As the [catholic] daily La X has a special “Sciences&éthique” report on data science and scientists, my mom [a long time subscriber] mailed me [by post] the central pages where it appeared. The contents are not great, focusing as often on a few sentences from and missing on the fundamental limitations of self-learning algorithms. As an aside, the leaflet contained a short interview by Jean-Stéphane Dhersin, who is head of the CNRS ModCov19 centralising platform [and anecdotally a neighbour] on the notion that a predictive model in epidemiology can be both scientific and imprecise.
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Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Statistics with tags AI, CNRS, COVID-19, data science, ethics, France, interview, journalism, k nearest neighour, La Croix, ModCov19, modelling, pandemic on January 25, 2022 by xi'anChoose France – CNRS AI Rising Talents Programme for exceptionally talented early-career AI researchers
Posted in pictures, Travel, University life with tags academic position, AI, Choose France, CNRS, early career offer, France, machine learning, Paris Dauphine, research position, young researchers on October 29, 2021 by xi'an
The French national scientific research institute, CNRS, is launching a one-shot call for hiring early-career AI researchers on a 5 year 100% research position in any of the CNRS research units in France. Including ours in Paris Dauphine. The offer is quite generous in that the attached grant provides a full professor salary and support to hire postdocs and PhD students. Early career means two to seven years after PhD. The deadline is 30 November.
off to Luminy!!!
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags Bayesian learning, Cap Morgiou, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, CIRM, CNRS, end-to-end Bayesian learning, France, Luminy, Marseille, Méditerranée, Parc National des Calanques, Sormiou, sunset on October 24, 2021 by xi'an
thanks from CIRM
Posted in Statistics with tags 40 ans, Bayes World meeting, CIRM, CNRS, dawn, ISBA, ISBA 2021, Luminy campus, Marseille, mirror workshop, Mont Puget, Parc National des Calanques, sunrise, trail running, twitter, Université Aix Marseille, virtual conference, Zoom on July 5, 2021 by xi'an
off to Luminy!!!
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags Cap Morgiou, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, CIRM, CNRS, France, ISBA 2021, Luminy, Marseille, Méditerranée, mirror workshop, Parc National des Calanques, Sormiou, sunset on June 27, 2021 by xi'an
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