How to Manage your Research Gerard de Melo http://gerard.demelo.org Tsinghua University How to Manage your Research Gerard de Melo http://gerard.demelo.org Tsinghua University
How to Manageyour Research
Gerard de Melohttp://gerard.demelo.org
Tsinghua University
How to Manageyour Research
Gerard de Melohttp://gerard.demelo.org
Tsinghua University
PhDPhD
You have a challenginggoal, and a limitedamount of time.
You have a challenginggoal, and a limitedamount of time.
PhDPhD
You are a manager forthis project.
(Advisors are just advisors)
You are a manager forthis project.
(Advisors are just advisors)
Part 1:Day to Day
Management
Part 1:Day to Day
Management
TimeTime
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/add.png
TimeTime
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/add.png
TimeTime
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/add.png
TimeTime
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/add.png
TimeTime
http://www.skipandcal.net/comics/time
TimeTime
TimeTime
Image: http://www.amrgroup.co.uk/blog/2014/12/what-makes-a-successful-manager/
Step 1: Get Rid of Mental StressStep 1: Get Rid of Mental Stress
Twoodo.com
Step 1: Get Rid of Mental Stressby Being Organized
Step 1: Get Rid of Mental Stressby Being Organized
OrgMode for emacsImage: http://www.thoseoptimizeguys.com/blog/Using-OrgMode-As-A-Life-Manager/
Free your Mind!Write everything downin one place
Free your Mind!Write everything downin one place
Manage Tasks and AppointmentsManage Tasks and Appointments
OmniFocus
Free your Mind!Write everything downin one place
Free your Mind!Write everything downin one place
Free your Mind!Write everything downin one place
Free your Mind!Write everything downin one place
Manage Tasks and AppointmentsManage Tasks and Appointments
Sublime Editor
Two columns:easy comparison,transfer, e.g.moving to anotherdate
Two columns:easy comparison,transfer, e.g.moving to anotherdate
Hierarchical Folding:ability to close andexpand hierarchy,get an overview, evenif a subitem is manypages long
Hierarchical Folding:ability to close andexpand hierarchy,get an overview, evenif a subitem is manypages long
AutocompletionAutocompletion
Smart “Goto Anything”: Go toother files, methods, etc. inless than a second
Smart “Goto Anything”: Go toother files, methods, etc. inless than a second
Manage Tasks and AppointmentsManage Tasks and Appointments
● “Snooze”: Revisit in x days● Change priority● Supports opening URLs,
running scripts to automate tasks
● “Snooze”: Revisit in x days● Change priority● Supports opening URLs,
running scripts to automate tasks
Incoming InformationIncoming Information
Also can be used to add tasks to list● Parses any text, using NLP to find event dates
and adds to to-do list (e.g. conferences, talks)● Imports events from VCAL ● Imports yearly events like birthdays
from external lists
Also can be used to add tasks to list● Parses any text, using NLP to find event dates
and adds to to-do list (e.g. conferences, talks)● Imports events from VCAL ● Imports yearly events like birthdays
from external lists
Incoming InformationIncoming Information
https://www.uhasselt.be/Documents/Doctoral-School/managing%20you%20PhD/slides%20third%20session.pdf
Incoming Information: EmailsIncoming Information: Emails
Inboxes are notgood task managersInboxes are notgood task managers
Should haveone place for all tasks,properly sorted
Should haveone place for all tasks,properly sorted
Incoming Information: EmailsIncoming Information: Emails
http://professornerdster.com/wp-content/ uploads/2014/03/five-actions-inbox-zero.png
INBOX ZERO!
Process emails quicklyby respondingor deferring (convertto task in yourcentral to-do list!)
INBOX ZERO!
Process emails quicklyby respondingor deferring (convertto task in yourcentral to-do list!)
Incoming Information: EmailsIncoming Information: Emails
Incoming Information: EmailsIncoming Information: Emails
Apps that can sendemails to task managerswith backlinks
Apps that can sendemails to task managerswith backlinks
Step 2: Start Working!Step 2: Start Working!
Start WorkingStart Working
Write PaperWrite Paper
Problem:Seems non-trivial.We may feel likeprocrastinating.
Start Working:Divide and Conquer
Start Working:Divide and Conquer
Write PaperWrite Paper
Come up withpreliminary titleCome up withpreliminary title
Create empty file(using right template)Create empty file(using right template)
Add title andheadings like“Introduction”
Add title andheadings like“Introduction”
···Some of these seemeasily doable!
Start Working:Divide and Conquer
Start Working:Divide and Conquer
http://blog.binfire.com/2011/04/task-milestone-tutorial/
FocusFocus
http://heeris.id.au/
FocusFocus
http://heeris.id.au/
FocusFocus
http://heeris.id.au/
FocusFocus
http://heeris.id.au/
FocusFocus
http://heeris.id.au/
FocusFocus
http://heeris.id.au/
Focus: Avoid InterruptionsFocus: Avoid Interruptions
Disable notifications
WhatsApp, WeChat,etc.
Disable notifications
WhatsApp, WeChat,etc.
Instead:Check during naturalbreak times. Alerts onlyfor very important people.You should be in control,not the sender.
Instead:Check during naturalbreak times. Alerts onlyfor very important people.You should be in control,not the sender.
Focus: PomodorosFocus: PomodorosFocus: PomodorosFocus: Pomodoros
● Force yourself to spend 25 minutes withfocused work on a single to-do item
● After that 5 minutes reward/break to do otherthings
● Force yourself to spend 25 minutes withfocused work on a single to-do item
● After that 5 minutes reward/break to do otherthings
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Il_pomodoro.jpg
Focus:Have a Saved-for-after-Work List
Focus:Have a Saved-for-after-Work List
New idea? Consider creatinga task in your to-dolist so that you canfocus on the importantwork first.
New idea? Consider creatinga task in your to-dolist so that you canfocus on the importantwork first.
Focus:Have a Saved-for-after-Work List
Focus:Have a Saved-for-after-Work List
http://terrasdiary.com/comic/just-one/
Step 3: Scheduling and ReviewingStep 3: Scheduling and Reviewing
Scheduling:Plan Your DayScheduling:
Plan Your Day
OrgMode for emacsImage: http://www.thoseoptimizeguys.com/blog/Using-OrgMode-As-A-Life-Manager/
When everything is inone place, it is easierto consciously prioritize
When everything is inone place, it is easierto consciously prioritize
Suggestion: In theevening, try toprioritize tasks fornext day
Suggestion: In theevening, try toprioritize tasks fornext day
Scheduling:Urgency vs. Importance
Scheduling:Urgency vs. Importance
http://sidsavara.com/personal-development/nerdy-productivity-coveys-time-management-matrix-illustrated-with-xkcd-comics
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
You are entitled to a life!– Emily BenderYou are entitled to a life!– Emily Bender
Image: Emily Bender
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
Source: Emily Bender
there will always be more work than time→ prioritize the truly important over the seemingly urgent
there will always be more work than time→ prioritize the truly important over the seemingly urgent
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/add.png
Let some balloons fly.The world won't come to an end.But choose wisely...
Let some balloons fly.The world won't come to an end.But choose wisely...
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
Scheduling:Do Consider Priorities
Even after work:Maybe enjoy time with your partner / family instead of just playing video games etc.
Even after work:Maybe enjoy time with your partner / family instead of just playing video games etc.
Scheduling:Have a List of Alternative Tasks
Scheduling:Have a List of Alternative Tasks
Too exhausted to start workingon proving a theorem?
Too exhausted to start workingon proving a theorem?
Avoid:Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.
Avoid:Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.
Instead: Look at your to-do list. Inside it, there should be alternative but less exhausting tasks.
E.g.: Take a break, talk to colleagues, exercise,clean the house, read an interesting paper,clean up your code, respond to emails, etc.
Instead: Look at your to-do list. Inside it, there should be alternative but less exhausting tasks.
E.g.: Take a break, talk to colleagues, exercise,clean the house, read an interesting paper,clean up your code, respond to emails, etc.
Weekly Reviewing:Reflection, Optimizing
Weekly Reviewing:Reflection, Optimizing
What did I do last week?
Am I on track towards reaching my long-term goals?
Did I do what I had planned to do? Why not?
What did I do last week?
Am I on track towards reaching my long-term goals?
Did I do what I had planned to do? Why not?
Daily Reviewing:Motivation and Productivity
Daily Reviewing:Motivation and Productivity
Part 2:Long-Term
Management
Part 2:Long-Term
Management
Long-Term ReflectionLong-Term ReflectionLong-Term ReflectionLong-Term Reflection
Long-Term ReflectionLong-Term ReflectionLong-Term ReflectionLong-Term Reflection
Again: Reflection, Reviewing,Optimizing
Again: Reflection, Reviewing,Optimizing
“Suppose you spend a minute each daypacking and unpacking the adapter.Within a year, you've lost about sixhours to just packing and unpackingyour adapter."http://matt.might.net/articles/artificial-scarcity
“Suppose you spend a minute each daypacking and unpacking the adapter.Within a year, you've lost about sixhours to just packing and unpackingyour adapter."http://matt.might.net/articles/artificial-scarcity
Example of Long-TermExample of Long-TermAdvantage: NetworkingAdvantage: NetworkingExample of Long-TermExample of Long-TermAdvantage: NetworkingAdvantage: Networking
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Computer_industry_entrepreneur_workshop.jpg
PhDPhD
Sometimes researchfeels competitiveSometimes researchfeels competitive
CollaborateCollaborateCollaborateCollaborate
Image: https://twitter.com/ThePracticalDev/status/631073573545902085/photo/1
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Example: My JourneyExample: My Journey
Image: weinbrenner.single.arabzadeh. Architektenwerkgemeinschafthttp://www.wsa-nt.de
Computer Science branchof Max Planck Society, whichhas had 33 Nobel Prize winners
Computer Science branchof Max Planck Society, whichhas had 33 Nobel Prize winners
Example: My JourneyExample: My Journey
Example: My JourneyExample: My Journey
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beijing_Forbidden_City_Smog.jpg
BeijingBeijing
Example: My JourneyExample: My Journey
Image: Jon Parry. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonparry/
Tsinghua UniversityNow Ranked #5 inthe worldin US News GlobalUniversity Rankingfor CS 2016
Tsinghua UniversityNow Ranked #5 inthe worldin US News GlobalUniversity Rankingfor CS 2016
Life at Tsinghua
N. ModiPrime Minister ofIndia
N. ModiPrime Minister ofIndia
Life at Tsinghua
Life at Tsinghua
Sheryl Sandberg– Lean In!Sheryl Sandberg– Lean In!
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
● Steve Jobs in 1984: First Macintosh● 1985: Kicked out of Apple, the company
he had co-founded with Woz● NeXT: also not a big success
● Steve Jobs in 1984: First Macintosh● 1985: Kicked out of Apple, the company
he had co-founded with Woz● NeXT: also not a big success
Steve Jobs in 1984by Norman Seeff
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Bill Gates
● Dropped out of Harvardwithout a clear planabout his next steps
● Dropped out of Harvardwithout a clear planabout his next steps
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
My algorithmsucks!My algorithmsucks!
But maybe:● it works very well
on very shortdocuments
● With much moretraining data(Deep Learning)
● With much lesstraining data thanothers
But maybe:● it works very well
on very shortdocuments
● With much moretraining data(Deep Learning)
● With much lesstraining data thanothers
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
Be Flexible – Be Flexible – React to ChallengesReact to Challenges
My algorithmsucks!My algorithmsucks! But maybe:
● the measure isimperfect(e.g. BLEU in MT)
● the reviewersare imperfect(“Probabilitiesare not AI”)
But maybe:● the measure is
imperfect(e.g. BLEU in MT)
● the reviewersare imperfect(“Probabilitiesare not AI”)
Don't Give UpDon't Give UpDon't Give UpDon't Give Up
Rejected atWWW 2001
but now a classic paper!
Rejected atWWW 2001
but now a classic paper!
Don't Give UpDon't Give UpDon't Give UpDon't Give Up
Listen to your AdvisorListen to your AdvisorListen to your AdvisorListen to your Advisor
Let's focus onWikipedia
Let's focus onWikipedia
Reunion
Lexical AmbiguitiesLexical Ambiguities
Reunion
Images:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reunions_Class_of_82_2007.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riviere_Langevin_Trou_Noir_P1440224-35.jpg
and many more...and many more...
Lexical AmbiguitiesLexical Ambiguities
Hipsters in London
Images:https://www.flickr.com/photos/poisonbabyfood/4274634681https://www.facebook.com/alexander.balabanov.82
Lexical AmbiguitiesLexical Ambiguities
Lexical Ambiguities
“Dry vegetables”“Dry vegetables”
Lexical Ambiguities
Lexical Ambiguities
Lexical Ambiguities
Image: http://cameraontheroad.com/2006/03/signs-of-bad-english-chinglish/
UWN: “Universal Wordnet”
Goal: Universal Index of Word/Name
Meanings
Goal: Universal Index of Word/Name
Meanings
Account for polysemyand synonymy
Account for polysemyand synonymy
Gerard de Melo
UWN (de Melo & Weikum 2009):over 1,000,000 words in over 100 languages
Taxonomic Links:MENTA
Taxonomic Links:MENTA
Finally, use region growingFinally, use region growingalgorithm in the spiritalgorithm in the spirit
of Leighton & Rao 1988of Leighton & Rao 1988
Finally, use region growingFinally, use region growingalgorithm in the spiritalgorithm in the spirit
of Leighton & Rao 1988of Leighton & Rao 1988
Linear Program RelaxationLinear Program RelaxationLinear Program RelaxationLinear Program Relaxation
Approximation Guarantee:Approximation Guarantee:4ln(nq+1) 4ln(nq+1)
for n distinctness assertions,for n distinctness assertions,q=max |Dq=max |D
i,ji,j||
but independent of |Dbut independent of |Dii| !| !
Approximation Guarantee:Approximation Guarantee:4ln(nq+1) 4ln(nq+1)
for n distinctness assertions,for n distinctness assertions,q=max |Dq=max |D
i,ji,j||
but independent of |Dbut independent of |Dii| !| !
Taxonomic Links:MENTA
Use Identity ConstraintAlgorithm to form equivalence classes
Use Identity ConstraintAlgorithm to form equivalence classes
Markov Chain RandomWalk with Restartsto Rank Parents
Markov Chain RandomWalk with Restartsto Rank Parents
Taxonomic Links:MENTA
Submitted to topconferenceSubmitted to topconference
Submitted to evenmore selectiveconference
Submitted to evenmore selectiveconference
RejectedRejected
Taxonomic Links:MENTA
NOT FOR REUSE NOT FOR REUSE
NOT FOR REUSE NOT FOR REUSE
CIKM 2010 Acceptance Rate: 126 / 945 = 13.3%
CIKM 2010 Acceptance Rate: 126 / 945 = 13.3%
UWN/MENTA
multilingual extension of WordNet forword senses and taxonomical information over 200 languages
Gerard de Melo
http://lexvo.org/uwn/http://lexvo.org/uwn/http://lexvo.org/uwn/http://lexvo.org/uwn/
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
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Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
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Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
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Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
Image: Sainsbury
Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Truck drivers could not beoutsourced to other countries,e.g. China.
Truck drivers could not beoutsourced to other countries,e.g. China.
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Which jobs do you think are safe?Which jobs do you think are safe?
Other people's opinions:http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34066941
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
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Study by Quoctrung Bui, NPR, 2015-02, based Census Bureau data, excluding the two catch-all categories"managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified."http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
Factory/Machine Operator jobsleft the US a long time agoFactory/Machine Operator jobsleft the US a long time ago
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Image: KUKA Roboter GmbH
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Do you think this is correct?Do you think this is correct?
Sony Aibo PS
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Sony Aibo PS
Knightscope's Security Guard Robots
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Image: Sainsbury
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H02370,_Sekret%C3%A4rin_an_Schreibmaschine.jpg
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H02370,_Sekret%C3%A4rin_an_Schreibmaschine.jpg
Images: http://www.chunkofchange.com/2012/07/siri-calendar-commands-let-me-pencil-you-in-getting-siri-on-your-calendar/
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Computers are increasingly doing:- legal analyses- translation- customer service- advertizing and marketing ideas- journalism
Computers are increasingly doing:- legal analyses- translation- customer service- advertizing and marketing ideas- journalism
Job OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
In the future, every decisionthat mankind makes is goingto be informed by a cognitivesystem like Watson, and ourlives will be better for it.
Ginni RomettyCEO of IBM, 2015
PossibilitiesPossibilities
PossibilitiesPossibilities
Larry Page andSergey Brin,2003
Larry Page andSergey Brin,2003
Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31495566@N00/17451790
PossibilitiesPossibilities
PageRank Paper:Rejected from SIGIR 1998.Never got published separately
PageRank Paper:Rejected from SIGIR 1998.Never got published separately
Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31495566@N00/17451790
Source: http://rakaposhi.eas.asu.edu/f08-cse494-mailarchive/msg00037.html
PossibilitiesPossibilities
http://backrub.stanford.edu1997http://backrub.stanford.edu1997
PossibilitiesPossibilities
Sundar Pichaias a student atIIT Kharagpur,India
Sundar Pichaias a student atIIT Kharagpur,India
PossibilitiesPossibilities
Sundar Pichainamed CEOof Google in2015
Sundar Pichainamed CEOof Google in2015
Image: http://www.indiatvnews.com/business/india/india-born-sundar-pichai-named-new-ceo-of-restructured-google-19663.html
Don't Listen to your AdvisorDon't Listen to your AdvisorDon't Listen to your AdvisorDon't Listen to your Advisor
Don't Listen to your AdvisorDon't Listen to your AdvisorDon't Listen to your AdvisorDon't Listen to your Advisor
Follow your PassionFollow your PassionFollow your PassionFollow your Passion
Image: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Websters-Third-New-International-Dictionary-Unabridged-1993-/291587582043
Follow your PassionFollow your PassionFollow your PassionFollow your Passion
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Encyclopedia_Britannica_in_the_library_of_The_Kings_School,_Goa.jpg
Follow your PassionFollow your PassionFollow your PassionFollow your Passion
Rob Matthews: printed small sample of Wikipedia
Actually, a printedWikipedia corresponds to2000 Britannica volumes
Source:http://www.labnol.org/internet/wikipedia-printed-book/9136/
Actually, a printedWikipedia corresponds to2000 Britannica volumes
Source:http://www.labnol.org/internet/wikipedia-printed-book/9136/
UWN/MENTA
multilingual extension of WordNet forword senses and taxonomical information over 200 languages
Gerard de Melo
http://lexvo.org/uwn/http://lexvo.org/uwn/http://lexvo.org/uwn/http://lexvo.org/uwn/
Lexvo.orgLexvo.org
2008 ISWC2008 ISWCPoster PaperPoster Paper2008 ISWC2008 ISWCPoster PaperPoster Paper
Semantic WebSemantic WebJournal 2014Journal 2014Semantic WebSemantic WebJournal 2014Journal 2014
InterdisciplinaryInterdisciplinaryWork, e.g. inWork, e.g. inDigital HumanitiesDigital Humanities
InterdisciplinaryInterdisciplinaryWork, e.g. inWork, e.g. inDigital HumanitiesDigital Humanities
Lexvo.orgLexvo.org
Think Big, DreamThink Big, Dream
http://geekcom.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/
Tim Berners-Lee
25 Years of the World Wide Web:1989−2014
25 Years of the World Wide Web:1989−2014
http://geekcom.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/
Tim Berners-Lee
25 Years of the World Wide Web:1989−2014
25 Years of the World Wide Web:1989−2014
Submitted apaper to
Hypermedia 1991but it was onlyaccepted as
a poster paper
Submitted apaper to
Hypermedia 1991but it was onlyaccepted as
a poster paper
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Who would'vethought you couldtake on1. Big Banks2. Big Car Companies
Who would'vethought you couldtake on1. Big Banks2. Big Car Companies
Elon Musk
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Space Travel!?
2009/102009/102009/102009/10
received“Boldest Dream
Award” at our MPII D5
Fall Retreat
received“Boldest Dream
Award” at our MPII D5
Fall Retreat
Learning Common-SenseLearning Common-SenseLearning Common-SenseLearning Common-Sense
earring hasProperty gorgeousconcept definedAs theorysonar partOf submarinepredator desires food
Commonsense word relationshipsextracted from Google 1T n-grams24 relations bootstrapped via ConceptNet→ 1,158,141 triples
Tandon et al. AAAI 2011, etc.
Learning Common-SenseLearning Common-SenseLearning Common-SenseLearning Common-Sense
WebChild
AAAI 2014WSDM 2014AAAI 2011
WebChild
AAAI 2014WSDM 2014AAAI 2011
Knowlywood: Human ActivitiesKnowlywood: Human Activities
CIKM 2015CIKM 2015
Knowlywood: Human ActivitiesKnowlywood: Human Activities
CIKM 2015CIKM 2015Tomorrow
10:30 Room 107Tomorrow
10:30 Room 107
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Why do you think Mary put on thering at the end of the movie?
Yes, that was powerful scene. The factthat she put it on after reading theletter from her mother indicates
that she may have changedher mind about the value of ...
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Image: http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/06/09/artificial-intelligence-reportedly-able-convince-judges-real-person-first-time/
Think Big
Long-TermPlanning
Work Hardbut alsoEfficiently