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Vladimir Vapnik Joins Facebook Research

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Re: Vladimir Vapnik Joins Facebook Research

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Post by buttproblem »

patkai wrote: post #20

Am I the only one assuming that this many excellent scientists moving from academia is a loss for science in general? Will they really publish research in the same way they did before? (Make no mistake, I can fully understand them, professors paid 80k per year, lacking resources, fighting bureaucrats, it is a great thing that they are recognised and at last paid what they deserve for devoting their lives to science.)

While I am curious too about your question, Vapnik was previously working in industry at NEC Labs in New Jersey.

Re: Vladimir Vapnik Joins Facebook Research

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Post by xamdam »

patkai wrote: post #20

Am I the only one assuming that this many excellent scientists moving from academia is a loss for science in general? Will they really publish research in the same way they did before? (Make no mistake, I can fully understand them, professors paid 80k per year, lacking resources, fighting bureaucrats, it is a great thing that they are recognised and at last paid what they deserve for devoting their lives to science.)

- Highly doubt it's purely a money decision

- Vapnik is joining a number of people he previously worked with

- Getting huge computational resources and seeing your ideas applied to real data is rewarding

Re: Vladimir Vapnik Joins Facebook Research

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Post by patkai »

buttproblem wrote: post #21
patkai wrote: post #20

Am I the only one assuming that this many excellent scientists moving from academia is a loss for science in general? Will they really publish research in the same way they did before? (Make no mistake, I can fully understand them, professors paid 80k per year, lacking resources, fighting bureaucrats, it is a great thing that they are recognised and at last paid what they deserve for devoting their lives to science.)

While I am curious too about your question, Vapnik was previously working in industry at NEC Labs in New Jersey.

Good point. But I do wonder about Facebook's journal publishing policy.
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