I found out about the just concluded NIPS 2017 conference through a mention on my Twitter timeline. I’d heard this was a premier venue for… (more…)

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely. –Maria Montessori There’s a kindergarten I walk past on the way to work, and I can’t help but peek inside everyday. The classroom — packed with toy...

This year, we received a record 2680 valid submissions to the main conference, of which 2620 were fully reviewed (the others were either administratively rejected for technical or ethical reasons or withdrawn before review). ... (more…)

“Being a scientist doesn’t absolve me of my humanity” (more…)

The explosion of big data and interest in it have created a need for technology solutions to control, organize and analyze all this information. (more…)