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Advice for Ph.D. students

March 4, 2024

I recently submitted my thesis, which marks the end of my long and hard Ph.D. journey. Reflecting on my bumpy road, there are something I wish I knew. I think it will be beneficial to share my thoughts, in case they can help someone. The most important keys for success in any field is persistence and consistency. It will be very helpful to have a good working routine, diet and exercise. ...

Why is Deep Learning good?

December 3, 2020

Thanks to the David Sprott’s Distinguished Lecture by Professor Trevor Hastie and the question raised by Professor Ali Ghodsi in the Q&A session today, I realized several things about Deep Learning. I think there are three main reasons why they are so good: Deep Learning is like a stack of simpler models. Simple models, such as linear models, are ensembled together into a certain, probably hierarchical, structure. Thus, Deep Learning models usually contain many more parameters than other classical models. ...

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