End-to-end dialog systems, in which all components are learnt simultaneously, have recently obtained encouraging successes. However these were mostly on conversations related to chit-chat with no clear objective and for which evaluation is difficult. This paper proposes a set of tasks to test the...
Best of October
Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook! Amsterdam As A Family French children had a school break in October, and we decided to spend a week in Amsterdam. It’s a city Maxence and I are quite familiar with, having spent a number of long weekends there over the years, pre-kids. We...
Olympic Cross-Country Skiers Eat 8,000 Calories a Day. It’s Exhausting.
Cross-country skiers require, on average, more daily calories than any other type of athlete. But the constant need to eat can take over their lives. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/sports/olympics/cross-country-skiing-food.html?partner=rss
Global Health: Measles Cases in Europe Quadrupled in 2017
Outbreaks across the continent infected 21,000 and killed at least 35 children, leading some governments to crack down on vaccine compliance. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/health/measles-europe.html?partner=rss
Suit Challenges Ban On Lesbian Foster Parents In Federally Funded Refugee Program
A lawsuit was filed yesterday against the federal government and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops challenging discrimination against same-sex couples in administration of the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program and the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program. The complaint (full text) in...
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