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.