PhD @UniMelb | Tech Lead @CatalpaDev Based in 🇮🇩, worked in🇹🇱 🇵🇬 AI, languages, governance, in no particular (world) order
Melbourne, Australia
Joined January 2012
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Did you know?
❌77% of language models on @huggingface are not tagged for any language
📈For 95% of languages, most models are multilingual
🚨88% of models with tags are trained on English
In a new blog post, @tylerachang and I dig into these trends and why they matter! 👇
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Translation is a complex task involving pre-translation research and post-translation stages. Can #LLMs handle this process step-by-step, relying solely on their internal knowledge?
✨We show that decomposing the translation process significantly improves #Gemini translation quality of long-form texts across all #WMT24 languages!
📜arxiv.org/pdf/2409.06790
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This #InternationalWomensDay we pay tribute to the wonder women of Catalpa, who are not just smart and skilled but also fearless, funny and feisty!
We spoke to 7 women about their jobs, their career paths and their wishes for women and girls on this day.
catalpa.io/blog/celebrating-…
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A fascinating post on @devpolicy today from Ian Anderson and @stephenrhowes. Why has health care coverage stalled so badly in much of the Pacific at the same time that it has taken off in Asia? (PNG's poor performance is striking!) devpolicy.org/health-service…
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Researchers from the University of Melbourne discover that humans 👨🏻💻 and machines navigate 🧭 the complexities of #translation in a similar way and demonstrate that #NMT can effectively predict 🔮 translation difficulty.
@ivrik @UniMelb #xl8 #t9n #NLP
slator.com/humans-and-ai-nav…
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🇨🇳🇺🇸🇺🇳🇲🇭 Before landing in a U.S. jail, two China-born fraudsters made millions from crypto and health scams, made payments to @UN diplomats, and pushed a failed plan to set up a Pacific island autonomous zone near a sensitive U.S. military site.
occrp.org/en/investigations/…
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How much is Generative AI used in Indonesia’s development sector, and for what purposes? This @thekopernik report answers the question: Check it out!
shorturl.at/pzG23
#GenerativeAI #ai #aiforgood #sdgs #developmentsector #indonesia
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Electric cars are the new solar.
People will continually underestimate how quickly they will take off.
Sales shares today are already beating projections for 2030. And these are projections made only a year or two ago.
My latest post: rb.gy/0jtrq
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The problem with aid is that outsiders have no way of knowing what is happening, and the insiders never let on. In this book were hear from an insider, with great insights on aid and on Bougainville, where Gordon Peake worked. My review at devpolicy.org/confessions-of…
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1. A short thread on the Iran-Saudi normalization agreement brokered by China, reasons why each country was motivated to sign the agreement, and what to look for to determine whether it will have a meaningful and enduring impact.
wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabi…
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Obsessed with this photography project showing civil servants aIn different countries.
First, Bolivia:
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This is an interesting topic to discuss. I have asked several Indonesians why they switched to English when a foreigner speak to them in Indonesian, and also several students of mine on what to do in these situations and how to stop this from happening. (Of course, a thread).
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This will definitely send shockwave. But, this is something many timorese call "public secret". tinyurl.com/4n6v9whd #TimorLeste
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#HIRING PNG-Based Project Officers (2 positions available).
🇵🇬 Support the delivery of a fully integrated Service Improvement Program Management System and District Information Management System (SIP MS & DIMS).
#PNGjobs #PapuaNewGuineaJobs apply.workable.com/catalpa/j…
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I've been an avid reader of @InsideIndo since before I moved here almost a decade ago. Thrilled to finally make my II debut with a piece on @naviculamusic's 25 years of music activism: insideindonesia.org/review-2…
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Great piece by @AlyssaLeng . Truly,
🇵🇬 on media is different from 🇵🇬 in reality. devpolicy.org/reflecting-on-…
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#HIRING 🇵🇬 Lead the District Information Management System (#DIMS) component of an impactful program supporting rural development in #PapuaNewGuinea
#PNGjobs #DIRD #AustralianAid apply.workable.com/catalpa/j…
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A partnership between UNFPA, the National Museum of Papua New Guinea, and the Goroka Bilum Festival is exploring the hidden meaning behind common bilum patterns.
#UNFPA #NationalMuseum #GorokaBilumFestival #BilumEmILaif #bilums #exhibition #LoopPNG
looppng.com/community/making…
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👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 #TimorLeste’s newest #socialprotection program was launched this week with the registration of pregnant women and families with young children.
From late July they will receive a monthly payment, in an effort to improve nutrition, health, education and poverty outcomes.
