jwenig

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CEO and Co-founder of Coursedog
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Comment · 2 years ago
Given that you believe the transformer is the future, this could flip the state of latency & cost to run these models overnight.
Comment · 7 years ago
On [0], this "Meta-Analysis" was only for pro-social behavior and the longest study they looked at had people meditate for a total of only three months. You are right science does not have rigorous research to support some of claimed benefits of mindfulness meditation, but calling it fake and citing a sourc that starts its article by declaring meditation pseudoscience does not exactly seem rigorous either. I think the answer is somewhere in the middle: there are definitely benefits to mindfulness meditation, but we need more research.
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
Research suggests Mindfulness increases empathy and reduces anger and fear. Wouldn’t reframing soldiers or CEOs worldview to be more compassionate galvanize more positive change than trying to convince Sundar Pichai or soldiers that they are bad people?
Comment · 7 years ago
I wish I could tell you that I was an expert, but the truth is that we worked on a slow as 1990's software genetic algorithm before we found success with the MIP. :-) If you shoot me an email [email protected] I can connect you with our algorithms engineers who have the background to discuss
Comment · 7 years ago
Thanks Brad!!
Comment · 7 years ago
Hi also Justin,

You described what we do perfectly. We're pretty interested in expanding internationally, and would love to connect via a call if you are open to it?

Comment · 7 years ago
Is your student information system handling that for you? I know some powercampus schools handle it that way. I can ping some folks and follow up if I get any recommendations
Comment · 7 years ago
Yeah we’ve come across easy a and loved some of your blog posts. Will shoot you an email to connect! Nice product :)
Comment · 7 years ago
Appreciate your interest, Lee. Coursicle is a pretty cool product: lots of users and engagement and really nailed the B2C2B play.

I'm inclined to agree that the best Higher Ed products are not actually all that great. Some of the VC's that I've spoken with joke that a B+ product in Higher Ed is a unicorn.

As for the CIO's - we're able to standardize a lot of that using something called the HECVAT which is basically a tell all for security reviews. If you're interested in learning more, looks like you have a super interesting github and would love to connect, just shoot me your email

Comment · 7 years ago
We have lots of community colleges and one trade school. Not to get philosophical, but CC's are some of our favorite schools to work with because you feel so close to the mission. CC's have huge huge huge scheduling problems that actually impact grad rates
Comment · 7 years ago
Open to connecting? Would love to exchange insights here and show how we incorporate faculty preferences to see if it could be helpful to your role.

What's the best email to reach you at?

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