P. Fournier-Viger

Data Mining Researcher. Professor. Founder of the SPMF data mining software.
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Opinions are my own.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

My open-source SPMF software is now also on GitHub: https://t.co/Jzh9rYg2P1
If you have time, please give it a *STAR* to support the project. Thanks!

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

@fredahshi sorry about that. I recommend to only put people with at least a PhD on a workshop committee. Also try to add people from different continents (asia, america, europe) and some high level professors. Thats from my experience organizing many workshops at KDD, ICDM, and many others.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

A GREAT book was written by my colleague Prof. Chan about Mastering The Academic Mindset for writing computer science research papers. The book is open-access. I highly recommend that all graduate students read it!
Download: https://t.co/4sHsIIyHkN
#academicwriting #CS

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

Reviewer also requested: "How about emerging security attacks relate that to your work in one paragraph with publications...followed again by ***3 irrelevant references by Mehran Mozaffari Kermani***

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

Today, I received reviews for one my research paper, where one reviewer suggested to cite 6 unrelated cryptography papers by a guy named Mehran Mozaffari Kermani (from USA). ... Suspicious!

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

Reviewer requested: "In 2-3 sentences, talk about security aspects of your work including connections with publications ... ***3 irrelevant references by Mehran Mozaffari Kermani***

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

In 2023, Overleaf reduced compile time for free users from 1 min. to 20 s. Now in 2025, they are reducing to 10 s. There is clearly a trend there. Any good alternatives to #overleaf ? It might be time to change.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

Computer Science Journals and Conferences with the most withdrawals in 2024
https://t.co/h9G43eapn9 #cs #computerscience #withdrawal #retraction #papers #research #academia

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

We just published a new genome sequence compressor called HMG, which is faster than deep learning models and has comparable performance, using pattern mining #sequencecompression #genome #biologicaldata #biology #gene #sequence #bioinformatics
https://t.co/BjAbOMxYTg

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

@polynoamial @OpenAI As long as it is based on LLMs, it may hallucinate. So that problem would have to be solved First.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

@bindureddy But it is still not "open"

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

@markchen90 Yet, these models wont be "Open" like DeepSeek's models.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

CFP: PM4B 2025： Workshop on Pattern Mining and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics @ PAKDD 2025 https://t.co/FVi31RTAhm
Deadline: February 22
#pakdd2025 #Bioinformatics #machinelearning #ml #ai #patternmining #pakdd

[Jing-Jing Li @drjingjing2026]

1/3 Today, an anecdote shared by an invited speaker at #NeurIPS2024 left many Chinese scholars, myself included, feeling uncomfortable. As a community, I believe we should take a moment to reflect on why such remarks in public discourse can be offensive and harmful.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

@minchoi Also several glitches in the hands and people that seems to look in the wrong directions... and blowing besides the cake? 😂 But still very impressive what is achieved.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

@minchoi This one has also several defects like the guy at the bottom carrying a metal box without touching it, that drop and disappear and suddenly he flips backward, before a vehicle pass through his arm.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

@minchoi Quite impressive. But still some issues are visible like the birds that disappear after they pass the selfie stick, the selfie stick that dont follow the neck when it moves, and the incorrect shadow.

[P. Fournier-Viger @philfv]

The MDLM 2023 conference: a scam?
https://t.co/hffJdeUDCJ #mldm2023 #mldm #conference

[Jérémie Sublime @Stuk_89]

@Amine59110574 @sciencepp Hello,

The MLDM conference which was also supposed to take place in July 2023 in Newark never happened. If you were scammed too, please contact me by direct message.

[Stephen Diehl @smdiehl]

A 14-line Python script using gzip outperforming a 345m parameter transformer model is probably the most hilarious result I've seen all year.
https://t.co/E7o9gFNA6u