ML misfits club

Hello darkness my old friend 👋
My name is Andrey and this year I have been rejected from every research program, internship, and summer school I applied to. After crying into my pillow, I decided that knowledge can't just be given - you have to take it yourself; so it's time to launch my own summer (ish) school / research-padawan community with blackjack and hookers. An educational-research community for the misfits. There'll be deadlines, rigorous homework assignments, and, most importantly, a bunch of equally passionate people right by your side.

More detailed announcement is here (in English) and here (in Russian).

Most important news and updates - #9

Associated Telegram chat with mostly Russian-speaking folks - https://t.me/+HEH3Aq_OfT83YmE8

How to join

This GitHub repo has (or soon will have):

• Links to lectures, books, and other study materials;
• Notes distilled from discussion of completed topics;
• Homework specs plus spoiler-hidden solutions;
• Links to a chat (or chats?) for coordinating in-person meet-ups;
• An Issue for every course we're currently working through.

How to use it:

• Introduce yourself in the whois thread;
• Pick an interesting course from the list, subscribe to notifications, and join the calls or face-to-face sessions;
• If the course you crave isn't listed, create your own TODO and rally a crew the same way;
• Hunt for or post research ideas here.
• Subscribe to the most important news and updates

In-person meetups:

• We gather together for in-person nerd outs at the Member's Room of The British Library on Thur and Fri usually from 10 AM to 5 PM. Join the Telegram chat or reach out directly if you want to come as a guest and join the gang.

Notes:

• Whenever possible we pick content in English to welcome all the rejected folks, whatever their language skills. Quality still comes first, though. For historical reasons and due to my origin I know some exceptional content that is currently in Russian only. So, you might see a course here and there where we go through a course in Russian. Anyone is more than welcome to join, but you will have to take care of the translation yourself.

Hooray! We've built a home for everyone who didn't get accepted anywhere. Time to ship it to prod-see you on the first calls!

How to lead a course

1. Solemnly swear you will
   1. Run weekly meetings
   2. Prepare homework assignments
   3. Take meeting notes
   4. Publish homework solutions
   5. Carry out leadership duties until the end of the course
2. Create a new issue for the course
   1. Follow the template
   2. Assign label "course"
3. Run the course and have fun! In case of trouble, reach out to Andrey

FAQ

TBD