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I occasionally enjoy Thai cooking, so I appreciated some of the comments made by Andy Ricker. I recently learned about India’s Clean Currency Policy which went into effect this year. I still have some...
View ArticleSome tips for new research-oriented grad students
I’ve been at a lot of different institutions over the last few years, and I think that there are number of things that new graduate students in can do on their own to get them the mindset and skills to...
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Mystery Hunt participation trends over time
I finally snagged a few minutes to crunch some numbers from this year’s Mystery Hunt and add them into the data we have from the past few years. Firstly, the chart everyone likes to see, the hunt...
View ArticleA bookmarklet for the Rutgers University Library Proxy server
I made a bookmarklet for the Rutgers Library’s proxy server by changing the URL format from the UChicago ProxyIt! link:...
View ArticleFrom 300 Ramayanas to The Hindus
With the recent furor over Penguin’s decision to pulp copies of Wendy Doniger‘s The Hindus after some intense pressure, I was reminded of Delhi University’s decision to ban a much less “controversial”...
View ArticleGraham Cormode on how to not review a paper
I think during my time hanging out with machine learners, no topic has received as much attention as the quality of the review process for competitive conferences. My father passed along this paper by...
View ArticleITA 2014 Talk: MAP Perturbations and Measure Concentration
Due to weather issues, I was unable to make it on time to ITA to give my talk, which is based on an ArXiV preprint with Francesco Orabona, Tamir Hazan, and Tommi Jaakkola. The full work will be...
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A good use for IEEE Transactions
Some of my office furniture is on backorder, like the standing desk unit and my actual desktop, but in the meantime I have found a use for the hardcopy IEEE Transactions that I’ve been carting around...
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A taste test for fish sauces. My friend Ranjit is working on this Crash Course in Psychology. Since I’ve never taken psychology, I am learning a lot! Apparently the solution for lax editorial standards...
View Article2014 IEEE North American School on Information Theory
Via Serdar Yüksel and the IT Society, the 2014 IEEE North American School on Information Theory will be held at the Fields Institute in Toronto this June. The lecturers for this school are: Robert...
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