mastodon 4.7.3Assoc Prof at the University of Oregon, studying adversarial machine learning, data poisoning, interpretable AI, probabilistic and relational models, and more. Avid unicyclist and occasional singer-songwriter. He/him
Want to live in Eugene, Oregon and do data science?
Of course you do!
Good news — University of Oregon has openings in the Data Science department:
Department Head
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27838
Assistant Professor
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27833
I've been promoted to full professor at the University of Oregon!
1. In Preferences, select "Enable advanced web interface"
2. Search for #DogsOfMastodon (or your hashtag of choice). One of the columns of your interface now contains dog pictures.
3. In the column with dog pictures, click the preferences icon (looks like sliders) and then "+ Pin"
4. Now your Mastodon interface includes a steady stream of cute doggos!
Ok, I finally got my own domain (lowd.cc), set up a semi-modern site using Hugo and claimed my BlueSky handle.
I used GPT-5 Codex for this too. It did ok at translating my content from static html to Hugo .md and .yaml, but debugging it was still a pain.
My TV debut! On New Year's Eve, I spoke with Global News about AI — past and future, pros and cons. I think it went well!
Shameless plug: If you like Star Trek and animals, you'll probably enjoy this series, written by my spouse.
Book 2 was just published on January 2nd!
On my computer, I currently have 27 open windows, 6 minimized windows, and hundreds of browser tabs. And that's just Desktop 1.
Believe it or not, this is an improvement -- I just closed a bunch of windows to make my workplace more manageable!