Figure 5: Nine different weighting functions. The Gaussian function used by Vizier is the leftmost function in the middle row. Then a prediction is made with the weighted average: Figure 6: Kernel ...

Note: The following text was written by Linus on July 31 1992. It is a collection of various artifacts from the period in which Linux first began to take shape. This is just a sentimental journey into ...

Lectures notes and slides from the SIGGRAPH '97 course, ...

Take turns with the computer. On each turn, you may take 1, 2, or 3 marbles. Whoever takes the last marble loses, so choose carefully!

There will be weekly written assignments, starting in the first week of classes. Each written assignment consists of 1-3 questions that require students to write single paragraph answers. They are ...

You are organizing a conference in social choice theory, with a festive dinner on the first day. The catering service has 1024 different dinner choices they know how to make, out of which you need to ...

While at DARPA, I was unable to write for my blog. But watch this space for new posts, as soon as I get settled at Microsoft.

Job and intern opportunities are available at R&D Center Singapore, Alibaba DAMO Academy. Job descriptions: NLP Engineer/Researcher, and MT Engineer/Researcher. Send your CV to l.bing [at] alibaba-inc ...

The lowest level of auditing in Scientology consists of what are called the "objective processes." These are often programmed for a newcomer to Scientology after he has completed the introductory ...

普段食べている米でOK、もち米やタイ米なんかで作ってみるのもおもしろい。 （もち米は失敗だった。経験談） 2）水850cc＋少々（米を炊く分） ミネラルウォータがお薦め ...

Nested data parallelism: this feature offers the benefits of data parallelism, concise code that is easy to understand and debug, while being well suited for irregular algorithms, such as algorithms ...

They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank--the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.