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@pabbeel shared
On Apr 5, 2021
RT @sergeykarayev: ...handwriting more difficult than in academic datasets, we beat both Google and MS handwriting recognition APIs by double-digit absolute percentage points. Our work is described in detail in https://t.co/ah7WSZiici We also have @Turnitin blog posts up: https://t.co/A9xMg3TXkr
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Turnitin tech talk: Full Page Handwriting Recognition via End-to-End Deep Learning

Turnitin tech talk: Full Page Handwriting Recognition via End-to-End Deep Learning

​In part two of this series, we present our approach to Full Page Handwriting Recognition and the AI model we created and deployed to solve this problem.

@kchonyc shared
On Apr 1, 2021
RT @Mila_Quebec: On April 23, join Mila and @TechAideMTL for a virtual conference in collaboration with @Microsoft @IVADO_Qc @UbisoftMtl @DeepMind 25 Mila speakers will present their latest AI research. All proceeds will go to @CentraideMtl to fight poverty! Register: https://t.co/bOrWqoLI9A
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Mila and TechAide to host AI Research Conference in support of Centraide

Mila and TechAide to host AI Research Conference in support of Centraide

Mila is a place of collaboration and a meeting point for the main actors of artificial intelligence in Montreal. Our mission is to be a global pole for scientific advances that inspires ...

@hardmaru shared
On Apr 5, 2021
“Flight Simulator reproduces the entire planet, from pole to pole, in high resolution. Stars appear as they would in real time, including the correct phase of the moon. The system even reproduces the effects of atmospheric refraction.” https://t.co/fvNd6WTuTs
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How Did Microsoft Make Flight Simulator Seem So Real?

How Did Microsoft Make Flight Simulator Seem So Real?

With the latest version of the popular software, players can recognize city streets and feel shifts in the wind.

@mxlearn shared
On Apr 4, 2021
[P][D] Dynamic Hyper-parameters https://t.co/HL5Dfaodfc
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[P][D] Dynamic Hyper-parameters

[P][D] Dynamic Hyper-parameters

41 votes and 3 comments so far on Reddit

@AlisonBLowndes shared
On Apr 2, 2021
Fantastic work by SpaceML @FDL_AI @SiddhaGanju @AnirudhKoul Rudy Venguswamy, @narayanan_tarun , Ajay Krishnan, Jeanessa Patterson & Meher Kasam https://t.co/YkvpJv2gXB
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Parsing Petabytes, SpaceML Taps Satellite Images to Help Model Wildfire Risks

Parsing Petabytes, SpaceML Taps Satellite Images to Help Model Wildfire Risks

When freak lightning ignited massive wildfires across Northern California last year, it also sparked efforts from data scientists to improve predictions for blazes. One effort came from ...

@weballergy shared
On Apr 4, 2021
RT @NandoDF: ProteinGAN: A generative adversarial network that generates functional protein sequences https://t.co/VRuEqpe10N
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ProteinGAN: A generative adversarial network that generates functional protein sequences

ProteinGAN: A generative adversarial network that generates functional protein sequences

Proteins are large, highly complex and naturally occurring molecules can be found in all living organisms. These unique substances, which consist of amino acids joined together by peptide ...

@NandoDF shared
On Apr 3, 2021
Notes on the Origin of Implicit Regularization in SGD by Ferenc. https://t.co/xhjWGxDC1u
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Notes on the Origin of Implicit Regularization in SGD

Notes on the Origin of Implicit Regularization in SGD

I wanted to highlight an intriguing paper I presented at a journal club recently: Samuel L Smith, Benoit Dherin, David Barrett, Soham De (2021) On the Origin of Implicit Regularization in ...

@NVIDIADC shared
On Mar 31, 2021
RT @VentureBeat: World-leading AI research and inclusion at the forefront of this year’s NVIDIA GTC https://t.co/xOuG949Jyq
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World-leading AI research and inclusion at the forefront of this year’s NVIDIA GTC

World-leading AI research and inclusion at the forefront of this year’s NVIDIA GTC

Register free for over 1,500 sessions covering breakthroughs in AI, accelerated computing, autonomous vehicles, health care, gaming and more.