Many modern NLP systems rely on word embeddings, previously trained in an unsupervised manner on large corpora, as base features. Efforts to obtain embeddings for larger chunks of text, such as sentences, have however not been so successful. Several attempts at learning unsupervised...
Dr. Marshall H. Klaus, Maternity-Ward Reformer, Dies at 90
Dr. Klaus’s research led many hospitals to allow closer contact between parents and babies immediately after birth. Source: http://bppro.link/?c=RtH
Global Health: Brazil May Face a New Threat, This Time From Biting Midges
The Oropouche virus, causing symptoms similar to dengue, appears to be slowly moving out of the Amazon jungle and closer to South American cities. Source: http://bppro.link/?c=RtG
The Science of Sex Differences: Still Under Construction
Our understanding is rudimentary, but that doesn’t stop people, including a now-former Google software engineer, from pretending otherwise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source: http://bppro.link/?c=RHt
Five Fun Things
The New Yorker’s new weekly podcast column, written by Sarah Larson, is full of great ideas. Larson’s recent piece about Ear Hustle, a groundbreaking podcast produced by two inmates inside San Quentin State Prison, introduced us to one of the best series we’ve ever heard — honest, engrossing,...
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