Megan Olsen
@megan-olsen.bsky.social
Professor of Computer Science at Loyola University Maryland.
I am so excited that Andy Barto in particular won the Turing Award for developing the field of reinforcement learning! He was always so supportive and interested in my graduate research even though it wasn't in RL. A wonderful person in addition to being a great computer scientist!
Meet the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award, Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton! They are recognized for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. Please join us in congratulating the two recipients! bit.ly/4hpdsbD
March 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I am so excited that Andy Barto in particular won the Turing Award for developing the field of reinforcement learning! He was always so supportive and interested in my graduate research even though it wasn't in RL. A wonderful person in addition to being a great computer scientist!
Congrats, @mapq.bsky.social ! Well deserved award at #sigcsets2025
February 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Congrats, @mapq.bsky.social ! Well deserved award at #sigcsets2025
This is incredibly frustrating. So much harm being done in so little time. Not to mention a broadening participation section is a requirement for every grant!
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is incredibly frustrating. So much harm being done in so little time. Not to mention a broadening participation section is a requirement for every grant!
So my healthy cope this week was buying a bunch of embroidery patterns that were in my Etsy cart.
What was yours?
What was yours?
February 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So my healthy cope this week was buying a bunch of embroidery patterns that were in my Etsy cart.
What was yours?
What was yours?
Reposted by Megan Olsen
If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes
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GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…
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February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes
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Ah, fall in academia. 6 weeks in a low to mid 60s office because they didn't want to turn on heat, which was rough when the weather suggested short sleeves.
Then mid Nov they turned on the heat, and it's now 70-80 depending on time of day and how cold it got overnight; as sweater weather begins.
Then mid Nov they turned on the heat, and it's now 70-80 depending on time of day and how cold it got overnight; as sweater weather begins.
November 24, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Ah, fall in academia. 6 weeks in a low to mid 60s office because they didn't want to turn on heat, which was rough when the weather suggested short sleeves.
Then mid Nov they turned on the heat, and it's now 70-80 depending on time of day and how cold it got overnight; as sweater weather begins.
Then mid Nov they turned on the heat, and it's now 70-80 depending on time of day and how cold it got overnight; as sweater weather begins.
So far this new site seems promising. But now I have to rebuild my entire network. It's been 1.5 years since I left that other site...excited to talk computer science, machine learning, simulation, education, and all the non-work fun things.
November 18, 2024 at 12:39 AM
So far this new site seems promising. But now I have to rebuild my entire network. It's been 1.5 years since I left that other site...excited to talk computer science, machine learning, simulation, education, and all the non-work fun things.
Reposted by Megan Olsen
Life tip: Nobody is stopping you from putting a dot on the top of your USB cables
It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it
It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it
November 16, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Life tip: Nobody is stopping you from putting a dot on the top of your USB cables
It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it
It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it
Looking forward to checking this site out.
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 18, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Looking forward to checking this site out.