Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansFinal Jeopardy Wagering Part 2I previously posted several about an interesting final jeopardy wagering situation that arose in the final game of James Holzhauer’s big…3 min read·May 26, 2023----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansEvaluating randomized algorithms on randomized problem instancesSuppose we want to compare the performances of two algorithms — call them A and B — on a problem X. In particular, suppose that we want to…2 min read·Mar 15, 2022----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansOptimal crime sentencingI have been watching some true crime videos recently, and a phenomenon that seems relatively common is that the criminal sets out to commit…3 min read·Jan 9, 2022----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansBasic game theory fact that many people get wrongConsider an imperfect-information extensive-form game, such as poker. We know that every such game has at least one Nash equilibrium, by…3 min read·Dec 15, 2021--2--2
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansAcademia did everything possible to prevent discovery of COVID vaccinesThe Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were discovered as a result of research done by Dr. Katalin Kariko. While obviously we can not be sure yet…3 min read·Jun 6, 2021----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansWho’s the weakest link?In the Weakest Link game show, eight contestants answer a series of trivia questions to accumulate a “bank” of money, with one contest…9 min read·Nov 25, 2020----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansThe AI conference system is flawedIt is widely known that there is a lot of “random noise” in AI conference paper acceptances. For example, an experiment was done at the…4 min read·Oct 17, 2020----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansFunding in startups vs. academiaFunding plays a critical role both for starting a company and for running an academic research lab at a university. In the first case, it…4 min read·Sep 5, 2020----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansLargest unique number gameRecently the following game was proposed on twitter:2 min read·Jul 22, 2020----
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried Gleans(Desk) rejected!!!The conference NeurIPS instituted a new reviewing policy this year:7 min read·Jul 14, 2020----