One-Man Lab Party
In the plastic bag carried by the guy walking ahead of me this morning, at the entrance to the [officially closed for the holidays] university campus: 2 bags of crisps, 3 instant-ramen cups and 2 cans...
View ArticleDoctor Dave is in the House (*)
This update is a long time coming. In fact, except for a couple stalkers and my cat (who still refuses to friend me on Facebook), most people who care already know. But the whole point of that blog...
View ArticleDoing your PhD in Japan – Addenda
This post originated as a comment to this entry on the eminently readable blog of a scientist living in Osaka. Midway through writing it, I remembered I had my own soapbox for that sort of drivel:...
View ArticleIt’s all about Cox
Work discussion with my boss this morning: – So, for this project, I think we should use the Cox regression model. – Yes, let’s go with Cox. – But the dimension of the data means we will need to adjust...
View ArticleMachine Learning Summer School 2012 in Kyoto
Freshly back from two weeks in Kyoto where I attended a Machine Learning Summer School organised at Kyoto University. The whole event was impeccably organised and featured some of the biggest names in...
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Late Christmas…
Aka “End of fiscal year” at the lab. See the full article or leave a comment »
View ArticleGoing to Graduate School in Japan on a Monbushō Scholarship
A long overdue primer on applying for a Monbusho. Hopefully just in time for this year’s application deadline. What is a Monbusho scholarship? Monbushō, short for Monbukagakushō (文部科学省), is the...
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July Christmas at the Lab
Building my library, one grant at a time… See the full article or leave a comment »
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Going back to boarding school
I spent most of last week in the heart of Vermont, speaking at a small highly-targeted bio conference, tangentially related to some long-forgotten PhD research of mine. The conference took place on...
View ArticleIt’s all about Entropy
Statistician and Machine Learning genius Michael Jordan, asked about the makeup of his typical day: I spend half of each day minimizing entropy and half of each day maximizing entropy. (The exact mix...
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