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ProbAI Group Wiki

Welcome to the ProbAI group at Western CS!

Vision​

Making AI agents capable of human-like decision-making.

Missions​

  1. Equipping ML models with calibrated and cost-effective uncertainty-quantification capabilities.
  2. Creating efficient autonomous decision-making AI agents.
  3. Making the world a better place by accelerating scientific discovery through efficient AI systems.

Values​

important

Our group values craft over volume.

  • Few highly-cited, influental core works rather than 20 sloppy papers.
  • Easy-to-use software libraries with proper, latest software engineering practices.
  • Etc!

Code of Conduct​

  • Follow the group rules and culture.
    • We are here to learn and work as a group. Getting along with everyone is the key---please be inclusive and collegial.
  • Be professional.
    • Be reliable, accountable, and on-time.
  • Please skim all articles in this wiki at least once.
    • You can then read them in more detail when you need them.
  • Always check the wiki before asking.
  • Contribute!
    • We build our group together, so please contribute to the wiki.
    • If you learned something new about the system or have new tips, please write them down.
    • Simply clone the repo (https://github.com/kristiadigroup/group-wiki) and submit a pull request. Once Agustinus approves the change, you can merge yourself.
LLM Code of Conduct

We value learning and self- and group-improvement. Thus, LLMs are only acceptable for:

  • "Study Mode". Turn this feature on explicitly.
    • Even then, whiteboard discussion with fellow students and with Agustinus are much preferred.
  • Coding Buddy.
    • E.g., asking "how to partition an array in NumPy".
    • Not the same as agentic/vibe coding. Not the same as Copilot/Cursor tab autocomplete (turn this off).
      • You should definitely learn AI-enhanced and agentic coding (industry demands), but in your free time, for side projects.
  • Grammar correction.
    • Even then, good-old Grammarly (free tier) is preferred. Just fix the red errors in Grammarly. Don't use the rephrase function.

Taking shortcut now = work many times harder in the future. Also, high potential of embarrassment. Our group treats other LLM usages as misconduct.