Fields Medal Video: Maryna Viazovska (2022)

(simonsfoundation.org)

19 points | by ganitam 1 day ago

3 comments

  • semiinfinitely 2 hours ago
    I always think its funny when someone says "I am a chair" and really means it
    • j7ake 40 minutes ago
      I think it technically means they have a permanent endowed position.
  • Scene_Cast2 2 hours ago
    Hasn't this been the case for a while? I vaguely remember using the optimal e8 packing to try to get denser product quantization for vector embeddings.
    • corndoge 1 hour ago
      She proved it
    • wyndyl 1 hour ago
      How did you apply e8 to vector embeddings?
      • Scene_Cast2 18 minutes ago
        Chunk up your 128D embedding into 16 8D pieces, then quantize using the optimal packing points. Performs worse than k-means in my experience.
  • Kevcmk 3 hours ago
    Thank god i need to go rearrange the 8 dimensional cannonballs in the trunk of my car