Drew Purves

Ecology (real, simulated, artificial); computers (esp. modelling, data, machine learning, AI); everything else. ENFP/O93C21E96A94N1. Tweets mine own.

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

Only just heard the shockingly sad news about the wonderful Georgina Mace. I'd interacted with Georgina on and off for years. She was amazing.
@UCLCBER is a credit to her. I'm floored. Georgina I'm going to miss you terribly. Thanks for everything.

[Dr Jon Sutton @jonmsutton]

Today I saw @drewpurves inspire an audience of GCSE students with his path from research to Microsoft to Google DeepMind and how he has been paid well to work flexibly on exciting projects with cool colleagues from diverse backgrounds and he gets free breakfast.

FREE BREAKFAST.

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@jonmsutton Thanks so much Jon! If talking about the fortunate career journey I've had, helped to encourage more young people, especially from underrepresented groups, into STEM careers ... then all good!

[David Pfau @pfau]

Thrilled to be able to share what I've been working on for the last year - solving the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics with deep learning!

https://t.co/pzp0Xhsxbu

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@markus_eichhorn @HannahJackson__ '...it's been because...'. Sorry. See? Should have been more nervous!

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@markus_eichhorn @HannahJackson__ It sounds like it's your body's way of making sure you continue to give awesome talks! Whenever I have given a bad talk, because I wasn't nervous enough.

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@emble64 @BrentToderian Easy! A 'Roost' which balances on my lap and holds my laptop at near eye height, enabling me to work comfortably on my long train commute. Genuinely transformative for me!

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

So great to see this @TaniaBarychka ! Well done on working out how to use such a complex simulation model to shed light on this important real world issue.

[Tatsiana Barychka @TaniaBarychka]

How does bushmeat harvesting vary among African ecosystems? The #Madingley model shows differences in yield, species survival and ecosystem impacts! @GMMace @DrewPurves @UCLCBER @unepwcmc @London_NERC_DTP https://t.co/UlIfEOkiS3

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@seaotta Or what you are planning to do!

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@seaotta Just teach. I.e. don't seek to impress. Instead seek to get your audience to understand what you did and why, and what you found.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

Great to see 1000 new AI conversion degree scholarships for people from underrepresented groups - a good step on the vital mission of ensuring AI opportunities for everyone. Proud of our work with Cambridge, Oxford & UCL offering scholarships in support of this. Lots more to do!

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@markus_eichhorn This is a lovely, gentle, humble, introspective, brave but above all reasonable essay Markus. Good job.

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

We'll deserved Shane!

[Shane Legg @ShaneLegg]

I am so humbled to have been awarded a CBE, something I never would have imagined when I was growing up in Rotorua. This is a testament to the thoughtful, pioneering team at @DeepMindAI — the scientific breakthroughs we’ve already achieved together, and those still to come!

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

@ElenaBennett We'll music is personal of course (!) but Peter Gabriel's Secret World Tour live album, and Kate Bush's Aerial, are both long, and both benefit from repeated close listening!

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

Really glad this is out!

[Mike Harfoot @HarfootMike]

New publication! Madingley (https://t.co/by0PGqcTRg) food webs reproduce empirical networks and provide insights about the effects of species aggregation and sampling on observed structure. https://t.co/cl7SGHPSvo. Nice work @cesar7f @SusanneKortsch @DrewPurves and Dr Tittensor!

[Michael White @MWClimateSci]

I know that many of these suggestions must seem blindingly obvious and I hope not to have come across as condescending (particularly as I failed to implement many of these practices when I was an academic). Hopefully at least some will prove useful!

[People and Nature @PaN_BES]

Authors are flocking to us - we have received 6 times more submissions than expected exceeding all expectations.

[Drew Purves @DrewPurves]

Need an injection of optimism and energy? Read this awesome thread kicked off by the awesome @jesslynnrose

[Jessica Rose @jesslynnrose]

Tech Twitter: Tell me about a time someone underestimated or dismissed you and what amazing things you’ve gone on to do since then?

RT for reach if y’all want a bunch of victory stories 😌💖

[Shakir Mohamed @shakir_za]

Or global machine learning community is stronger because of these efforts🤩. Please encourage everyone you know in South East Asia to apply. The organisers have put in an incredible amount of work into this and will be a formative week of growth, community and fun! 🌏🇮🇩🎉