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Grad School Choice
- Ben Recht considered volunteering at recording studios or going to grad school.
- He chose grad school at MIT, shifting from pure math to applied areas, changing his research focus frequently.
Introduction to Control Theory
- Ben Recht's interest in control theory started with a talk by John Doyle.
- Doyle introduced him to Raffaello D'Andrea, furthering his path into control.
Overfitting Myth
- Overfitting in machine learning might not be as big a problem as commonly believed.
- Studies show that models performing well on test sets also do well on new data, contradicting common assumptions.