Uber

[Barnabas Poczos]

Good luck Jeff! :-)

It is awesome that Pittsburgh will have a new research lab.

We need more labs working on other great ML applications.
For example, it would be nice if these guys could also open a lab
somewhere close to CMU:

www.beermapperapp.com/

Cheers,
Barnabas


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Barnabas Poczos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Machine Learning Department
Carnegie Mellon University


On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Jeff Schneider <schneide at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm sure you've all heard about the new lab Uber is opening in Pittsburgh.
> I've decided to take a leave of absence starting in June to help set the lab
> up (similar to what I did when I went to Psychogenics 10 years ago).  Its an
> exciting opportunity for me to help get a new lab going in Pittsburgh.
>
> All of the Auton projects will continue as planned so this will not cause
> much change for most of you.  Artur and Barnabas will be taking over some of
> my responsibilities as needed and of course I will remain involved in them
> during my leave, but at a reduced level.
>
> My apologies for sending this in email but I couldn't find a way to get
> everyone together in person on short notice.
>
> Jeff.
>