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Roma Patel
@996roma
currently cs phd student @BrownUniversity. language & rl & multi-agent rl & interpretability. intern @googleai '19, @deepmind '20. (she/her)
Oct 3, 2020 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
if you are applying to PhD programs in CS, this is for you! specifically, we've seen lots of opportunities tailored towards applicants from underrepresented groups, so several grad students at @browncs compiled a list that we hope is generally helpful cs.brown.edu/degrees/doctor… 1/6 this compilation of resources includes perspectives from PhD students (@kalpeshk2011 , @nelsonfliu), advice from faculty members (@ybisk, @adveisner), and an overview of some existing initiatives aimed towards mentoring underrepresented applicants applying to PhD programs. 2/6
Apr 28, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
this paper from @shaohua0116 on guiding RL agents with program counterparts of natural language instructions was one of my favourites at #ICLR2020. here is why i think it's exciting and quite different from existing work. 1/6 there's a large literature of #NLProc work on semantic parsing (converting language->executable meaning representations) for a variety of tasks. this is helpful e.g., for database operations, for goals/rewards for planners, to ground to predefined robotic actions etc. 2/6
Apr 27, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
here is work at #ICLR2020 by @FelixHill84 @AndrewLampinen @santoroAI + coauthors that nicely verifies (a subset of) the things put forth by several #NLProc position papers on language/grounding/meaning/form. some insights and reasons to read this paper: 1/5 this deals with richer 3D (rather than 2D) environments that allow systematic evaluation of phenomena against a richer variety of stimuli (here, only visual, but can extend to sensory information e.g., action effects, deformation, touch, sound + more realistic simulators). 2/5
Apr 25, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
this paper on memory in intelligent systems from @aidanematzadeh, @seb_ruder, @DaniYogatama at #BAICS2020 was a fascinating read! baicsworkshop.github.io/pdf/BAICS_22.p… "On the other hand, the ability to forget is a crucial part of the human memory system." this is true! forgetting inessential details and compressing past information is important to help form abstractions for intelligent systems.