banana [1] at a farmer's market in Oahu, Hawaii. It was the best banana I've ever had. I wish there was more of a willingness to explore selling a wider variety of bananas. We
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BYTON’S ELECTRIC SUV CONCEPT IS ANOTHER WILD STAB AT THE FUTURE OF CARS(theverge.com)
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It definitely drops the last word for the cell phone app. I often talk using the desktop client to someone using the cell phone app, and every last word of a sentence she says seems dropped
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by chriskanan 9y ago
Other than a class on logic, all of my other courses involved enormous amount of written argumentation, e.g., reasoning, ancient philosophy, modern philosophy, Asian philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of film,
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Hundreds of German universities set to lose access to Elsevier journals(nature.com)
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While I agree that one can gain a great deal of enrichment from studying non-lucrative majors, I think people should highly consider double majoring in this case. I majored in computer science AND philosophy as an undergraduate. Doing both
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I had planned to attend, but NIPS "sold out" within a couple weeks before I could make arrangements. NIPS growth has been absolutely tremendous. Being unable to register made it impossible for my lab to submit workshop papers. One
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If you can afford it, I'd still apply. The senate version of the bill doesn't tax tuition waivers, unlike the house version. That means the final bill may not include that provision. Even if it does include that provision, the uni
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by chriskanan 9y ago
I feel like doctors should at least be paid as well as programmers. My wife is a physician with $500k in debt and she completes residency next summer. That took 4 years of undergrad, 1 year to burnish her credentials, 4 years of medical sch
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Sean Parker on Facebook’s Brain Hacking(calnewport.com)
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BitTorrent inventor announces eco-friendly Bitcoin competitor Chia(techcrunch.com)
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The PI pays the tuition out of a grant, so the university still gets paid for PhD student tuition (just not by the student). * I'm a professor and I write a lot of proposals to fund graduate students.
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Tech Companies Now Support SESTA(wired.com)
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LiShield Is a Smart LED Bulb Prevents Photos by Confusing Cameras(petapixel.com)
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As a child, I thought Dungeons and Dragons, X-Men, Spider Man (the 90s version), and the DCAU series (Batman, Superman, etc.) were really fantastic cartoon series. I've seen some of them since then, and they still hold up really well.
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by chriskanan 9y ago
Think of it as running a small startup, if the time doesn't make sense. My time is split between teaching and preparing teaching, raising funding, mentoring (on the job training), and lastly trying to figure out the next big thing. The
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by chriskanan 9y ago
I'm going to disagree with this for science and engineering. All of my tenured colleagues work very hard. You have to if you want to keep running a lab, which is the main reason why people choose to become professors. If you stop worki
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by chriskanan 9y ago
In other areas of computer science, first author counts for a lot. It indicates a person did the majority of the implementation work, probably wrote the first draft of the paper, etc. Typically the last author is the PI that came up with th
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by chriskanan 9y ago
If anyone is interested, here are my old blog posts on the requirements for getting an interview for a professorship at a top-50 school: [1] http://www.chriskanan.com/planning-for-life-after-your-phd/ [2] http:/&
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by chriskanan 9y ago
The longer students stay in a PhD program, the less likely they want to be professors. Typically many first year students say this, but the numbers quickly drop off in later years. When I was a PhD student, I gave a few talks and blogged ab
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by chriskanan 9y ago
This article has pictures: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2...
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by chriskanan 9y ago
As he mentions in the article, DARPA currently has a large media forensics project going on. They have split it up into teams making manipulated videos and images, and other teams trying to detect those manipulations. They had a workshop at
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by chriskanan 9y ago
What's a good way to make an open office more tolerable? My lab is a large rectangular room filled with desks and computers. I don't really have enough space to make cubicles, and I can't get more space. I'd love to imp

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