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Amir Vaxman

@amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social

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Geometry processor, discrete differentiator of geometry, mesher, directional fielder, finite elementor, and reconstructor. Reader (Associate professor) @ School of Informatics @ University of Edinburgh

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting visual artifact I just (think I) created: Which do you think is the wider image?

*Both exactly 533 pixels wide

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · 7d

Is this.....on purpose,

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · 7d

No.... just... no
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CumInCAD - Computer Aided Architectural Design Research Papers

Comprehensive index of Computer Aided Architectural Design research papers and publications from leading academic conferences.

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · 23d

Instead of preparing our IPAB workshop(=seminar) about any of my recent research topics, I decided to give a lecture about Linear Least Squares and all its subtleties (the four subspaces, weak solutions, pseudoinverse etc.). I feel this is something we never quite learn upfront,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · 24d

*the logarithm

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · 24d

Fight the power <<< embrace the weakness,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 8

Like if I were in 1i Cambridge I think you'd know,,,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 8

The original Cambridge and sons,

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 8

In Cambridge for the week let's avoid each other up,

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 6

revise and resubmit,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 6

We're pretending it does to ward off the existential dread,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 6

It doesn't,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 6

Well Linux just doesn't recognize any drivers so the "return false;" is blazingly fast,

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 6

Grant rejections

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 2

well....hope they gonna extend the review deadline a bit.

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Sep 2

Is OpenReview down? I'm getting "upstream request timeout". This is AAAI Review deadline day...

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Want to access advanced AI features"? ok there's a "no" option but where's the "NO" option,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 23

Haha it's helpful, but not looking for a solution, looking for a specific type of collaborator,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 22

Natural language is an important one yes, but also through demonstrating what data you have, what you would like to be done on it with some simple visual aids, providing constraints from white papers, etc. the way one would have a conversation with a specialist that should tailor a solution to you.

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 22

This sounds like something between HCI and explainable AI. Also not looking for "ask the LLM" but rather more "generate and customize a solution for users which is intuitive, controllable, and meets their requirements",

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 22

Is there any (preferably UK-based) scientist (University or company, doesn't matter) who researches AI methods to mediate between high-skill and steep-learning-curve technology and users who might need it, but do not possess the skill, the understanding, or even the idea of what to look for?

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Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 14

I often find chatGPT to be more reliable than wikipedia. Especially for non-mathematical topics. History and politics Wikipedia should be avoided as they are 100% hallucinations and forced agenda,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 10

Gen Z find "."s offensive,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 9

I don't want to publicly "shame" authors. Recent papers from 2024/25 about automatically learned rigging from videos with geometry priors. There are several of these,

Amir Vaxman @amirvaxman-dgp.bsky.social · Aug 9

nuances and tensions...there was physical simulation involved...