Mark Howell
@MNWH
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research engineer; control systems; maker; innovator; programmer; dad. Uganda - UK - USA - NZ - ... If you follow me & have 0 posts I will remove and block you
Ōtautahi, Aotearoa
Joined February 2011
Parameter identification in a changing environment. Variable action space Continuous Reinforcement Learning Automata
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It's that time of year again - Welcome to the Control Advent Calendar 🎄 A unique way to explore the world of automatic control. Each day, a new question opens the door to real-world challenges — and highlights how control engineers help solve them. 🔗 https://t.co/kZjDTbsr62
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The control systems advent calendar looks like it is back for another year. https://t.co/AT6SUIbeLN Happy holidays
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🎙️ New episode! What is feedback, really? We go back to its prehistory, revisit Black’s negative-feedback amplifier, and trace the idea through biology, strategy, behaviour, and even our assumptions about causality. Link: https://t.co/4Ykj4s9QmF Thanks: NCCR Automation
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We've become obsessed with the idea that the brain is a "Prediction Machine." The dominant theory in neuroscience says we're constantly simulating the future, calculating probabilities to guess what happens next. A new paper argues this is a complete illusion. The reality is
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To learn more about temporal difference learning, you could read the original paper ( https://t.co/0cGg3YD4Ws) or watch this video ( https://t.co/dOa3rfOPhn).
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The Dwarkesh/Andrej interview is worth watching. Like many others in the field, my introduction to deep learning was Andrej’s CS231n. In this era when many are involved in wishful thinking driven by simple pattern matching (e.g., extrapolating scaling laws without nuance), it’s
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Installed an older printer work were throwing out. It came with a new printer cartridge for 25000 pages, so it should last me a while.
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Digital ID cards are a solution looking for a problem. I have a: passport, NI number, birth certificate, drivers license. Nobody needs this.
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🚨 Reminder: 45 days left to submit to L4DC 2026! 🚨 We encourage all researchers to submit their work to the Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC 2026) which will take place at USC in Los Angeles between June 17–19, 2026. 🗓️ Paper submission deadline: Nov. 8, 2025
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Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness https://t.co/updNwJZ0Jn
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Check out this drone: Joshua Bird built this drone ($20) in his dorm! [open-source motion capture system⬇️] Built at low cost, a motion capture system for tracking & and flying drones autonomously, with millimeter-level precision at room-scale. The student used $1 PS3 Eye
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People on 2 degrees - please be careful. A scam call offering a discount on your account is active trying to get some personal information. I just had such a call and reported it.
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Living Control Systems: Exploring a Teleonomic Account of Behavior in Apis mellifera https://t.co/1yc820YB3K
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