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Nick Cheney retweeted
26 Jul 2024
How our genome is like a generative AI model technologyreview.com/2024/07โฆ - nice little write-up by @JessHamzelou of new preprint by me and Nick @Cheneylab ๐
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24 Jul 2024
I'm such a fan on interdisciplinary science and it's been a joy working with the wonderful Kevin Mitchell @WiringTheBrain to share a geneticists perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of analogies between our computational models and natural systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2407.15908
24 Jul 2024
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arxiv.org/abs/2407.15908- very excited to share this new preprint from me and Nick Cheney ๐๐งต
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6 May 2024
Tenure provides the security to take on risky and uncertain approaches that may not pay off for many years or without the contributions of many others.
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6 May 2024
I'm grateful that my colleagues have trusted me to take on such an ambitious endeavor and I hope that our lab can make the most of this opportunity. ย It's the way science should be done!
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6 May 2024
I'm thrilled to announce that I've been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at the University of Vermont! ย Starting in research as an undergrad at UVM nearly 15 years ago, I'd never have imagined being in this position, but am so glad that it's come full circle!
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I also want to quickly reflect on the institution of tenure. ย I find it incredible and so important that there exists a system that lets us tackle grand and open challenges in science and society, knowing that these are complex and long-term problems.
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6 May 2024
I want to thank my students for doing the hard work in the trenches that's built such an interesting and impactful body of work in our lab, my colleagues for their mentorship and collaboration, and my family for their support and sacrifice as I take on such a demanding career.
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Nick Cheney retweeted
2 Apr 2024
I am happy to announce a workshop on
**Embodiment-Aware Robot Learning (EARL)**
earl.robot-learning.net
at Robotics: Science and Systems Conference #RSS2024 in Delft, Netherlands @RoboticsSciSys
on July 15, 2024
co-organized with @AlapKshirsagar @Jan_R_Peters
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25 Oct 2023
Honored to win my society's Impact Award this year. Thanks to all who read, shared, and built upon the work; and to the SIGEVO Board for calling it seminal to our field. Shout out to my collaborators for making this impactful and a ton of fun to work on! uvm.edu/news/cems/nick-cheneโฆ
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25 Oct 2023
This award looks at the 10-year impact a paper has had on our field, so your engagement with the research (or our fun videos tinyurl.com/evolvingsoftroboโฆ) have made this happen! Iโm so very flattered every time someone reaches out or interacts with our work. You are all awesome!
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25 Oct 2023
In addition to the awesome collaborators on the paper @jeffclune @hodlipson @RobMacCurdy, those whoโve expanded this line of work beyond my wildest imagination are the real heroes of this award. @DoctorJosh @Kriegmerica nature.com/articles/s42256-0โฆ wired.com/story/xenobot/
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Nick Cheney retweeted
18 Oct 2023
Our new paper: โกZapping!โก
Rehearsing transfer during pre-training by repeatedly "zapping" (resampling) weights is a cheap form of meta-learning that creates neural nets that are better at transfer learning!
w/ @fratietal, @jeffclune, and @CheneyLab:
arxiv.org/abs/2310.07996
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Nick Cheney retweeted
7 Apr 2023
Congratulations to Nick Cheney @CheneyLab, who was just awarded an NSF CAREER award, one of the highest-level recognitions that a young faculty member can receive.
He proposes to make AI more accessible via AutoML, NAS, and robotics. Details here:
nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAwarโฆ
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