After AI Debate Readings
"Recurrent Independent Mechanisms"
Goyal et al., 2019: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.10893
#AIDebate

Quantum Supremacy = The neo-Nazis?

https://anima-ai.org/2019/12/26/quantum-supremacy-the-neo-nazis/amp/

Neoroplasticity of the brain and neural networks.

https://www.amazon.in/Brain-That-Changes-Itself-Frontiers/dp/0143113100

Top 20 Websites for #MachineLearning and #DataScience in 2020! bit.ly/2rvjDYL

One of the best Machine Learning Professors
Full series on ML by CalTech Prof. Yaser Abu-Mostafa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idu8kaPFf1A&list=PL41qI9AD63BMXtmes0upOcPA5psKqVkgS

Which is the best book to learn about optimization algorithms?

https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-best-book-to-learn-about-optimization-algorithms

MIT lecture series on deep learning in 2019
MIT lecture series on deep learning:Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5xeyoRL95U&list=PLrAXtmErZgOeiKm4sgNOknGvNjby9efdf

MIT lecture series on deep learning: State of the Art:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53YvP6gdD7U&list=PLrAXtmErZgOeiKm4sgNOknGvNjby9efdf

MIT lecture series on deep learning: Introduction to Deep RL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR11FLZ-O9M&list=PLrAXtmErZgOeiKm4sgNOknGvNjby9efdf

Yann LeCun :

This female PhD student in chemistry says that sexism, while still a thing to be fought, is no longer the main explanatory factor for the "leaky pipeline" phenomenon according to which many more women than men drop out of academic careers, particularly in STEM fields.

She says the main factor has become the difficulty of having children and a "normal" family life while pursuing a career that requires intense traveling and long hours at least until tenure, which may only happen after one's most fertile years.

She says that the best thing society could do to help women scientists is provide good childcare support and fund personnel to help manage their lab while they are on maternity leave.

What is your experience?

Yoshua Bengio :

Interesting in that it suggests practical action to retain more females in academia. I'm curious of what women in academia think of these views. And what about women in STEM in industry?

https://medium.com/@kjmorenz/is-it-really-just-sexism-an-alternative-argument-for-why-women-leave-stem-cccdf066d8b1?

Streamlit dashboard to run SQL queries on BigQuery.

Blog post: https://imadelhanafi.com/posts/bigquery_dashboard/

Live version: https://bigquery.imadelhanafi.com

Github repo: https://github.com/imadelh/Bigquery-Streamlit

After AI Debate Reading
Rule learning by seven-month-old infants
G. F. Marcus et al., Science 283(5398):77-80, February 1999 : https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13415195_Rule_learning_by_seven-month-old_infants
#AIDebate

Difference between #Engineer vs # #Machine_learning_Engineer

@ArtificialIntelligenceArticles

Using a brain-computer interface, a team of researchers has reconstructed English words from the brain activity of rhesus macaques that listened as the words were spoken. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/bu-rrs121319.php

When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What’s going on?

https://www.newworldai.com/what-is-going-on-inside-the-brain-when-we-listen-to-music/

Climate Change AI
Climate change is one of the greatest problems society has ever faced. Climate Change AI aims to facilitate work at the nexus of climate change and machine learning : https://www.climatechange.ai
#ArtificialIntelligence #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAI

"Recurrent Independent Mechanisms"
Goyal et al., 2019 : https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.10893
#AIDebate

A tetraplegic man has been able to move all four of his paralyzed limbs by using a brain-controlled robotic suit, researchers have said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/paralyzed-man-robotic-suit-intl-scli/index.html

"It's never too early to start writing your thesis" (and 19 other #PHD tips).
https://go.nature.com/2PkeWtL

2020 Summer School in Social Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics

Reminder that applications are due by January 1 for the 2020 Summer School in Social Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics (June 8-13) hosted at Duke: https://www.socialneuroecon.school/2020

There is no cost to attend the school; registration, lodging, and reasonable travel expenses will be covered for all attendees. The school is open to post-baccs, grad students, post-docs, and junior faculty.

Priority will be given to individuals with research programs currently focused on improving health and well being in old age or who have plans to extend their work into this area (the school is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging). Individuals from backgrounds that are underrepresented in science are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you are hesitant to apply because travel is complicated while you have an infant or small children, we will do everything we can to accommodate you. If there is interest, we will provide child care during the days and can provide space and time during the events for nursing and/or other childcare-related activities. If needed, we can express ship your pumped milk home to an infant using Milk Stork.

If you missed the initial announcement, don’t worry - the application is one paragraph and we don’t request recommendation letters unless there is a multi-way tie for a spot. It should take about 20 minutes or less to apply, If you are local (Duke, UNC, etc) and won’t require lodging, you still need to complete an application to be able to attend.

Hope to see you this summer at Duke!

Gregory Samanez-Larkin
https://mcablab.science/gregoryrsl