Cheng Soon Ong
@ml4x.bsky.social
Curious.
Researching #MachineLearning for Scientific Discovery. #ml4science #ai4science
I choose #OpenSource and #OpenScience .
Solving problems in #LifeScience #Genomics #RadioAstronomy
Read Mathematics for Machine Learning at https://mml-book.com
Researching #MachineLearning for Scientific Discovery. #ml4science #ai4science
I choose #OpenSource and #OpenScience .
Solving problems in #LifeScience #Genomics #RadioAstronomy
Read Mathematics for Machine Learning at https://mml-book.com
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Rowboat
A lightning fast tool for understanding large datasets
rowboat.net/product/
"Open one million rows of data in one second. Your data stays private in any browser or on your desktop. No code or complex queries are needed to visualize your data"
A lightning fast tool for understanding large datasets
rowboat.net/product/
"Open one million rows of data in one second. Your data stays private in any browser or on your desktop. No code or complex queries are needed to visualize your data"
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Rowboat
A lightning fast tool for understanding large datasets
rowboat.net/product/
"Open one million rows of data in one second. Your data stays private in any browser or on your desktop. No code or complex queries are needed to visualize your data"
A lightning fast tool for understanding large datasets
rowboat.net/product/
"Open one million rows of data in one second. Your data stays private in any browser or on your desktop. No code or complex queries are needed to visualize your data"
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Looking forward to next week as we kickstart the Biometrics conference!
We’ve also got an explicit printout of the Pac-Man rule to make it a welcome and inclusive event 🤗
#BIBC2025
We’ve also got an explicit printout of the Pac-Man rule to make it a welcome and inclusive event 🤗
#BIBC2025
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Looking forward to next week as we kickstart the Biometrics conference!
We’ve also got an explicit printout of the Pac-Man rule to make it a welcome and inclusive event 🤗
#BIBC2025
We’ve also got an explicit printout of the Pac-Man rule to make it a welcome and inclusive event 🤗
#BIBC2025
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Are you a fan of Python, geological data and digital twins? 🐍🪨🌐
Apply to join us in the Earth Surface Process Modelling section at @gfz.bsky.social as a scientific programmer! Deadline is 14th December
Apply to join us in the Earth Surface Process Modelling section at @gfz.bsky.social as a scientific programmer! Deadline is 14th December
Scientific programmer (f_m_x) - Integrating Databases into Digital Twin - GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung
GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung looks for Scientific programmer (f_m_x) - Integrating Databases into Digital Twin in Potsdam - apply now!
www.academics.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Are you a fan of Python, geological data and digital twins? 🐍🪨🌐
Apply to join us in the Earth Surface Process Modelling section at @gfz.bsky.social as a scientific programmer! Deadline is 14th December
Apply to join us in the Earth Surface Process Modelling section at @gfz.bsky.social as a scientific programmer! Deadline is 14th December
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More schools closed in the ACT tomorrow than open. Comms from ACT education are appalling www.act.gov.au/education-an...
ACT public school closures Friday 14 November 2025
www.act.gov.au
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
More schools closed in the ACT tomorrow than open. Comms from ACT education are appalling www.act.gov.au/education-an...
I am so pleased to have been invited to participate in a cross disciplinary team that spans technical machine learning experts as well as the breadth of humanities and social sciences. And the best part is that we studied ourselves.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Lessons from the Edges of Interdisciplinarity - Integrating Artificial Intelligence with the Humanities, Social and Economic Sciences
International calls for the involvement of a broader set of disciplinary experts in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) products are growing. By involving a more diverse set of experts,...
www.tandfonline.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I am so pleased to have been invited to participate in a cross disciplinary team that spans technical machine learning experts as well as the breadth of humanities and social sciences. And the best part is that we studied ourselves.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The paper was accepted for publication in Computo 🎉
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The paper was accepted for publication in Computo 🎉
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
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This Nature retrospective is quite interesting.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
"stole Rosalind Franklin's work" has become the new orthodoxy. While she was certainly the victim of sexism from Watson, I think her colleague Wilkins was the real villain. Events 1951-53 well covered in Nature in 2023 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This Nature retrospective is quite interesting.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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Life situations are bleak right now for a lot of people. In tech, the "Venn Diagram" of (1) positive work and (2) making enough money to support your family is increasingly non-overlapping. We all do what we can.
This image has been living in my mind rent-free for months.
This image has been living in my mind rent-free for months.
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Life situations are bleak right now for a lot of people. In tech, the "Venn Diagram" of (1) positive work and (2) making enough money to support your family is increasingly non-overlapping. We all do what we can.
This image has been living in my mind rent-free for months.
This image has been living in my mind rent-free for months.
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Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100.0% RE
Last 219 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Results:
Last week: 100.0% RE
Last 219 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 100.0% RE
Last 219 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Results:
Last week: 100.0% RE
Last 219 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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If you're a student in need of a personal website (and if you're doing research, yes, you need a website!), I keep a list of nice examples here, most of which are reusable: www.are.na/maria-antoni...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you're a student in need of a personal website (and if you're doing research, yes, you need a website!), I keep a list of nice examples here, most of which are reusable: www.are.na/maria-antoni...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
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I wrote about Zohran’s victory. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I wrote about Zohran’s victory. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I'm running a book giveaway! #hopepunk #solarpunk #cyberpunk #steampunk
SIGNED PAPERBACKS (US only)
1 - Donate to your local food bank (min $10)!
2 - submit receipt here: forms.gle/BMB1dnrQ3cuh...
First-come, first-served!
See 🧵for audiobook code giveaway + my spicy romance books!
#booksky
#SNAP
SIGNED PAPERBACKS (US only)
1 - Donate to your local food bank (min $10)!
2 - submit receipt here: forms.gle/BMB1dnrQ3cuh...
First-come, first-served!
See 🧵for audiobook code giveaway + my spicy romance books!
#booksky
#SNAP
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm running a book giveaway! #hopepunk #solarpunk #cyberpunk #steampunk
SIGNED PAPERBACKS (US only)
1 - Donate to your local food bank (min $10)!
2 - submit receipt here: forms.gle/BMB1dnrQ3cuh...
First-come, first-served!
See 🧵for audiobook code giveaway + my spicy romance books!
#booksky
#SNAP
SIGNED PAPERBACKS (US only)
1 - Donate to your local food bank (min $10)!
2 - submit receipt here: forms.gle/BMB1dnrQ3cuh...
First-come, first-served!
See 🧵for audiobook code giveaway + my spicy romance books!
#booksky
#SNAP
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You can find it here: www.jmlr.org/history.html
Journal of Machine Learning Research
www.jmlr.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
You can find it here: www.jmlr.org/history.html
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The JMLR story and operating model should be widely known in academia as a clear success story for full open access. I have friends in the humanities and pure sciences that have no clue this is even possible
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The JMLR story and operating model should be widely known in academia as a clear success story for full open access. I have friends in the humanities and pure sciences that have no clue this is even possible
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After Elsevier cut off the tap for the journal Water Resources and Economics in 2024, the research is flowing again, with the launch of the independent new journal, Journal of Water Economics. Edited by the same team, backed by U. Waterloo. #Econsky 😃
openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/jo...
openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/jo...
Journal of Water Economics
The Journal of Water Economics publishes theoretical and empirical research on the economics of water resources. Topics include allocation, governance, pricing, regulation, policy instruments, valuati...
openjournals.uwaterloo.ca
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
After Elsevier cut off the tap for the journal Water Resources and Economics in 2024, the research is flowing again, with the launch of the independent new journal, Journal of Water Economics. Edited by the same team, backed by U. Waterloo. #Econsky 😃
openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/jo...
openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/jo...
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So a recent Veritasium video on natural selection explains kin selection and does the unavoidable thing of saying that a parent shares "half of its genes with the child". This is wrong, because for any 2 humans, we share almost all of our genes. We share more than 95% with chimpanzees ffs. >>
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
So a recent Veritasium video on natural selection explains kin selection and does the unavoidable thing of saying that a parent shares "half of its genes with the child". This is wrong, because for any 2 humans, we share almost all of our genes. We share more than 95% with chimpanzees ffs. >>
We can use active generation to propose better enzymes, which we then validated experimentally.
It is really nice when a cross-disciplinary international collaboration pays off, in this case with a practical industry partner.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
It is really nice when a cross-disciplinary international collaboration pays off, in this case with a practical industry partner.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ultrahigh throughput screening to train generative protein models for engineering specificity into unspecific peroxygenases
Enzyme engineering is central to developing biocatalysts with improved activity and specificity, yet traditional approaches are often limited by the scale of experimental screening. Here we combine ul...
www.biorxiv.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We can use active generation to propose better enzymes, which we then validated experimentally.
It is really nice when a cross-disciplinary international collaboration pays off, in this case with a practical industry partner.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
It is really nice when a cross-disciplinary international collaboration pays off, in this case with a practical industry partner.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Remarkable, but important to notice that the change only applies to review/survey and position papers
arXiv, a preprint publication for academic research that has become particularly important for AI research, has announced it will no longer accept computer science articles and papers that haven’t been vetted by an academic journal or a conference. Why?
A tide of AI slop.
A tide of AI slop.
arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s academic paper repository will no longer accept Computer Science papers still under review.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Remarkable, but important to notice that the change only applies to review/survey and position papers
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Ok, I finally got my own domain (lowd.cc), set up a semi-modern site using Hugo and claimed my BlueSky handle.
I used GPT-5 Codex for this too. It did ok at translating my content from static html to Hugo .md and .yaml, but debugging it was still a pain.
I used GPT-5 Codex for this too. It did ok at translating my content from static html to Hugo .md and .yaml, but debugging it was still a pain.
Welcome
I am a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oregon. I work on adversarial machine learning, tractable probabilistic modeling, and statistical relational learning.
CV · Publications · Res...
lowd.cc
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ok, I finally got my own domain (lowd.cc), set up a semi-modern site using Hugo and claimed my BlueSky handle.
I used GPT-5 Codex for this too. It did ok at translating my content from static html to Hugo .md and .yaml, but debugging it was still a pain.
I used GPT-5 Codex for this too. It did ok at translating my content from static html to Hugo .md and .yaml, but debugging it was still a pain.
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Working on the interface of Machine Learning with Law, Philosophy, Ethics, or Social Science? Come join our new Lab for Norms and Practices in Machine Learning for Science.
uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2
uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2
We are looking for several postdoctoral researchers to join our Norms & Practices Lab! This is an exciting opportunity for scholars of #philosophy, #law, #culturalanthropology, and (qualitative) #socialscience: uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2... 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Working on the interface of Machine Learning with Law, Philosophy, Ethics, or Social Science? Come join our new Lab for Norms and Practices in Machine Learning for Science.
uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2
uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2
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UniProt is changing its reference proteomes resource.
Reference proteomes will remain in UniProtKB, while others will move to UniParc.
Read more about these changes:
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...
🧬 🖥️
Uniprot is a collaboration between EMBL-EBI, @sib.swiss & the Protein Information Resource.
Reference proteomes will remain in UniProtKB, while others will move to UniParc.
Read more about these changes:
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...
🧬 🖥️
Uniprot is a collaboration between EMBL-EBI, @sib.swiss & the Protein Information Resource.
Changes to UniProt proteomes
UniProt, the data resource for protein sequence and function information, is making major changes to its proteomes resource and to the UniProt Knowledgebase. UniProt has developed a new workflow that ...
www.ebi.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
UniProt is changing its reference proteomes resource.
Reference proteomes will remain in UniProtKB, while others will move to UniParc.
Read more about these changes:
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...
🧬 🖥️
Uniprot is a collaboration between EMBL-EBI, @sib.swiss & the Protein Information Resource.
Reference proteomes will remain in UniProtKB, while others will move to UniParc.
Read more about these changes:
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...
🧬 🖥️
Uniprot is a collaboration between EMBL-EBI, @sib.swiss & the Protein Information Resource.
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In a future where the rich kids are being raised with a digital Cyrano beside them to sweet-talk their way into the best jobs, four friends train together for a battle to prove that other kinds of minds might still have the edge.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
Understudies by Greg Egan
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In a future where the rich kids are being raised with a digital Cyrano beside them to sweet-talk their way into the best jobs, four friends train together for a battle to prove that other kinds of minds might still have the edge.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
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Registration for NeurIPS Mexico is open to all attendees, now that we have finished giving priority to authors. We can't wait to see you there! neurips.cc/Conferences/...
MX City Satellite Registration Details
Dates: November 30 – December 5, 2025 Location: Hilton Mexico City Reforma Capacity: ~500 attendees
neurips.cc
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Registration for NeurIPS Mexico is open to all attendees, now that we have finished giving priority to authors. We can't wait to see you there! neurips.cc/Conferences/...