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The Seven Deadly Sins of Conferences

The Seven Deadly Sins of Conferences

October 24, 2017 | Irene C.

Past the construction site, across the deserted parking lot, and through the shrubbery, I finally arrived at the front entrance of Northeastern University for my first academic conference. Over the next two days, with 270 brilliant minds, I learned a lot about machine learning and healthcare. More importantly, however, I discovered how to make the […]

Where Are All the Women?

Where Are All the Women?

Experiences in computer science from visit weekend and beyond

May 29, 2017 | Irene C.

This may sound crazy, but for a brief time, I pictured MIT’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department as only women. Yes, this happened. Due to a weirdly warped golden recall of MIT’s Visit Weekend, I somehow only remember the Saturday Pancake Breakfast for women in EECS: A hundred women crammed in a conference […]

My Road to Yelp Elite

My Road to Yelp Elite

Eating and reviewing through grad school

March 25, 2017 | Irene C.

Fact: The quickest way to attract students (and usually professors) is to promise food of any kind. Whereas I should be asking, “Interpretable natural language models talk vs. a mentorship lunch for women in computer science?” … I find myself asking, instead, “Do I want free Brazilian BBQ or free Indian curry?” Some graduate students […]