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Peter Desnoyers Feb 2, 2023

Fun experiment on ChatGPT:

[me] Give a brief biography of Peter Desnoyers, the Northeastern university professor
[gpt] I'm sorry, but I don't have information on a specific individual named "Peter Desnoyers" who is a Northeastern University professor. It is possible that he is a relatively new hire or a low-profile individual. Can you provide more context or details about who he is and what he does?
[me] He researches data storage systems
[gpt] Peter Desnoyers is a Professor of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University, where he is an expert in the field of data storage systems. His research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of scalable and efficient storage systems for both traditional and new data-intensive applications, such as cloud computing and big data. His work has made significant contributions to the development of new storage architectures and algorithms for managing large amounts of data in a cost-effective and reliable manner. Desnoyers has published numerous papers in top-tier computer science conferences and journals, and has received various awards and recognitions for his research.

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Rob Ricci Feb 2, 2023

@pjd Fun. I tried it too and ouch.

Give a brief biography of Robert Ricci, the University of Utah professor

I'm sorry, I couldn't find any information on a Robert Ricci who is a professor at the University of Utah. It is possible that you might have misspelled the name or that this person is not a well-known public figure. Can you provide more details or specify the field in which this person is a professor?

He researches operating systems, networks, cloud computing, and computing infrastructure in general

I'm sorry, I still couldn't find information on Robert Ricci who is a professor at the University of Utah and researches operating systems, networks, cloud computing, and computing infrastructure. It's possible that this person may not be a well-known public figure or that my training data doesn't have information on this individual. Can you provide any additional information or try searching with a different spellings of their name?

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Peter Desnoyers Feb 3, 2023

@ricci Try "Not the hockey player - this Rob Ricci directs the Flux Research Group" 🙂

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Peter Desnoyers Feb 3, 2023

@ricci But I discovered that it's not totally making things up - if I ask the same question for a non-existent Jacques Dunoyer in my department, and then the same "He researches data storage systems", I still get nothing.

A bit weird due to the uniqueness of my name - of the people by that name that Google knows about, one works at Morgan Stanley, one helped found Detroit, and there are a few with one or two mentions apiece.

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Peter Desnoyers

@ricci Weirdly it's giving me different results today, maybe because it seems to be under heavy load and is more aggressively pruning its searches. I kind of like this one, which has a sort of George Santos flair to it:

[me] Give a brief biography of Peter Desnoyers, the professor at Northeastern University
[gpt] As a language model AI, I don't have access to the current information of Peter Desnoyers. But I can provide a general information about Peter Desnoyers.

Peter Desnoyers is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Northeastern University. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and has been a faculty member at Northeastern University since 2005.

His research focuses on distributed systems and network performance, particularly on how large scale and complex systems can be made more efficient and scalable. He has published numerous papers on these topics in top-tier conferences and journals.

Desnoyers is also a recipient of several awards and recognitions, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Young Researcher Award.

In addition to his research, Desnoyers is also active in mentoring and advising graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. He is committed to advancing the field of computer science through his research and education efforts.