A heartwarming story by @rrwilliams
, on Juris Hartmanis' impact on him. These words really stood out to me. Every advisor should aspire to give the same support to their students as Juris did to Ryan. https://
youtube.com/watch?v=ACxU-9
0O-ag&t=10350s
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@thegautamkamath
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Juris Hartmanis’ Mentorship Impact on Computer Science Student
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NSERC Research Portal Security Flaws Expose Critical Vulnerabilities
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Good morning to everyone except whoever built the @NSERC_CRSNG Research Portal which:
1. Stores passwords in plaintext
2. Locks you out after like 3 failed login attempts
3. Needs a human to reset your password
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Balancing ArXiv and Conference Publication Rewards in AI Research
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I think arXiv is great for both types of work: no reason not to! The challenge is that we currently attach more rewards to work that is also in a conference: in hiring, plus more visibility, citations, etc. Should we reward one type of work much more than the other?
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Canada CIFAR AI Chairs: Ontario Universities Research Pathway
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This is the pathway to being nominated for the Canada @CIFAR_News AI Chair position (
https://
cifar.ca/ai/canada-cifa
r-ai-chairs/
…). Schools in Ontario include @UWaterloo
, @UofT
, @YorkUniversity
, @Carleton_U
, @uofg
, @McMasterU
, @uOttawa
, @queensu
, @WesternU
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Vector Institute Faculty Positions in AI/ML Ontario
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If you are applying to AI/ML faculty positions in Ontario… DON'T MISS applying for @VectorInst faculty member at the same time! It's an additional affiliation on top of your normal faculty position. Postings:
1. https://
vectorinstitute.ai/news-posts/vec
tor-faculty-member/
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2. https://
vectorinstitute.ai/news-posts/t-v
ector-faculty-member/
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Career Transition: Assistant to Associate Role Changes
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What changed from assistant to associate? Is a lot more of your time taken up by things you don't want to do?
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ICLR 2023 Ethics Committee Responds on AI Ethics
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The voice of reason, finally… The #iclr2023 ethics committee responded.
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Open Reviewing Benefits Exposed at ICLR2023 Conference
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This #ICLR2023 reviewing process has really shown the benefits of open reviewing. Bad author and reviewer behaviours have been exposed. Flawed papers have been debunked by non-reviewers. And the science is democratized, for everyone to see, from day 1.
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Peer Review Standards: When Experiments Aren’t Required
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Very different context, but as an AE for @TmlrOrg
, I told the authors that, despite a reviewer asking for experiments, they weren't necessary (
https://
openreview.net/forum?id=2EOVI
vRXlv¬eId=MqheocnxpQ
…), i.e. "you don't have to answer that." In an ideal world, the authors here would have been told the same.
