AdityaAS

Machine Learning & Systems @gtcomputing, SAIL lab.

alum @bitspilaniindia ex-@WadhwaniAI, @IiscNlp, @ApacheMahout (@gsoc)

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

Typically when working on a ML project (any project actually) the quicker and often easy thing to do seems to be to just start coding up, often in a rush to generate results at the cost of poor design i.e large scripts, non modular and highly coupled code.

1/n

[Wadhwani AI @WadhwaniAI]

Research can only be as fast as its codebase allows. @thisisadityaas throws light on how we redesigned our research codebase from scratch, focusing on what it should look like rather than fixing what we had.

https://t.co/kjQqF7ashF

[Mathieu @miniapeur]

Hello everyone.

A friend told me that I shouldn't post this message because it made me and other PhD students look bad. But I actually think it's important to show how PhD students (especially foreign ones) have to deal not only with research-related difficulties, but also with many other challenges.

I am in the process of resuming my PhD studies at UCL in London after an extended period of medical leave. Unfortunately, I have been informed that I must re-apply for a visa (£524) and pay the health surcharge again (£776 per year). For a two-year application, this amounts to a total of £2,076.

Although it may not seem like a huge amount, I don't have that kind of money, especially since it's on top of other expenses related to my return to London, such as plane tickets, the deposit for the apartment, and my rent (as a foreign student, I'm usually asked to pay the first 3 to 6 months in advance).

I have been told that EPSRC/UKRI (the main funding body in the UK) does not cover any visa or immigration costs, even if you are on health-related leave.

I am therefore asking people for their support. I would be very grateful for any help, especially as I am currently considering whether or not I can actually resume my PhD.

Here is a link to a GoFundMe: https://t.co/yTB2nvnOUB

Please share this post!

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

@VFSGlobal Within 20 minute of posting, they start processing my application. Why are you like this @VFSGlobal 🤦🤦

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

@VFSGlobal is by far the WORST organization I have ever had to dealt with.

I submitted my passport renewal application on January 20, 2025 (5 weeks ago) and submitted all my documents the following week.

They deny receiving my payment 1/n

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

@VFSGlobal I have gotten the worst runaround of my life thanks to @VFSGlobal . Every time I call the helpline
1. They take more money from me
2. They tell me my case is being escalated
3. Yet, 2 days later I get the email that I haven't completed the application
4. I call them again; repeat

[Adobe @Adobe]

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Check out what's new with Firefly and get ready to create like never before. https://t.co/phnOwQj8RX

[Abraham Irawan @bramvera]

Trying out Adobe Firefly for the first time, looking good!

Prompt:
A micro-sized Bigfoot goes viral as people film it lifting crumbs and doing parkour across keyboards.

[Zack Witten @zswitten]

Spamming "hi" at every LLM: a thread.

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

@anuragranj @Apple @OncelTuzel Amazing pieces of work @anuragranj! All the best for what's next 🚀

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

@aditi_jh Caffe Nero and Andala Coffee House!

[Naureen Mahmood @naureenmahmood]

#SMPL is now the top 3rd most cited publication in the history of all of @TheOfficialACM Transactions on Graphics.

Ever since I found out I'd been wanting to put down a few thoughts of my own to share a little of the history.

Today I finally did it: https://t.co/IbYczPARNv

[Makarand Tapaswi @MakarandTapaswi]

Given multiple short movie clips, can models generate coherent identity-aware descriptions? 🤔 Turns out, this is a complicated task as it requires linking identities and what they are doing over time. Our @CVPR 2024 work improves this: https://t.co/K4TQFm6GYg
🧵1/7

[Bartłomiej Cupiał @CupiaBart]

So here's a story of, by far, the weirdest bug I've encountered in my CS career.

Along with @maciejwolczyk we've been training a neural network that learns how to play NetHack, an old roguelike game, that looks like in the screenshot. Recenlty, something unexpected happened.

[Mark Riedl @mark_riedl]

OMG, it works so much better than I ever could have expected.

I love AI

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

It's the same picture 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Cody Blakeney @code_star]

Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture

[Amey Agrawal @agrawalamey12]

1/ LLM inference systems are like high-performance engines ⚙️—complex, powerful, and full of intricate settings. Efficiently deploying them to maximize GPU performance is a challenge typically tackled by experts at orgs like @OpenAI and @AIatMeta 🚀. 🧵

[AdityaAS @thisisadityaas]

AI x Tim Robinson. The crossover we need but don't deserve 😍

[Cody Blakeney @code_star]

55 A100s!!!
55 H100s!!
55 INFERENCE DEPLOYMENTS!!
55 TACOS!!
55 COKES!!
100 TATER TOTS!!