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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 08/10/2026

With AI & Mathematics (AIM) we are writing a draft vision document that we would like to discuss with the Dutch mathematics community. Please join us: AI4Math Workshop: Shaping the Future of Mathematics with AI Date: Friday 4 December 2026 Time: 09:30 - 15:00 Website: ai4math.nl

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AI4Math Workshop: Shaping the Future of Mathematics with AI

A half-day workshop on developing a shared vision for the future of mathematics in the age of AI. Friday 4 December 2026, 09:30-15:00, CWI Amsterdam.

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Hidde Fokkema @hiddefokkema.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Pushed a new update to the regmmd scikit package! ⚡ Performance — A 3–6x speedup on the estimation optimization, thanks to rewriting parts in Cython. 📖 Documentation — Improved the docs. 🐛 Bug fixes — A handful of minor fixes. Check it out → github.com/HiddeFok/reg...

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GitHub - HiddeFok/reg-mmd-scikit: Scikit Implementation of the regMMD estimation and regression procedure

Scikit Implementation of the regMMD estimation and regression procedure - HiddeFok/reg-mmd-scikit

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Hidde Fokkema @hiddefokkema.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Go check out the package I wrote for the robust regression and estimation procedure Mathie Gerber and @pierrealquier.bsky.social developed based on the Maximum Mean Discrepancy principle!

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Sara Magliacane hiring PhDs in Saarland @smaglia.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🚨2 PhD positions with me @amlab.bsky.social on learning causally grounded concepts 🚨 Are you interested in improving the #interpretability #robustness and #safety of AI by integrating #causal reasoning? Join us in beautiful Amsterdam 🇳🇱🌷🚲 Deadline: 20 April www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3593...

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2 PhD Positions on Learning Causally Grounded Concepts for Safe AI

Are you interested in improving the interpretability, robustness and safety of AI by integrating causal reasoning? The Causality team in the AMLab group at the University of Amsterdam is looking for 2...

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 09/02/2026

Excited for Damien’s seminar talk this Thursday!🚀 Steering is an exciting area in interpretability—but how strongly should we steer? Damien will present a theory of steering strength: choosing the right magnitude of representation change—not too weak, not too strong tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/

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Gunnar König @gunnark.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

At #NeurIPS in San Diego this week? Interested in XAI, causality, or performative prediction? Come visit our poster! 💬 Performative Validity of Recourse Explanations 📆 Wednesday, 4.30 pm, Poster Session 2 w/ Hidde Fokkema, Timo Freiesleben, Celestine Mendler-Dünner, Ulrike von Luxburg

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 21/11/2025

When reading a large literature, it is really helpful to have opinionated opinions that help to categorize papers. One of mine for explainable AI is that methods need to address a fundamental limit in how much information can be communicated. Blog post: www.timvanerven.nl/blog/xai-com... (no math)

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The Central Challenge in Explainable AI: Channel Capacity

Explainable AI is about communication: we want to tell people how or whya machine learning model is making certain decisions. Why is this sodifficult? In this post I take an information-theoretic pers...

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 13/06/2025

4th AI & Mathematics in NL workshop in Tilburg. Many cool presentations: aimath.nl/index.php/20... And great people:

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 30/05/2025

Deadlines for PhD and Postdoc vacancies coming up: applications open until Monday June 2!

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 03/04/2025

Now open: vacancies for a PhD or Postdoc position to develop "Mathematical Foundations for Explainable AI" with me. This is a new research direction that I am very excited about, and which will really start to take off over the next few years. Come join my group: www.timvanerven.nl#open-phd-and...

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Rianne de Heide @rdeheide.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Jelle Goeman (Leiden University Medical Center) and I (University of Twente) have two PhD positions on e-values and multiple testing. The students will be co-supervised by both of us. A strong theoretical mathematical background is required. utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies...

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Two PhD positions on Flexible and User-adaptive statistical inference - Looking for a job that matters?

You will develop a mathematical framework for multiple testing, enabling flexibility in study design, analysis, and model choice while retaining strong error guarantees. This means that researchers ca...

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 01/03/2025

Hooray, I received a Vici grant from the Dutch science foundation! Heads up for current PhD students in learning theory: I will have two postdoc positions available in Amsterdam on "learning theory for interpretable/explainable AI" in the coming years. www.uva.nl/shared-conte...

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NWO Vici grants awarded to six UvA/AMC researchers

Six UvA and AMC academics have been awarded Vici grants worth up to €1.5 million by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), to pursue research into topics ranging from black holes to combatting obesity. The...

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 17/02/2025

Reposting to see if we can get some input on what the community is eager to see in the seminar:

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 04/02/2025

Great talk by Jeremias Sulam in the interpretable AI seminar today, connecting feature and concept interpretability to hypothesis testing via E-values! Recording available in our YouTube channel: youtu.be/cx7wTtRdhnA Check out the seminar website for upcoming talks: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/

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Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar: Jeremias Sulam

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 03/12/2024

📢Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar📢 On Thursday, Depen Morwani from Harvard will present work on how **margin maximization** can explain observed phenomena in mechanistic interpretability! ⏲️Thursday Dec 5th, 4pm CET / 10am EST 🌐https://tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/

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