Kristin Branson @kristinmbranson@qoto.org
#machinelearning, #computervision, #ethology, #neuroscience, #ml4science, #inclusivescience. #HHMIJanelia <- #Caltech <- #UCSD <- #Harvard <- San Diego ... #fedi22
Joined Apr 2022
Being a woman in STEM
@_astronoMay @JohnnyD I hear you. I use the same strategy. Sorry you have to go through this!
Some thoughts on Mastodon culture, server rules, diversity and inclusiveness
I've been enjoying this space, and hope that everyone else can find a place they enjoy. I've been trying to think about how others would experience different corners of Mastodon. How diverse are the people in these corners, in all the meanings of diversity (gender, ethnicity, orientation, nationality, wealth, ability,... )? Does it seem comfortable for me because there are a lot of people like me around? If we make servers that are e.g. only for talking about one particular topic, what kinds of people will we find there? I personally don't just identify with one community, have never in my life found a single community where I feel like an insider. I appreciate that the server I am on allows me to show multiple facets of my personality, but I also appreciate that other people might only want exposure to one facet of random internet people's personalities. Anyways, I don't know what the right answers are, these questions are complicated. But, as we all make new servers with new rules, I hope we can think about who we are implicitly including and excluding with those rules.
@albertcardona @andrew_c_lin That's by my PhD advisor! Who does ML theory! @djhsu check it out! Sanjoy had another paper on insect mushroom bodies, but when I talked to him about it he said he wasn't super invested, it was more the work of the first author. He can't make that excuse this time!
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My first toot.
I'm eligible to apply for a diversity supplement for my NIH grant (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-21-071.html). If you fall into an underrepresented group, are interested in building computational/ML methods for genomics, and are looking for a postdoc next year, get in touch! (note: in computing, women are underrepresented!) Please boost
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The ML team at Microsoft Research Montreal is hiring interns for summer 2023! Looking for candidates interested in robust, adaptive, modular ML / language for learning and interaction / Gaming and AI. Also possible to collaborate with the FATE team.
Please spread this to your network, we really want to make sure we reach everyone, not just people we already know.
We also have internships in the FATE team: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/1488252/Research-Intern-FATE-Montreal-Fairness-Accountability-Transparency-and-Ethics-in-AI .
@debivort Kind of meta, but I think I am good at being a generalist. I'm not world-class at any one thing, but okay at a bunch of things.
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Here it goes, #introduction
Hi everyone, I'm a last year undergrad in #neuroscience & #computerscience at McGill. I'm doing #compneuro research in the Baillet Lab at The Neuro (MNI), focusing on whole-brain dynamical models of coupled neural masses calibrated to #MEG #neuroimaging data (details @ https://neurolife77.github.io/ if anyone is curious).
I am also the VP of the #ML committee at PharmaHacks, a hackathon that blends #biology & #datascience with a focus on #pharma.
@neuroscience #neurodon
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Hi to everyone who does not know me yet 👋 😃
I help researchers implementing #OpenScience and reproducible #DataScience 🤓
If you are a researcher (in academia or industry), my newsletter is for you: https://heidiseibold.substack.com
@djhsu I see, so quantizing my Gaussian data, or more generally further quantizing beyond my GMM modes, won't give me much representational power. Interesting! Thanks for sharing!! 
(Sorry, just found the custom emojis...)
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#introduction post! My name is Sonia Roberts (she/her) and I'm a postdoc at Northeastern developing #knit sensors for #soft, fully knitted #robots. My PhD work was on #legged robots running around in the desert (ever gone for a beach run?). I use my robots to test ideas about #affordances and #DirectPerception. I have also done some #SciencePolicy and #TechnologyPolicy #policy work around algorithmic transparency and regulating the use of mobile sentries by law enforcement.
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The Scientific Computing Associates (SCA) program at #HHMIJanelia has two openings:
. Machine Learning Software Engineer with #OpenScience Software
. Automating Cognitive #Neuroscience Research with the Johnson Lab
https://www.janelia.org/support-team/scientific-computing-software/scientific-computing-associates
This program is a great chance for people with backgrounds in computer science to explore applications in biological research, and for people with backgrounds in other sciences to expand their experience with software development.
Janelia welcomes and values diversity, and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, including people of color and members of groups traditionally underrepresented in science.
@djhsu OK post-shower Kristin buys this, and thinks it would be nice if the log base is e :). What are the implications of this? When should I be arbitrarily quantizing my data? This should hold for any function f: X^d - > [K], correct?
@djhsu oh is the average weighted by interval probability?
@djhsu f must assign contiguous intervals of X to {1,...,K}? Suppose d=1 and we assign X < 10^6 to k=1, X in (k-1)e6 to ke6 to k for k=2,...,10 and X>1e7 to k=11. Then mu0 is approx 0 (though slightly less), all other mu_k should be > (k-1)e6, so the average squared mu_k would be 25e12 which is > log 11. Does that check out? What am I missing. Must be something obvious.
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#introduction Hi! I'm a research group leader in cognitive computational neuroscience.
I'm broadly interested in human vision, work a lot on face perception, and I'm excited by the opportunities artificial neural networks offer us to make progress in the field.
I'd also like to see a greener world and academia being more family friendly.
Looking forward to some fun exchange with the science community!
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I found a moderation tools README here, interesting read for anyone else interested in #moderation
https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/blob/main/Moderation.md
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Hi folks,
A brief #introduction:
I took the disruption of the pandemic to return to my undergrad degree at #UofT after a 20-year hiatus (poor mental health). I am currently studying Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a strong interest in sexual selection and behavioural ecology,
I've been keeping neotropical cichlids for ~30 years and have a whole lot of questions about them that I'm SO eager to explore!
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📢The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparenfy and Ethics in AI) group at Microsoft Research Montreal is hiring interns for 2023! Looking for candidates with broad FATE interests including responsible NLP/NLG, human-centered AI, AI transparency and explainability, and future of work. Apply here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/1488252/Stagiaire-de-recherche-FATE-Research-Intern-FATE-Montreal-Fairness-Accountability-Transparency-and-Ethics-in-AI
#FATE #HCI #AI #NLP
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Hi all! My #introduction:
I'm a computational ecologist interested in disease dynamics (#DisEcol!), zoonotic spillover, spatiotemporal processes and the intersection of mechanistic models, Bayes + ML. I work at EcoHealth Alliance, an NGO focused on the links between conservation + health.
I do a fair bit of #rstats and lead a project at @ropensci facilitating peer-review of scientific software.
I'm Brooklyn-based, and will sometimes toot about local #NYC politics, #cycling and #bikepacking.
#machinelearning, #computervision, #ethology, #neuroscience, #ml4science, #inclusivescience. #HHMIJanelia <- #Caltech <- #UCSD <- #Harvard <- San Diego ... #fedi22
Joined Apr 2022
