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Highlights from AAAI 2021: papers, insights, datasets and tutorials
Earlier this month, I attended the Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-21), which took place in an entirely virtual format. This time, I focused my attention mostly on matters pertaining to the interaction of human and artificial agents, notably involving Natural Language Processing — I like to say that I prefer to work with augmented human intelligence, rather than just an artificial one.
February 17, 2021 -
Highlights from KDD 2020
The 26th SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD 2020), perhaps the most prestigious academic Data Science conference, took place last week. It was held entirely online, thanks to the…
August 30, 2020 -
Highlights from AAAI 2020
Earlier in February I was at the Thirty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-20) to get a better feel for the general trends of the field and learn as much as I…
March 1, 2020 -
Infographic: Tips On Digital Experiments
My second infographic, related to my work on Experiment-Oriented Computing. Please share if you find it valuable and would like to see more content like this.
June 22, 2019 -
Infographic: Common Corporate Mistakes in Data Science Projects
My first infographic. Please share if you find it valuable and would like to see more content like this.
June 9, 2019 -
Datasets for Fun and Profit
Typically, a Data Scientist would be interested in a customer’s data. However, such data is not always available, and it is often insufficient. For example, when studying new techniques or application domains…
May 29, 2019 -
O Primado da Miséria
Na foto, uma delegação de alguma igreja brasileira posando junto a um templo pagão em Roma. Será que notam as ironias? Décadas atrás, meu avô paterno fora informado de que certa pessoa próxima,…
December 25, 2018 -
Loyalty in fish markets
In Tsukiji Wonderland, a documentary about the great Tokyo fish market, it is suggested that sellers choose their buyers based on their merit. “I love prawns so I only want to sell…
November 20, 2018 -
Highlights from ESEC/FSE 2018 – Day 3 (final)
Image above: a reminder from the keynote that SE is 50 years old this year! And I just realized that, contrary to what many believe, SE achieved its goals, the Soviet Union…
November 8, 2018 -
Highlights from ESEC/FSE 2018 – Day 2
Image above: AI buffet from Tim Menzie’s slides. I guess Deep Learning is the caloric apple pie I’m not supposed to have, unless I’m willing to pay for the calories. Alas, I…
November 7, 2018