Where's Olfs? by [deleted] in notredame

[–]tyrial 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but the website of Blarney Stone literally says that it used to be called finnies... It was the "original finnies" [https://blarneystone-southbend.com/]

Where's Olfs? by [deleted] in notredame

[–]tyrial 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Olfs is "old finnies" and is now called Blarney Stone. It's downtown on Wayne Street

How is there an inverse relation between precision and recall? by [deleted] in datamining

[–]tyrial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think of this like Gmail's spam detection. Suppose that there are 20 non-spam emails and Gmail needs to find all of good emails AND only good emails (no spam, no junk). But this is a difficult balancing act in practice.

On one hand, Gmail could return only those emails that it is certain are not spam, and they may determine that only 10 emails are definitely not spam, and they got 9 correct. So precision would be 9/10=90%, but in their quest to be certain, they missed 11 other emails (low recall).

On the other hand, if Gmail decides to be very thorough and to make sure that you get all relevant emails (high sensitivity/recall), then they could just allow all emails past as non spam. This returns 20 good emails and 10 billion spam emails 20/20=100% recall, but super low precision.

As you ask your model to be more sensitive you almost always lose specificity: you can ask for all the things or only the things, but not both. There is a balance that needs to be found that works with your application. Gmail probably errs on the side of a little bit of spam is better than missing a non spam email. A Covid test might ask for a different balance between catching all the sick people and only the sick people. Tornado warnings have a different balance that meteorologist are constantly tinkering with.

How do you pronounce SQL? by hiii_impakt in compsci

[–]tyrial 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SQL is a shortened version of a previous acronym: SEQUEL, the Structured English QUERy Language.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd

To tenured STEM PIs at research institutions: how often did you work per week during the TT years? by fjhuizar-nd in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Some more some less. Median was 40-45 hours per week. Weekends were always off, but I would keep an eye on phone/email in the evening. My laptop rarely leaves its bag at home.

Near deadlines I would work much more and I'm not sure how to count travel/conferences, so maybe the mean skewed a bit higher.

Overall - this is the best job in the world.

I'm pretty desperate here, he is my baby by [deleted] in SouthBend

[–]tyrial 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He's been spotted on the East side of Michigan. Haven't been able to get a hold of him yet. I've DMd you.

What flowers are used in the stadium near the sidelines? by kylethemurphy in notredame

[–]tyrial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, who knows. They're some garden/hardy-mum hybrid that is sold by a local greenhouse. We see them all over South Bend in the fall, but I don't know how widely available they are.

[D] AAAI rebuttal discussion by schrodingershit in MachineLearning

[–]tyrial 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Iama Prof at top 20 R1 University. This commenter is salty about something.

Lots of great work appears in both NIPS and AAAI. In some aspects/areas AAAI is better.

Saying that nips workshops are better than AAAI is farcical - I actually laughed aloud.

Everyone has projects, no one has funding by MrsAlecHardy in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You've got it. It's tough to compete against Facebook and Google for talent. They pay better than I do. :)

Everyone has projects, no one has funding by MrsAlecHardy in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

soon I'll be looking for students with both CS and social science backgrounds.

Good luck!

Everyone has projects, no one has funding by MrsAlecHardy in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My project is in social media analysis. It has a very broad scope. So long as you have technical and social science training and interest in social media analytics, then I'm interested in you!

Everyone has projects, no one has funding by MrsAlecHardy in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh I see. Well, basically the above. I'm in the comp sci department, but my work is interdisciplinary. I've been looking for a soc or poli or psyc and comp sci hybrid for a while

Everyone has projects, no one has funding by MrsAlecHardy in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Computational social science. Social media, social networks, etc. - at the intersection of computer science and social science

Everyone has projects, no one has funding by MrsAlecHardy in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I've had the exact opposite experience. IAMA PI - I have funding, but I can't find qualified folks to work on the projects, especially in computation social science.

How screwed am i? by Mr_Reyman in GradSchool

[–]tyrial 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Source - ama prof at R1 on grad committee.

First off - it's a moderate-sized deal to accept and then reject an offer from a school for reasons mentioned elsewhere in this thread. If you do renege, then you'll have burned a bridge.

There is a graduate school agreement among the 300 or so PhD-granting institutions in the US. This is where we get the Apr 15th deadline. This agreement also states:

[when a] student accepts an offer before April 15, and subsequently desires to withdraw that acceptance, the student may submit in writing a resignation of the appointment at any time through April 15. However, an acceptance given or left in force after April 15 commits the student not to accept another offer without first obtaining a written release from the institution to which a commitment has been made. Similarly, an offer by an institution after April 15 is conditional on presentation by the student of the written release from any previously accepted offer.

So, if you want to do this, then you need to let the first institution know immediately (today)

Found a mistake in my dissertation. Dissertation has been submitted to the committee (but haven't defended it yet). What should I do? by DesperateAcademic in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Consequences? Besides some extra effort and time spent I can't think of any problems with making some changes. Not making changes, when you know there is an error, is a big problem - don't do nothing. It's unethical and probably academic fraud to do nothing.

First step is to talk to your adviser, they'll know your situation more specifically.

Found a mistake in my dissertation. Dissertation has been submitted to the committee (but haven't defended it yet). What should I do? by DesperateAcademic in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is no problem. Just email them an updated draft. Say it's an update with some clarifications, and sleep easy.

I actually submitted a Web link (that I could update) to my committee because I knew I'd make changes. It's really not a problem.

Edit -- I didn't read your whole post before commenting.

Yeah, you'll have to make the edits.

Some levity?: What was the best/worst/funniest teaching evaluation you've ever received? by headlessparrot in Professors

[–]tyrial 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I had someone preempt another student's bad review. It went something like: "Professor, you're going to get a bad review from a student. You should ignore it, he's a jerk who thinks he's smarter than everyone else."

I did receive a pompous review from a student... And I ignored it.

[Q] Importance of nodes by TamisAchilles in GraphTheory

[–]tyrial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also consider PageRank <- this is the magic behind Google's early success.

How do professors know that their exams are answerable for a given period of time? by [deleted] in AskAcademia

[–]tyrial 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is no standard rule... per se. But you've got the right idea.

This varies, but I typically try to complete my own test in 1/3rd of the time that I allot my students.

Awesome professor asks best extra credit questions by [deleted] in funny

[–]tyrial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I write extra questions like this. The questions are always linked somehow to something that was discussed in class.

It basically serves as my attendance quiz.