How much salary is enough? I hear many people complain that some others make too much, and often it is true. Imagine someone making 100 k$/year or 250, or 500 or 1M. Do you need all that? Are we taking too much? Will others be envious? Reality is that most…

how to start a company in tough areas So let’s say you have a good new idea for a new version of Zillow, or a new YouTube. Should you go for it? tough choice On one side you have your passion and fire towards the idea. You may have a…

The startups and ideas ecosystem in the 3d content generation, artists assistance tools landscape. Introduction First off the base: drawing is hard. Drawing in 2 dimensions is what we are used to do growing up. Pencil at hand, trying to sketch a dog — our dog. The first results? Oh…

I believe that universities have a problem. They are very capable of training students to be good researchers, and being advised by professors, they are trained to follow research directions and produce research results. Most are trained with an academic career in mind, and thus when they enter the industry…

One of the major drawbacks of performing reinforcement learning, imitation learning, deep learning research on real-world environment is the availability of appropriate simulation environments. For example in reinforcement learning a game or physics simulator is needed with good fidelity to real world scenarios. There are plenty of games and simulators…

If you are a young individual about to enter the work force, congratulations! It is always an exciting time to build your life and career. But some of you may wonder what to do. The academic environment maybe is what you are used to coming out of schools. Then…

We know we are a creature of habits. We like a routine, with its well defined days and we like to be able to predict the output of the actions we perform. It has to do with the way our brain works, which inherently tries to minimize surprise. But what…

In covid-19 times we had the opportunity to experiment with different learning methods beside the traditional classroom. This is good! Having 20–30 students (or more) in a classroom listening to a live lecture is hardly an effective way to teach. There are several reasons why: the time spent on getting…

in a new coronavirus world These are some guidelines that I would like to see governments and center for disease control set for a safe exit quarantine strategy. In the presence of a transmissible virus we ought to change our style of lives from what we are used to, this…