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Joined July 2016
It was such a pleasure visiting @miguelmalvarez @dyaaa, and meeting @DCorney and the whole research team at @SignalHQ! Thanks for having me, was fun to chat about #controversy and @CompControversy. #informationretrieval xitter.cf/dyaaa/status/938093310…
Very Happy to have Dr. @ShirKi today in @SignalHQ presenting her research on controversy detection
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The NIPS Rigor Police ..... great talk! xitter.cf/zacharylipton/status/9…
Ali Rahimi delivered a rare critical talk at #nips2017, likening modern ML to alchemy. Examples: brittleness of SGD to implementation changes & mystical claims like "batch norm works by reducing internal co-variate shift". Full talk now on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=Qi1Yry33…
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SIGIR Forum December 2016 is now available online sigir.org/forum/issues/decem…
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Replying to @NevDragovic
SIGIR Forum December 2016 is now available online sigir.org/forum/issues/decem…
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Karen Spärck Jones: "Computing is too important to be left to men." telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar…
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Congratulations @jteevan for winning the 2016 Karen Spärck Jones award! You are an incredible role model for @WomenInIR, just as she was. xitter.cf/MSFTResearch/status/80…
For her contributions to improving the search process, @jteevan wins the @bcs_irsg 2016 Karen Spärck Jones award. irsg.bcs.org/ksjaward.php
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Unexpected benefit of receiving the KSJ award: Learning more about Karen Spärck Jones. She was pretty amazing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_…
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No official @WomenInIR meeting at #CIKM2016, but make sure to say hi to your fellow #WomenInIR and tell them to join our mailing list!
We giving birth to a number of female-voiced assistants and male-voiced instruction givers. @jessiwrites backchannel.com/melinda-gate… @WomenInIR
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Thank you for the Great talk @ShirKi !! @WomenInIR #GHC2016
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Why do we need a group for Women in IR? We have our thoughts, but we'd love to hear yours: goo.gl/forms/vavR3cd3QXzlZ8o… #womenintech
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Why do we need a group for Women in IR? We have our thoughts, but we'd love to hear yours: goo.gl/forms/vavR3cd3QXzlZ8o… #womenintech
Don't forget to stop by the @WomenInIR meetup at @ictir16 tomorrow (Wedn) at 5:30pm! @lauradietz99 to lead. Male allies welcome. #ICTIR2016