For the past few weeks, my job has been working to design, test and implement algorithms to train machines to distinguish between different sorts of web pages.
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we all like nips
This week is the Neural Information Processing Systems workshop in Vancouver and Whistler — apparently, skiers and snowboarders are quite well represented in the AI and neuroscience communities. I enjoy the conference and get a lot out of it, but I do tend to find academic conferences have a fair bit of “angels on the…
the snow: day five
This is the fifth consecutive day of snow in Vancouver, and the third day of heavy snowfall. Vancouver really is not used to this. The trolly buses that I take to and from Yaletown have been simply awful — long waits, delays, random bus switches. The old tree in front of the Kommune has lost…
midnight snowspirit
midnight snowspirit, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. It started snowing last night in Vancouver, and hasn’t let up. Late last night, I went out and made a snowman to greet the winter with his ceremonial staff and candle lantern.
status report
The past week weeks have been busy ones for me. Several days a week I’m working at my Yaletown start-up.