"graduate student descent" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Modeled on gradient descent. Attributed to David A. McAllester. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} graduate student descent (uncountable)
  1. (machine learning, humorous) The process of choosing hyperparameters manually and in an ad-hoc manner, typical of work assigned to a graduate student. Wikipedia link: David A. McAllester Tags: humorous, uncountable Categories (topical): Machine learning
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