Blog Posts
Find blog posts shared by the Owlstown community.
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🧬Parenthood and science, two journeys rooted in patience and care.
Parenthood has changed how I see science. In the lab, I plan, test, and wait for results I cannot fully control. At home, I do the same. Both remind me that growth takes time and that curiosity thrives when we create space for it.
Balancing resea...
Post · October 31, 2025
Conference Junk Journal #5
From October 6th to 12th, I travelled to Ciudad de México to participate in the 25th Annual International Congress hosted by the Curriculum & Pedagogy Group and CORYMI (Red para la Promoción de la Salud, Educación y Bienestar Psicosocial en Comuni...
Post · October 31, 2025
The Courage to Stand for Diverse Schools
My name is James Noonan. I live in Roxbury. I’m an associate professor of education and parent of two students at the Nathan Hale School.
I’d like to speak to you about the values you bring to your work on this committee. I hope and trust that e...
Post · October 30, 2025
NeurIPS 2025 Workshop Announcement
I’m excited to share that I will be presenting a 3-hour tutorial at NeurIPS 2025 on how to move from empirical tuning to statistically guaranteed hyperparameter selection.
Modern ML pipelines often rely on grid search, random search, or Bayesian ...
Post · October 30, 2025
Self-Project: Classifying Brain Tumors with Deep Learning and MRI Scans
As a bioengineering student with a passion for neuroscience and neuro-imaging, I'm constantly exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine. One of the most promising frontiers is using deep learning to analyze medical images,...
Post · October 29, 2025
Universidad y estrés: aprender a parar también es aprender
A veces, en la universidad hablamos mucho de rendimiento, de plazos o de exámenes, pero muy poco de cómo nos sentimos mientras atravesamos todo eso.
 El estrés forma parte de la vida académica, tanto de los estudiantes como de los docentes, y apre...
Post · October 29, 2025
How Exercise Can Help Youth Cope with Social Stressors
The start of a school year can bring new exciting beginnings but can also bring new stressors. Some of these stressors can include adjusting to new classes and an increased workload. Unfortunately, experiences with bullying and relationship confli...
Post · October 23, 2025