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SoundCloudSoundCloud

Running Android UI Test Suites on Firebase Test Lab

Running Android UI Test Suites on Firebase Test Lab speeds up UI test execution on mobile devices and emulators.

5/4/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

AI safety via debate

Exploring AI safety strategies using debate techniques

5/3/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

Repeatable exploratory programming

A blogpost about using Expect tests for repeatable exploratory programming

4/22/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Evolved Policy Gradients

Exploring advanced techniques for policy gradients in machine learning models

4/18/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Gotta Learn Fast: A new benchmark for generalization in RL

Exploring advancements in generalization for Reinforcement Learning through a new benchmark approach.

4/10/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Retro Contest

Explore the resurgence of vintage development challenges in the modern era.

4/5/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

OCaml all the way down

Exploring the evolution of the software stack at Jane Street from statistical research to strategy execution.

4/4/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

Putting the I back in IDE: Towards a Github Explorer

A system for editing and reviewing code that puts the I back in IDE.

3/27/2018
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Managing Unplanned and Support Tasks

A blogpost about a process for managing unplanned and support tasks to minimize interruptions and allocate more time to planned features.

3/26/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Variance reduction for policy gradient with action-dependent factorized baselines

Optimizing policy gradient efficiency with action-dependent factorized baselines

3/20/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Improving GANs using optimal transport

Enhancing GANs performance through optimal transport techniques

3/15/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Report from the OpenAI hackathon

Insights and Highlights from the OpenAI hackathon

3/15/2018