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@weballergy shared
On Feb 22, 2021
RT @slashML: DeepMind and University College London Introduce Alchemy, A Novel Open-Source Benchmark For Meta-Reinforcement learning (RL) Research https://t.co/DW7FJ1FeVu
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@MSFTResearch shared
On Feb 22, 2021
RT @WiDS_Worldwide: Meet the sponsors who have made the Women in Data Science (#WiDS2021) Worldwide Conference possible! At WiDS Worldwide March 8th, you'll have a chance to attend the virtual expo, network with sponsor recruiters, and explore opportunities in data science. https://t.co/RiqGdhUifI https://t.co/TUgUpUdp5u
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Meet the WiDS 2021 Sponsors!

Meet the WiDS 2021 Sponsors!

The Global WiDS team wants to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to our WiDS 2021 sponsors who have made the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference possible.

@rsalakhu shared
On Feb 19, 2021
An Inferential Perspective on Federated Learning – Machine Learning Blog | ML@CMU | Carnegie Mellon University https://t.co/GZUKoLhff9
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An Inferential Perspective on Federated Learning

An Inferential Perspective on Federated Learning

TL;DR: motivated to better understand the fundamental tradeoffs in federated learning, we present a probabilistic perspective that generalizes and improves upon federated optimization and ...

@agibsonccc shared
On Feb 23, 2021
RT @twiecki: Introducing PyMC Labs - our new Bayesian consultancy. Read about our mission: https://t.co/iJSY7NgbXF Over the last couple of months we have quietly been building an amazing team and working on fascinating client projects. Couldn't be more excited to share what we've been up to!
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Introducing PyMC Labs

Introducing PyMC Labs

Saving the world with Bayesian modeling

@shakir_za shared
On Feb 18, 2021
RT @rethinkmlpapers: Our call for exhibits, workflows, and position papers is open. Share with us your thoughts on the future of scientific publishing formats. Submissions can be webpages, blogs, notebooks, comics, podcasts, and much more! Retweets appreciated https://t.co/ooOqcmlqQd (1 / 6) https://t.co/jv598waTQE
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Rethinking ML Papers - ICLR 2021 Workshop

Rethinking ML Papers - ICLR 2021 Workshop

Rethinking how we share scientific understanding in ML

@DeepMind shared
On Feb 23, 2021
RT @UAlberta: A new scholarship program funded by DeepMind is helping foster diversity in AI research at the U of A by supporting computing science master's students from under-represented groups: https://t.co/yTOr5BkPwm #UAlberta #STEMdiversity #AI @ualbertaScience @DeepMind https://t.co/1TrvtiNFn8
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DeepMind champions diversity in AI with new graduate scholarship program at U of A

DeepMind champions diversity in AI with new graduate scholarship program at U of A

A new scholarship program funded by DeepMind is helping to foster diversity in artificial intelligence research at the University of Alberta. The program will support two master’s students ...

@hardmaru shared
On Feb 19, 2021
During livestreaming, each audio clip would be automatically transcribed, compared with a long list of sensitive words, dates, names, as well as NLP models. Algorithms would then analyze whether the content was risky enough to require individual monitoring.https://t.co/5dAvl0X8zn
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I helped build ByteDance’s vast censorship machine

I helped build ByteDance’s vast censorship machine

I wasn't proud of it, and neither were my coworkers. But that's life in today's China.

@MSFTResearch shared
On Feb 17, 2021
For the video game industry to fully leverage reinforcement learning’s potential, RL techniques must be developed with users in mind. Researchers explore a designer-centered approach that aims to make it easier for designers to specify game agent style: https://t.co/nReotsXMjp
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Designer-centered reinforcement learning

Designer-centered reinforcement learning

For the video game industry to fully leverage reinforcement learning’s potential, RL techniques must be developed with users in mind. Researchers explore a designer-centered approach that ...