Matrix Institute

Title: The Impostor Phenomenon in Software Engineering: Challenges and Implications Abstract: The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is a well-documented psychological experience in which individuals doubt their accomplishments and fear being exposed as frauds, despite external evidence of their competence. In software engineering, a field characterized by rapid technological change and high-performance expectations, IP can have profound […]

Title: Machine Learning in Real World Abstract: Machine learning (ML) with (deep) neural networks has gained tremendous recognition by academics and substantial industrial investments over a decade, which has led to a steady stream of advances such as enabling technologists to detect anomalies in medical images and providing high-accuracy translation between certain Pacific island and […]

Title: Augmenting k-mer sketching for (meta)genomic sequence comparisons Abstract: Over the last decade, k-mer sketching (e.g. minimizers or MinHash) to create succinct summaries of long sequences has proven effective at improving the speed of sequence comparisons. However, rigorously characterizing the accuracy of these techniques has been more difficult. In this talk, I'll touch on three […]