CMU’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
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CMU’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
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#2Just curious: How many out there are yinzers? I knew there was a nice technology scene here but am surprised to see Pitt/CMU on HN several times over the past couple weeks.
Re: CMU’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
#3Just curious: How many out there are yinzers? I knew there was a nice technology scene here but am surprised to see Pitt/CMU on HN several times over the past couple weeks.
CMU professor here. Currently on leave at Google for the 2015-16 academic year, returning in August. (Not, in my case, for the money - I actually left a startup I co-founded a few months before it was acquired because I decided that I'd probably learn more at Google. Ask me in a few years if I regret leaving that money on the table -- but thus far, I'm exceptionally glad about the decision. Having a total blast. Sabbaticals/leaves are one of the under-advertised benefits of being a faculty member. Which is useful, since the salary delta to industry sucks. :)
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#4Well, I'm glad to hear CMU is hiring 17 new faculty and that the fields of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning are all booming so rapidly (though let's hope it's not a bubble)!
But as to the concept of "poaching", well, to quote the economist Homer Simpson, "Money can be exchanged for goods and services."
Re: CMU’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
#5Well, I'm glad to hear CMU is hiring 17 new faculty and that the fields of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning are all booming so rapidly (though let's hope it's not a bubble)! But as to the concept of "poaching", well, to quote the economist Homer Simpson, " Money can be exchanged for goods and services."
The quote in context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgct3Jn8pFA
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#6Professors at CMU make incredibly great salaries.. they are not 'poor'
Re: CMU’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
#7Just curious: How many out there are yinzers? I knew there was a nice technology scene here but am surprised to see Pitt/CMU on HN several times over the past couple weeks.
CMU professor here. Currently on leave at Google for the 2015-16 academic year, returning in August. (Not, in my case, for the money - I actually left a startup I co-founded a few months before it was acquired because I decided that I'd probably learn more at Google. Ask me in a few years if I regret leaving that money on the table -- but thus far, I'm exceptionally glad about the decision. Having a total blast. Sabb…
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Re: CMU’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
#8Just curious: How many out there are yinzers? I knew there was a nice technology scene here but am surprised to see Pitt/CMU on HN several times over the past couple weeks.
CMU professor here. Currently on leave at Google for the 2015-16 academic year, returning in August. (Not, in my case, for the money - I actually left a startup I co-founded a few months before it was acquired because I decided that I'd probably learn more at Google. Ask me in a few years if I regret leaving that money on the table -- but thus far, I'm exceptionally glad about the decision. Having a total blast. Sabb…
Hi, dga! I took 15-440 under you! Wasn't a very good student, though. Just wanted to say hi and all the best in your sabbatical!
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#9CMU has dropped significantly in my personal ranking of universities. None of that was related to faculty being hired away. All of it is related to activities like attacking the Tor network or accidentally admitting 800 students. Maybe they have a PR problem but my overal view of them is pretty meh even though they are one of the more elite CS schools (and I think Pittsburgh is a fairly nice city, never been there though).
Re: CMU’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
#10CMU has dropped significantly in my personal ranking of universities. None of that was related to faculty being hired away. All of it is related to activities like attacking the Tor network or accidentally admitting 800 students. Maybe they have a PR problem but my overal view of them is pretty meh even though they are one of the more elite CS schools (and I think Pittsburgh is a fairly nice city, never been there th…
I did research in machine learning in college (not at CMU). CMU remains the top overall university in the world for machine learning and robotics (depending on specific subfields of ML/robotics the rankings will switch, but at that fine granularity the difference is just 1-3 professors).