Sunday, December 18, 2005

grow little margin, we gonna solve AI: I’ve just returned from NIPS 2005. The conference was great, and I hope to post more later about my favourite papers, posters and talks. The highlight of this year’s conference was undoubtedly Jeff Bilmes, Michael Collins, Koby Crammer and Fernando Pereira’s summary of their workshop on structured learning for text and speech processing. (Via join-the-dots.) In related news: Source of Strange Grinding Discovered By GUY REPORTER, Associated Press Writer 22 minutes ago HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK - Seismologists have located the source of a rumbling sound that has caused consternation in the region since sometime last week. "At first we thought it was some kind of extremely localized earthquake," explained Martin LaRoque, head seismologist in charge of the investigation, "but once we traced it to Mount Hope Cemetery, we had a good idea what it was." "George Gershwin was rolling over in his grave again." As yet, the cause of the grave-rolling has not been identified. Residents are being advised to wear earplugs until the noise subsides. "I've lived here my whole life," said Mary Hoover, age 92, "and this is the longest George has ever gone at it. He must be really upset." (Via Daniel Pereira) 10:53:15 AM