Incrementally training deep neural networks to recognize new classes is a challenging problem. Most existing class-incremental learning methods store data or use generative replay, both of which have drawbacks, while 'rehearsal-free' alternatives such as parameter regularization or bias-correction methods do not consistently achieve high performance. Here, we put forward a new strategy for class-incremental learning: generative classification. Rather than directly learning the conditional distribution p(y|x), our proposal is to learn the joint distribution p(x,y), factorized as p(x|y)p(y), and to perform classification using Bayes' rule. As a proof-of-principle, here we implement this strategy by training a variational autoencoder for each class to be learned and by using importance sampling to estimate the likelihoods p(x|y). This simple approach performs very well on a diverse set of continual learning benchmarks, outperforming generative replay and other existing baselines that do not store data.

Automated systems that negotiate with humans have broad applications in pedagogy and conversational AI. To advance the development of practical negotiation systems, we present CaSiNo: a novel corpus of over a thousand negotiation dialogues in English. Participants take the role of campsite neighbors and negotiate for food, water, and firewood packages for their upcoming trip. Our design results in diverse and linguistically rich negotiations while maintaining a tractable, closed-domain environment. Inspired by the literature in human-human negotiations, we annotate persuasion strategies and perform correlation analysis to understand how the dialogue behaviors are associated with the negotiation performance. We further propose and evaluate a multi-task framework to recognize these strategies in a given utterance. We find that multi-task learning substantially improves the performance for all strategy labels, especially for the ones that are the most skewed. We release the dataset, annotations, and the code to propel future work in human-machine negotiations: https://github.com/kushalchawla/CaSiNo

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Finite automata are one of the most fundamental models of computation and are taught in almost all undergraduate computer-science curricula. Although automata are typically presented as a theoretical model of computation, they have found their place in a variety of practical applications, such as natural language processing, networking, program verification, and regular-expression matching.

We have a serious problem with how we have been teaching computability theory, a central component of the ACM/IEEE computer science curriculum. For a fair number of years, I taught a computability course.

Computer science unplugged (CS Unplugged, or just "Unplugged") is a pedagogy for teaching computational ideas to grade-school students without using a computer.a It was developed in the early 1990s as a necessity when working with computers in the classroom was not usually practical, but it still finds widespread adoption as a supplement to computer-based lessons, even where devices are readily available. This appears as a contradiction to some (if you are teaching computer science, why not spend as much time as possible on a computer?), Unfortunately, Unplugged can also be used to justify poor decisions by treating it as a complete curriculum in itself--a teacher who does not have the time or support to extend themselves in new curriculum content might rely on Unplugged as "enough," or administrators might justify a lack of funding by suggesting that schools use Unplugged teaching instead of buying devices. The Unplugged approach is widely used, mentioned in dozens of research papers about CS education, has been translated into many languages, and is widely used in teacher professional development.1

A driver of a car can be in many different emotional states while driving: calm, anxious, angry, excited, relaxed or drowsy are just a few. SRI International researchers are teaching vehicles how to read and respond to a driver's emotional state as part of a project with Toyota Motor Corporation. This project seeks to improve driving safety and personalize the interaction between a person and their car. These efforts center on integrating emotional artificial intelligence (AI) into cars. SRI scientists are making strides in this with the development of the Driver Monitoring System (DMS).

Neurocle aims to enable anyone to use artificial intelligence or AI technology. We focus on the field of deep learning vision, in particular.

Now it's time to take a look at a Korean business bringing about changes in the global economy with some new ideas. Today, we're going to introduce you to Neurocle, a developer of deep learning solutions for non-professionals. Let's hear from company CEO Lee Hong-suk (이홍석). Neurocle aims to enable anyone to use artificial intelligence or AI technology. We focus on the field of deep learning vision, in particular.