INFORMS Open Forum

Hello everyone!

What's your favorite part of the holiday season? For me, it's getting to spend time with friends and family and sharing happy memories. 

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Jill Capello
Membership Associate
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
jcapello@informs.org
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I hope my answer won't be too anticlimactic. :)

• Sleep as much as I would love to, literally "waking up naturally".
• Be immersed in learning something new / doing something unusual. For example, there is a 24-hours long YouTube video teaching deep learning. Normally it takes a few weeks to finish...so I just go through it from start to finish in a day or two to challenge myself. Indeed, the experience is terrifying as I needed to sit and watch attentively for hours (that's almost like going to work...). I was so relieved once I managed to watch the whole video without skipping a tiny bit...what a (silly) achievement!

Learn PyTorch for deep learning in a day. Literally. - Daniel Bourke
(PS: This video is "AI for Dummies" so anyone with minimal understanding of Python should feel comfortable when watching.)

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Vincent Tsz Fai Chow
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Email: tsz-fai.chow@polyu.edu.hk
https://tfvchow.github.io
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One thing I like is making my dogs pose for holiday pictures. Here's one from last year. This year we got a second dog who is slowly learning that the better he poses, the more treats he gets.

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Kathryn Walter
Senior Operations Research Analyst
Avista Corp
Alexandria VA
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