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WHAM defines the new state of the art in 3D human pose estimation from video. By a large margin. It’s fast, accurate, and it computes human pose in world coordinates. It’s also the first video-based method to be more accurate than single-image methods. 1/8
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So I got this nice award (PAMI Distinguished Researcher). PAMI is the name of a journal and the technical committee that helps run our field. But for me it’s more. It’s a home that’s supported and nurtured my career. A scientist doesn’t make a career on their own. 1/3
📊 Post performance
118.5K
Avg views / post
1.2×
Reach vs followers
Apr 2010
On X since
🔥 Top post: Young scientists regularly ask me for career advice. Academia or · 326.3K views
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.09 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 1 video · 1 image · 16 text.
Follower / following
139×
Follows 738 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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Google is has started using LLMs for Google Translate and is now making things up. It translated "MPI-IS Tübingen" into "Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI-IS) Tübingen". MPI-IS is the MPI for Intelligent Systems. The MPI for Info…
If you're an international PhD student at Harvard studying computer vision and your visa is cancelled, reach out to me or others in Europe. Don't despair. I'm sure we can find you a great place to carry on your research.
Many people are in the middle of the @CVPR deadline. So I'm sharing my guide to writing a CVPR paper (or any paper). My students have had this for years but I haven't shared it publicly before. I hope you find it useful and write a great p…
Build what you need and use what you build. This is a core philosophy of my research. It shifts the focus away from publishing “papers” to what really matters — impact. This thread unpacks why I think this is a successful approach to scien…
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WHAM defines the new state of the art in 3D human pose estimation from video. By a large margin. It’s fast, accurate, and it computes human pose in world coordinates. It’s also the first video-based method to be more accurate than single-i…
So I got this nice award (PAMI Distinguished Researcher). PAMI is the name of a journal and the technical committee that helps run our field. But for me it’s more. It’s a home that’s supported and nurtured my career. A scientist doesn’t ma…
PhD students, don't worry. Technologies, trends, and even whole fields come and go. A PhD makes you an expert in a field but, more importantly, teaches you how to become an expert. Once you know that you can learn anything, you can adapt t…
In the LLM-science discussion, I see a common misconception that science is a thing you do and that writing about it is separate and can be automated. I’ve written over 300 scientific papers and can assure you that science writing can’t be…
It offers authoritative-sounding science that isn't grounded in the scientific method. It produces pseudo-science based on statistical properties of science *writing*. Grammatical science writing is not the same as doing science. But it wi…
I asked #Galactica about some things I know about and I'm troubled. In all cases, it was wrong or biased but sounded right and authoritative. I think it's dangerous. Here are a few of my experiments and my analysis of my concerns. (1/9)
The 5 stages of rebuttal grief.
(1) Denial
The reviewers totally misunderstood my paper. The review process is broken. R1 was clearly a student who has never reviewed before. R2 doesn’t know what they are talking about. R3 hates me.
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WHAM defines the new state of the art in 3D human pose estimation from video. By a large margin. It’s fast, accurate, and it computes human pose in world coordinates. It’s also the first video-based method to be more accurate than single-i…
So I got this nice award (PAMI Distinguished Researcher). PAMI is the name of a journal and the technical committee that helps run our field. But for me it’s more. It’s a home that’s supported and nurtured my career. A scientist doesn’t ma…
PhD students, don't worry. Technologies, trends, and even whole fields come and go. A PhD makes you an expert in a field but, more importantly, teaches you how to become an expert. Once you know that you can learn anything, you can adapt t…
In the LLM-science discussion, I see a common misconception that science is a thing you do and that writing about it is separate and can be automated. I’ve written over 300 scientific papers and can assure you that science writing can’t be…
It offers authoritative-sounding science that isn't grounded in the scientific method. It produces pseudo-science based on statistical properties of science *writing*. Grammatical science writing is not the same as doing science. But it wi…
I asked #Galactica about some things I know about and I'm troubled. In all cases, it was wrong or biased but sounded right and authoritative. I think it's dangerous. Here are a few of my experiments and my analysis of my concerns. (1/9)
The 5 stages of rebuttal grief.
(1) Denial
The reviewers totally misunderstood my paper. The review process is broken. R1 was clearly a student who has never reviewed before. R2 doesn’t know what they are talking about. R3 hates me.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined X in 2010 — 16 years ago.
👁️Averages 118.5K views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
💬1.56% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated69/100
Good
Credibility score
85%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 85% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~1.2× of followers engage each post) is around typical for X.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (16+ years old).
- 1.56% engagement — below the ~14.4% typical for this size.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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VP Digital Human Research, Epic Games. Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (@MPI_IS). Opinions are my own.
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