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Looking forward to giving this Distinguished Lecture at Stony Brook University next week & meeting the several awesome NLP + CV folks there - thanks Niranjan Balasubramanian + all for the kind invitation 🙂 PS. Excited to give a new talk on "Planning Agents for Collaborative Reasoning and Multimodal Generation" ➡️ ➡️ diverse, adaptive, and uncertainty-calibrated AI planning agents that can communicate and collaborate for: (1) robust and grounded multi-agent reasoning and actions (on math, commonsense, coding, games, etc.) (2) interpretable, controllable planning/programming for multimodal generation (across text, images, videos, audio, layouts, environments). Detailed abstract in the link below 👇 👇 👇 (feel free to join)

I'm proud to have another personal achievement presenting my paper in the beautiful gothic-style Aula Magna Silvio Trentin at Università Ca' Foscari in Venice. My paper about Improving Object Detection on Low-Quality Images was successfully presented at the S+SSPR (Syntactic and Structural Pattern Recognition) international conference on 10 September 2024. I can't wait to have it published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), a distinguished scientific publication by Springer since 1973. #computervision

In his final year of Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ralph Rouhana ‘19 created a cloud-based platform that enabled him to take scientific notes quickly and accurately. Today hundreds of people are using his product – called Stempad – to create lab notes, scientific blogs, research papers and assignments. Click here to read more: https://lnkd.in/es3NVUJ8 #yorkalumni

That’s a good point to highlight! In this context, What about patent recognition? In recent years, many researchers have concerns on copyrights and its implications. I understand that patent process is harder than journal or conference publication. However, I am curious on other possible publication or archiving processes to protect researcher’s rights.

HMC, in partnership with Claremont McKenna College, has been awarded an National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to acquire a high-performance computing cluster, which will significantly expand The Claremont Colleges' research capabilities across multiple disciplines. Read more on how HMC professors Bilin Zhuang and Jamie Haddock contributed as co-principal investigators on the grant on our news page. https://uqr.to/hmc-hpc.

Excited to share that my research paper, "Enhancing RAG Performance Through Chunking and Text Splitting Techniques" has been published in the International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (IJSRCSEIT)! 📄 Check out the publication here: https://lnkd.in/dujVa4is

"Honored to contribute to the academic community! I'm thrilled to share that I served as a reviewer for the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing held at Bellary Institute of Technology, Bellary on April 26-27, 2024. Evaluating innovative research submissions and providing constructive feedback was a privilege, and I'm proud to have played a part in shaping the conference's scientific program. Kudos to the organizers and participants for a successful event! #IEEEConference #DistributedComputing #Reviewer #AcademicService #ResearchExcellence #BellaryInstituteOfTechnology"

Starting your PhD journey? Crafting a standout Statement of Purpose is key. UCSB's Michael Beyeler, assistant professor in the Computer Science Department and director of the Bionic Vision Lab, has written a guide with tips and common pitfalls to help you succeed: Introduction: Embarking on the path to a PhD in computer science is both exhilarating and demanding. As you craft your research and personal statements, remember that these docs are more than mere formalities—they are your voice in print, an opportunity to share your unique story, passion, and vision. While the process might seem daunting, remember that each revision brings you closer to presenting the most authentic and compelling version of yourself. CS@UCSB gets about 400-500 PhD applications every year. So how could yours possibly stand out? Find out by clicking the link to the full document in the comments below.

What is $131,742? Answer: how much it costs to fund a PhD student per year for a full RAship in CS at UW (including 100% during the summer). While PhD funding rates are going up for CS PhDs (generally, a good thing), federal funding rates are not (at least not commensurately so). As one example, I have to "top off" my students who are NSF GRFP recipients with my own research funding. PhD funding *is* confusing at US universities and UW is no different. Want to learn more? Take a look at our lab handbook: https://lnkd.in/g3pW9VFi The handbook enumerates key costs, including stipend, tuition, benefits, and overhead as well as cost differences drawing from "gift funds" vs. traditional research grants (e.g., from NSF, NIH). I'd love to see PhD cost breakdowns at other universities, both public and private. Could we create tables like this for the top ~15 CS programs in the US to compare?

🌍 It has been a great month spotlighting diverse computing talents across the world! Meet Nivedita Arora, Breed Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at Northwestern University and recipient of the 2024 ACM Distinguished Dissertation Award! She talks about the challenges she had developing her dissertation project and how she conquered them. Discover here: https://bit.ly/3WAMtRN #PeopleOfACM #TechLeadership