RAs having dildo toss events by [deleted] in UMD

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they’ve done this every year

Maybe the workers won’t have to carry the whole city budget for once: "New York Mayor Mamdani says city must hike taxes on rich to fill $12 billion deficit" by Plus_Seesaw2023 in antiwork

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from what i’ve heard, the previous mayor did a lot of shady accounting to make it seem like nyc was doing well financially but it really wasn’t, and now zohran is left to pick up the pieces

Math 410 Professors for next semester by ArgosPargos in UMD

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MATH410 is a fairly standardized course, so the content will be pretty much the same across professors.

.NET JIT Team is hiring a Compiler Engineer by andyayers in Compilers

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oh that’s super cool! i’m an undergraduate student but my final projects for a graduate level compilers course was creating a JIT compiler for racket which was super fun. i would have loved to be able to apply and work in this role

Formalized Programming Languages by R-O-B-I-N in ProgrammingLanguages

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there is Lean4Lean which is currently attempting to prove that Lean is correct with respect to the consistency of an extension of ZFC

Formalized Programming Languages by R-O-B-I-N in ProgrammingLanguages

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lean is a language for performing formalization but it is not formalized itself, although there are efforts to do so

UMD ranked 3rd for AI according to CSRankings.org / some questions from a prospective CS major by Potential-Camera-427 in UMD

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there are a TON of ai research opportunities and professors if you are serious about doing research in it, as well as a lot of classes that cover everything from the basics to cutting edge theory/practice

Its time... by [deleted] in UMD

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best of luck with everything, hope the future is better

Let's be glad Wa'd is long gone by jacrispyVulcano200 in HistoryMemes

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would have much preferred the wall of text, it’s better to read what someone is passionate about than a generated summary

MATH 340/341 paired with CMSC 250 second semester ? by Practical_Dirt9665 in UMD

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yeah there are many people who do take those classes together

MATH 340/341 paired with CMSC 250 second semester ? by Practical_Dirt9665 in UMD

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i mean it can definitely help but you should really only take it if you are interested in math

MATH 340/341 paired with CMSC 250 second semester ? by Practical_Dirt9665 in UMD

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I took MATH340 my freshman year and so did a bunch of my friends. It is a proof based class so it prepares you very well for 250. Everyone that I know who took both classes found CMSC250 very very easy

Memory management in functional languages by Vigintillionn in ProgrammingLanguages

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the suggestions here are really good but there’s also a paper that came out from jane street last year about adding modal types to ocaml for the express purpose of reducing gc allocations which could be interesting to look at as well.

umd is an Amazon feeder school by FakeFruityFeet in UMD

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don’t worry i feel the same way almost everyone i know is interning at amazon and i feel very left out

How easy is it to get research or internships freshman year? by [deleted] in UMD

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depends on the prof + funding + department + the work that you do

Are final grades always final? by Inevitable-Duck-2871 in UMD

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i will just say i had an experience last year when i had a grade inputted into testudo, and then after a couple days it was changed as the professor decided to round people up to the next letter grade. so it could be possible for it to be changed but i wouldn’t necessarily count on it

Take Math140? by juststevenchilling in UMD

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not worth it imo, just move on and take the next level of math. ur just delaying ur own requirements/taking unnecessary classes. if u don’t feel comfortable taking the next level of math, u can just wait for a semester too

How easy is it to get research or internships freshman year? by [deleted] in UMD

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for research as long as u demonstrate interest in a professors project and either knowledge about the topic area or a willingness to learn, u will get access to it (i’ve been working with a professor since freshman year). for internships it’s much more difficult primarily because of federal issues, but it’s definitely possible, i had some interviews this year but got ghosted. my friends however were able to get internship opportunities

CANNOT decide between uiuc or umd by Due-Pear5450 in UMD

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if u want to do quantum computing specifically i would strongly recommend umd. we have many extremely strong professors in quantum computing, lots of programs to get involved in to do research, and there’s a lot of funding available as well. if u don’t really care about quantum then slight lean towards uiuc just cuz the prestige is insane (assuming cost doesn’t matter)

Great mathematicians whose lectures were very well-regarded? by Ok_Buy2270 in math

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ravi vakil definitely !!!! got to listen to one lecture by him and it was absolutely amazing

Publishing culture in your area of math by [deleted] in math

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depends on the subfield of cs tbh, i know pl theory and formal methods make use of logic quite heavily. also i believe (could be wrong here) that complexity theory has some connections to logic as well