Annalina Caputo

Devastatingly, we have lost a bright light in our field. Felix Hill was not only a deeply insightful thinker -- he was also a generous, thoughtful mentor to many researchers. He majorly changed my life, and I can't express how much I owe to him. Even now, Felix still has so much to give -- to all of us. Below, I've compiled some of his writings that I think would be inspiring to anyone in the field. They reflect his unusual perspective, his incisive writing, and his irreverent, witty sense of humor. It's a pleasure and an epiphany to read any of these. I hope this is a small way to help ensure that Felix's light continues to shine, as it deserves to -- 1. Why do transformers work so well on language? (bit.ly/4h1IbeR) Atypically few jokes in this one, but starting around 0:32:00 Felix answers a fundamental question that I've never seen addressed so well. He ties the architectural properties of the transformer 1:1 to properties of language. I think this perspective is so illuminating and incredibly underappreciated. 2. What deep learning can teach us about linguistics and science (bit.ly/4gGFmzZ). It starts with a pretty entertaining refutal of Chomskian linguistics, and then dives into an optimistic and pretty irrefutable argument about why neural networks can teach us about language. 3. How to write a paper (bit.ly/40698qO). One of many things I learned from Felix -- he taught me to put together a research story from the beginning, including imagined results. This narrative helps guide the research, even if the story might change with each new set of experiments. 4. The bittersweet lesson (bit.ly/3BLsEky). Felix wrote this a few weeks before he died, and it's a unique, insightful take on the bitter lesson. He asked for feedback but sadly I got overwhelmed with other things and it stayed on my todo list for too long.. I didn't get to tell him what a beautiful essay I thought it was, and how much he still had to contribute... 5. Mental health in (AI) research (bit.ly/3BT3lwW). If you are struggling, please do reach out for help, and please do hold on. There may not always be a complete fix, but there are always ways to make things significantly better. I believe this from the bottom of my heart

[2/2] By using time-series data from in situ sensors, we’ve developed models to predict layer porosity—key for improving part quality!   Check out our findings in the full paper: accscience.com/journal/IJAMD/… 📚 #AM #AdditiveManufactoring #MachineLearning #3DPrinting #PBF #AI

🔬 [1/2] New research alert! Our latest study with @drvivekmahato @DermotBrabazon Dr. Suman Chatterjee and Dr. Anesu Nyabadza, explores how machine learning can predict **porosity** in parts made by laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF) in additive manufacturing.

Un Paese che ha tanti Laureati che fanno i camerieri e i netturbini e gente come Sangiuliano al governo a legiferare per questi laureati è un Paese senza alcuna speranza.

Vi racconto una storia sul Sistema Sanitario Nazionale per farvi capire alcune cose, anche se non vorrete: io lavoro (a contratto determinato) in una ASL del meridione. Nell'equipe ci sono un totale di 6 medici e 4 infermieri. Di questi 6 medici 5 hanno più di 70 anni [settanta]

@tmukande12 @ecir2024 @ml_labs_irl @oconnorn @esraa_ali Great work @tmukande12 well done👏

GLASGOW: Glad to present at the 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval @ecir2024. #ecir2024

No, non è un fotomontaggio, è la più concreta rappresentazione della propaganda populista e becera di Giorgia Meloni. I due bimbi in foto sono rifugiati, portati da G@za presso l’ospedale Meyer per effettuare delle cure urgenti a causa di ferite riportate per la guerra in atto. Sì, al Meyer, in Italia, il Paese che ha sospeso fondi per il soccorso dei profughi p@lestin3si nel vicino Oriente (UNRWA). Con lo stesso Governo, quello italiano, che all’Assemblea Generale ONU riunitasi per la risoluzione sul “cessate il fuoco a G@za” si è astenuto. Mentre sono circa 12.300 i bambini uccisi dal 7 ottobre ad oggi per mano dello Stato di Isr@ele, con il sostegno proprio dell’Italia. Ma intanto Giorgia Meloni si scatta foto con i bimbi p@lestinesi, disabili, bella sorridente. Mentre loro sono stati strappati dalle rispettive famiglie e da un’infanzia serena. Perché allo schifo non c’è mai fine. (Il volto dei ragazzini, ovviamente, l’ho censurato io).

Back in Oct 2019, before COVID, @ahrcpress + @IrishResearch came together in Dublin with 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 digital humanities researchers. Nearly 4 years later, we are back this time in Belfast with the 11 research grants we jointly funded. We also funded 12 networking awards inc @UKIE_DH

I rarely praise the Guardian but this is a extraordinary visual investigation of the sheer level of destruction in Gaza: theguardian.com/world/ng-inter… Absolutely crystal clear when you look through it that the objective is to render the place utterly inhabitable, and destroy Palestinian civil society. Places destroyed are homes, mosques, schools, hospitals, cemeteries, historical landmarks, supermarkets, etc. Everything that makes up a community. Complete disconnect from the stated goal of fighting Hamas.

NEW: an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries around the world. I think this one of the most important social trends unfolding today, and provides the answer to several puzzles.

It is really disappointing to see how the universities around the world choose to be silent about this educide!

The #CallforPapers for the conference "Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence" at @UniofReading is open until this Saturday 20th January 🔜 Read more here: research.reading.ac.uk/digitalhumanit…

THE GENOCIDE MUST STOP!!

During this week you can download full PDF of my book "Cultural Analytics" (2020) for free. This my contributions for The Cultural Data Analytics Conference 2023 - Talinn, Estonia, December 13-16 #cudan2023 #cultureanalytics #culturalanalytics PDF: zurl.co/dH8V

A research article on brain tumor segmentation based on optimized convolutional neural network by @DCU's Annalina Caputo and Ramin Ranjbarzadeh, in collaboration with researchers from @istinyeunivedu and Lero, has been published on @sciencedirect Read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@tmukande12 @esraa_ali @oconnorn @ecir2024 Well done Tendai 👏👏👏

Happy to share that our paper "MMCRec: Towards Multi-Modal Generative AI in Conversational Recommendation" w/ @esraa_ali, @headlighty, Ruihai Dong and @oconnorn has been accepted @ecir2024. #ecir2024.

When do we #CURE pancreatic cancer? 🇮🇹 Multicentric analysis of 2.5k resections upfront / after chemo 🕊️ Cure = same life-expectancy (and tumor-free) as the matched general population 20% 💪 95% of certainty (time-to-cure) after 5.3 years 👉 journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

I'd normally ignore Gemma O'Doherty's latest conspiracy theory: that "no children were stabbed in Dublin." However she is targeting this amazing Filipino nurse, who provided CPR to the little girl. I know how quickly Gemma's lies spread. I'll try counter it with the truth. /1

Call for Nominations: The new Keith van Rijsbergen (KvR) 2024 Award at #ecir2024 - to encourage & recognise researchers who significantly contributed to the use of theory in IR.   Deadline: 15 Jan 2024   Details & Nomination Form: ecir2024.org/2023/12/06/kei….   @ir_glasgow @GlasgowCS

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