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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
I'm excited to share that GWU is hosting a World Bank Symposium on AI & the Future of Human Capital.

For those not steeped in the development, Human Capital == people’s skills, knowledge, and health

www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

Some flexibility in the deadline is likely to be possible.
AI & the Future of Human Capital in the Global South: A World Bank-George Washington University Knowledge Symposium
How AI-driven innovations can help address critical human development challenges in low- and middle-income countries. Call for research papers: Submissions due July 18
www.worldbank.org
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
Finally, papers are routed to specific Area Chairs based on expertise and the research community isn't so big once you are in a specific area, so I'll share that I notice both the community members that put extra effort into writing reviews, and those that don't. Thanks you to those that do! (4/4)

by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
Adding this step, where the executive decision maker has the obligation to object to or approve of them, helps align the authority to make the decisions with the responsibility to get good reviews.
Additionally, the Area Chairs see the name of the reviewer (I'm looking at you, reviewer #2). (3/4)
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
In the past, as an area chair I would end up with a collection of reviews, some of which sucked, and would somewhat throw up my hands and say "these reviews aren't great and I have to decide based on them, but what can I do ... there are too many papers to do anything else". (2/4)
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
I'm an Area Chair for NeurIPS this year. I spent most of today reviewing all the reviews for my 13 assigned papers to highlight reviews that were insufficient. There were a few reviews that were incredibly shallow and some had hallmarks of GPT, and this was a chance to reject those. (1/4)
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
Question: Does anyone have a pre-computed faiss indices for large datasets (LAION 2B, 5B or similar) that have been used to train CLIP-like models?

The one below doesn't seem to work anymore
knn5.laion.ai

by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
I’m curious of any of my friends are at the AI expo in DC today? I’ll be hanging around the George Washington University Trustworthy AI booth for some of the day. Happy to have coffee with anyone!

by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
A view of many kites flapping in the wind at the DC kite festival
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
The kite festival is one of the best days in DC
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
I'm lucky to get to work on important problems with some great researchers; @astylianou.bsky.social is giving a talk about our work on image search for sex trafficking investigations tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon (link below)
astylianou.bsky.social
Abby Stylianou @astylianou.bsky.social · Jan 29
I'm giving a virtual talk tomorrow at 12pm EST about the work that I've done with @pless.bsky.social @rsouvenir19.bsky.social and @jacobsn.bsky.social on building image search tools to support the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Feel free to tune in. cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-d...
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series with Abby Stylianou
TraffickCam: Identifying Where Victims of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Abuse are Photographed Join us on Wednesday, January 29 for the upcoming virtual CINA Distinguished Speaker Series event…
cina.gmu.edu
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astylianou.bsky.social
I'm giving a virtual talk tomorrow at 12pm EST about the work that I've done with @pless.bsky.social @rsouvenir19.bsky.social and @jacobsn.bsky.social on building image search tools to support the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Feel free to tune in. cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-d...
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series with Abby Stylianou
TraffickCam: Identifying Where Victims of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Abuse are Photographed Join us on Wednesday, January 29 for the upcoming virtual CINA Distinguished Speaker Series event…
cina.gmu.edu
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csprofkgd.bsky.social
The International Conference on Computational Imaging (ICCP) is coming to my hometown, #Toronto! Excited to serve as a social media co-chair for such a fantastic event.

With an incredible organizing committee and an amazing city to host, how could I say no?
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
(Click to enlarge, the rainbow is outside of the narrow default thumbnail)
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
one of the most insane webcam rainbow images I've ever seen, from (volcview.wr.usgs.gov/ashcam-api/i..., but that might be different now!)
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
Welcome! Lots of great people here!
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
Birds (and bugs!) flying over DC last night
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
Cool talk at the AI Aspirations event at the old Newseum

by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
A lazy afternoon in Washington DC, in the style of Xavi Bou
An "ornithography" style composite picture showing trajectories of birds flying in the sky.
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
My favorite tree in the field by the elementary school close to my house. #gloverPark
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
The prompt was not “a bird on a floating branch”
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
I'm excited to be heading today to NeurIPS. If you're there and want to chat, drop me a note!

If you're interested in faculty openings at GWU this year, also drop me a note!

by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
Real estate options are limited in the DC area
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
TIL that NOAA operates hundreds of buoycams that constantly take panoramic images.

by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
All creatures enjoy sunsets?
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by Robert Pless

pless.bsky.social
My friends do cool things!
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davidho.bsky.social
“Nature, one of the most prestigious journals in scientific publishing, on Tuesday retracted a high-profile paper it had published in March that claimed the discovery of a superconductor that worked at everyday temperatures.”
Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Is Retracted
It was the second paper led by Ranga P. Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester, that the journal Nature has retracted.
www.nytimes.com
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karpathy.bsky.social
BlueSky firehose in real time cool https://firesky.tv
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