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sshkhr
@sshkhr16
research eng @GoogleDeepMind prev: founder @DiceHealth, researcher @AIatMeta @VectorInst
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Nov 21, 2022
    Our work on improving neural scaling beyond power law won an Outstanding Paper award at @NeurIPSConf 2022!! Come check it out on Wed, Nov 30, at Poster Session 3 in New Orleans.
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    Surya Ganguli
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    Nov 21, 2022
    Our "Beyond Neural Scaling laws" paper got a #NeurIPS22 outstanding paper award! Congrats Ben Sorscher, Robert Geirhos, @sshkhr16 & @arimorcos awards: blog.neurips.cc/2022/11/21/ann… paper: arxiv.org/abs/2206.14486 🧵 x.com/SuryaGanguli/s…
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Nov 1, 2023
    As PhD applications season draws closer, I have an alternative suggestion for people starting their careers in artificial intelligence/machine learning: Don't Do A PhD in Machine Learning ❌ (or, at least, not right now) 1/4 🧵
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    sshkhr
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    Mar 2, 2020
    A: Grad students shouldn't be paper-churning machines & focus on research with long-term impact. B: Says you who had 100 papers last year! Next. C: B had 50 papers themselves so has no right to attack A. Me (with exactly 0 papers): Clearly, I have the moral high ground here.
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Nov 1, 2023
    Replying to @sshkhr16
    If you don't have a clear and strong interest in pursuing a specific research problem for the next 4-6 years of your life, don't do a PhD. Go work for one of the many cool AI startups or research labs in industry: similar profile, faster pace, better pay, shorter commitment. 3/4
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Feb 4, 2022
    I reached a 100 citations 🥳🥳🥳
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Nov 1, 2023
    Replying to @sshkhr16
    If you are determined to explore core research as a career option, consider pursuing an AI Residency for 1-2 years (this is what I did) or join startups with a strong research team. You will get a similar experience, and not be underpaid relative to your peers. end 🧵
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Jan 30, 2023
    Last week, I became a Permanent Resident of Canada. Very happy and privileged to call this beautiful place home 🇨🇦 ❤️ My timeline from arrival to becoming a PR (3 years 4 months) 🧵:
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Sep 4, 2023
    Got a notification today morning from Google Scholar saying that a paper of mine got 100 citations. It was OCR-VQA, one of the first research papers I published back in 2019 (I had a preprint on arxiv before this). Happy to see the community found it useful ☺️ 1/3
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    sshkhr
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    Nov 1, 2023
    Replying to @sshkhr16
    Like other areas in computing before (architecture, graphics), the AI genie is out of the academia bag, and perhaps never going back in. There's so much cool stuff happening outside of academia vs in academia: systems, theory, applications - you name it. 2/4
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    @sshkhr16
    Mar 31, 2021
    I've done various MOOCs over the last decade. This is easily my favorite bit from all of them😍 @drchuck
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Dec 4, 2022
    And that’s a wrap for #NeurIPS2022 folks. Thank you to everyone who came to our posters on Wednesday and Saturday! It was delightful to see friends and mentors, old and new, after so long ❤️ And once again, thanks to @NeurIPSConf committee for the outstanding paper award!
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Oct 4, 2021
    I started last monday as an AI Resident with @facebookai in California!! Really excited to continue my research in computer vision and artifical intelligence while working with a great team of amazing scientists and engineers 🎉
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    @sshkhr16
    Sep 17, 2022
    Replying to @graph_
    As much as I understand the visa situation (I’m myself affected by it and probably won’t be able to attend), this map is quite misleading. About 40 of the red countries are part of the visa waiver program, and Canadians and Bermudans have freedom of movement in the States.
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    sshkhr
    @sshkhr16
    Nov 27, 2022
    Hello New Orleans 🤩 @NeurIPSConf