Ahmad Beirami
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stealth // Gemini RL+inference @ Google DeepMind // Conversational AI @ Meta // RL Agents @ EA // ML+Information Theory @ MIT+Harvard+Duke // Georgia Tech PhD // زن زندگی آزادی
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Whatever you are feeling is a normal response. Give yourself time and space to process, connect with others for support, and begin healing. I am happy to help in any way I can!
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Whatever you are feeling is a normal response. Give yourself time and space to process, connect with others for support, and begin healing. I am happy to help in any way I can!
Haha. the content was:
If a paper is great, the credit goes to the first author.
If a paper has any flaws, the responsibility falls on the last author.
If a paper is great, the credit goes to the first author.
If a paper has any flaws, the responsibility falls on the last author.
September 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Haha. the content was:
If a paper is great, the credit goes to the first author.
If a paper has any flaws, the responsibility falls on the last author.
If a paper is great, the credit goes to the first author.
If a paper has any flaws, the responsibility falls on the last author.
Glad you asked.
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Corollary: If you lack bandwidth or expertise to act as the verifier, then you shouldn't sign up to be the senior author of a paper!
Unpopular opinion:
When a paper has a senior mentor and a junior mentee, the senior author must make sure the claims are correct and well supported. They must check every claim and gate the submission until it meets that bar.
When a paper has a senior mentor and a junior mentee, the senior author must make sure the claims are correct and well supported. They must check every claim and gate the submission until it meets that bar.
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Glad you asked.
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I think for every deliverable, there has to be one person who is responsible (gets it done) and one person who is accountable (makes sure it's done correctly).
Middle authors can be responsible or accountable for a subset of tasks.
Middle authors can be responsible or accountable for a subset of tasks.
September 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I think for every deliverable, there has to be one person who is responsible (gets it done) and one person who is accountable (makes sure it's done correctly).
Middle authors can be responsible or accountable for a subset of tasks.
Middle authors can be responsible or accountable for a subset of tasks.
proposed contribution breakdown by Atlas Wang makes a lot of sense imo:
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Corollary: If you lack bandwidth or expertise to act as the verifier, then you shouldn't sign up to be the senior author of a paper! | Ahmad Beirami
Corollary: If you lack bandwidth or expertise to act as the verifier, then you shouldn't sign up to be the senior author of a paper!
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September 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
proposed contribution breakdown by Atlas Wang makes a lot of sense imo:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The junior author is the generator. The senior author is the verifier. The verifier should teach/distill some checks to the generator, but the verifier keeps final responsibility. If a wrong claim gets out, it is on the verifier!
September 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The junior author is the generator. The senior author is the verifier. The verifier should teach/distill some checks to the generator, but the verifier keeps final responsibility. If a wrong claim gets out, it is on the verifier!
True, this sounds obvious but it is more common than we'd hope, unfortunately.
September 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
True, this sounds obvious but it is more common than we'd hope, unfortunately.
I have to admit that I embarrassingly didn't know about this history. Nice reading material for the long weekend, thank you :)
August 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I have to admit that I embarrassingly didn't know about this history. Nice reading material for the long weekend, thank you :)