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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 21/08/2026

Want to turn frontier research into a startup? We offer an entrepreneurial postdoc track for recent PhDs who want to evolve academic projects into real-world ventures, in areas like AI for health or AI for science. Apply by Sept. 21: www.ellisinstitute.fi/entrepreneur... @samikaski.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 02/07/2026

#Hiring a Project Manager for FINe-Health Foundry, a national effort to transform healthcare data use. If you have experience coordinating multiple stakeholders at the intersection of AI, healthtech, research & innovation, apply by August 17! ➡️ www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi... @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 01/07/2026

Combining cognitive science with machine learning to create intelligent assistants: the RealYou AI team of @samikaski.bsky.social, @andrewhowes.bsky.social & co. will develop systems that rapidly learn about and assist individual people. www.ellisinstitute.fi/realyou-ai-w... @csaalto.bsky.social

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RealYou AI will develop the next generation of personalized AI decision assistants | ELLIS Institute Finland

Researchers to build cognitive machine learning that will improve decision-making with instantly personalized intelligent assistance.

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

1/ Amortized probabilistic methods like our amortized conditioning engine (ACE) can solve regression, simulator-based inference, optimization, active learning in a single forward pass... Try it in your browser & see all distributions change in real time! Links and more info👇

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 12/06/2026

The current AI revolution is about converting and processing information, a key part of being human -- Bernhard Schölkopf & co. established @ellis.eu for Europe to have a strong voice in this revolution. Re-watch Bernhard Schölkopf's public talk at @aalto.fi: www.youtube.com/live/p7XLgMC...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 02/06/2026

Building the world's first nationwide AI model for healthcare, with high-quality registry data + next-gen machine learning. ELLIS Institute Finland's health moonshot is lifting off, with a boost from Business Finland's funding. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/a-world-firs... 🤝 @fimm-uh.bsky.social

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A world-first nationwide AI model will boost decision-making in healthcare | ELLIS Institute Finland

FINe-Health Foundry will use Finland’s national health databases as part of a ‘Swiss Army knife’ AI model for healthcare.

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 13/05/2026

AI for Research Summer School: applications close in 7 days! Explore how AI can support and transform scientific research, in Finland this August. Details below 👇 @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social @icthiit.bsky.social @ellis.eu @lumi-supercomputer.eu @samikaski.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 30/04/2026

This weekend it's time for the #AISTATS2026 conference and Gaussians, graphs and gradients. Check out our researchers' posters in Tangier, May 2-5, or on our site! www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-instit... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social @samikaski.bsky.social

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

1/ Another @iclr-conf.bsky.social paper thread! Do you want to make SOTA probabilistic predictions using transformers & your dataset is a *set* (not a sequence or time series), so you care about permutation invariance... but also efficiency? Keep reading, we have exactly what you need. 👇

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 16/04/2026

Apply now: AI for Research Summer School in August at @aalto.fi. Focusing on fundamental and applied AI methods for accelerating discovery across scientific domains. For students, postdocs, academics in AI+ML, especially @ellis.eu members. Apply by May 20: www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-summer...

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Sabina Sloman @sabinasloman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

If you're interested in Bayesian experimental design and model misspecification, check out our recent paper proposing a robust acquisition function: arxiv.org/abs/2506.07805. This work was led by Roubing Tang, who will present it at AISTATS2026! Joint work with Roubing and @samikaski.bsky.social

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Representative, Informative, and De-Amplifying: Requirements for Robust Bayesian Active Learning under Model Misspecification

In many science and industry settings, a central challenge is designing experiments under time and budget constraints. Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design (BOED) is a paradigm to pick maximally infor...

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Thinking of the next big move at the turn of the year? Here are some in Machine Learning and AI research, for PIs and postdocs: @ellisinstitute.fi is looking for: - PIs who will also get a tenure track professorship: DL Jan 12 www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit-2...

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

1/ Very happy with this spotlight paper at @neuripsconf.bsky.social where we continue our "Amortize Everything" agenda. After the Amortized Conditioning Engine (Chang et al., AISTATS, 2025) which amortizes all sorts of inference tasks, here with ALINE we amortize both inference & design.

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Daolang Huang @huangdaolang.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

We jointly amortize Bayesian inference and active data acquisition within a single architecture. Excited to share our #NeurIPS2025 ✨Spotlight✨ paper “ALINE: Joint Amortization for Bayesian Inference and Active Data Acquisition”! www.huangdaolang.com/aline/

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Updated website: sites.google.com/view/amortiz... Co-organized with Cen-You (Scott) Li, @conorhassan.bsky.social, @desirivanova.bsky.social as well as @samikaski.bsky.social & FCAI

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 24/11/2025

👋 Meet the ELLIS Board! This episode features @samikaski.bsky.social, Director of the @ellisinstitute.fi 🇫🇮 & Prof at @aalto.fi 🇫🇮 & @manchester.ac.uk 🇬🇧 He answers rapid-fire questions about the future of #AI and recommends this paper: arxiv.org/abs/2506.07259 Watch now 👉 youtu.be/ZP7HuurCDIU

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Meet the Board: Samuel Kaski (ELLIS Board Member | ELLIS Institute Finland)

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 18/11/2025

Our launch event continues today with the ELLIS Institute Scientific Seminar at @aalto.fi! We'll introduce many of our new faculty, hear some engaging keynotes, and talk about how to bring new fundamentals of machine learning into reality. cc @ellis.eu @samikaski.bsky.social @lrlaurahy.bsky.social

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 17/11/2025

🚀 ELLIS Institute Finland 🇫🇮 officially opens today, launching a hub for cutting-edge AI research, talent development, and collaboration across academia, government & industry. Opening remarks by @samikaski.bsky.social, @serge.belongie.com, Bernhard Schölkopf, PM Petteri Orpo & Peter Sarlin

Ceremonial ribbon-cutting by Peter Sarlin (Institute Co-Founder & CEO at AMD Silo AI), Serge Belongie (ELLIS President), Petteri Orpo (Prime Minister of Finland), Bernhard Schölkopf (ELLIS Co-Founder), and Samuel Kaski (Institute Founding Director and ELLIS Fellow)

Opening remarks by Samuel Kaski (Institute Founding Director and ELLIS Fellow)

Opening remarks by Bernhard Schölkopf (ELLIS Co-Founder), and Serge Belongie (ELLIS President)

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 17/11/2025

Finland's PM Petteri Orpo cuts the ribbon to open ELLIS Institute Finland along with @samikaski.bsky.social, @serge.belongie.com, Peter Sarlin, Bernhard Schölkopf. An inspiring morning of discussion on the future of AI research and collaboration in Europe, powered by @ellis.eu and partners 💪

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I am hiring to my group in @ellisinstitute.fi and @aifunmcr.bsky.social, DL Dec 1 Topics: Multimodal foundation models, out-of-distribution deployable machine learning, collaborative machine learning kaski-lab.com

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Very happy and also honoured to serve in a new way, not only thinking of our @ellisinstitute.fi , our very nice collaboration within Nordic AIR, or with Northern UK, but the whole of Europe. @ellis.eu is good for Europe!

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 28/10/2025

"The recent expansion of @ellis.eu with two new institutes in @ellisinsttue.bsky.social and Finland shows that Europe has the vision, resources and drive to achieve the best AI research in the world.” Our director @samikaski.bsky.social joins the ELLIS Board, read more below! 👇 @csaalto.bsky.social

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Still a couple of days to apply to the ELLIS PhD program, DL Oct 31, 2025: ellis.eu/news/ellis-p... I am especially looking for students interested in developing new approaches for distribution shifts in my new ERC AdG www.ellisinstitute.fi/a-revolution... but also other topics, see kaski-lab.com

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ELLIS PhD Program: Call for Applications 2025

A virtual info session for prospective PhD candidates will be held on October 1st with information about the whole PhD program, the call for applications, application materials, and timeline.

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Highly recommended @ellis.eu UnConference workshop from the ELLIS Robust ML Program at @euripsconf.bsky.social

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Do you like to train neural networks to solve all your nasty probabilistic inference and sequential design problems? Do you love letter salads such as NPs, PFNs, NPE, SBI, BED? Then no place is better than the Amortized ProbML workshop we are organizing at #ELLIS UnConference.

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Unlocking Probabilistic Machine Learning for Real-world Inference & Design (🇩🇰)
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Copenhagen | 2 December, 2025

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 22/09/2025

All the news from ELLIS Institute Finland is always up-to-date at www.ellisinstitute.fi/news

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News | ELLIS Institute Finland

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 22/09/2025

Our recent media coverage 🧵👇 with features in @hs.fi, Finland's public broadcaster Yle and the @aalto.fi Keys to Growth series. cc @ellis.eu @okm.fi @csaalto.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/elli...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 22/09/2025

Suomessa on tehty 1970-luvulta lähtien tutkimusta, joka on mahdollistanut mullistuksia tekoälyn saralla. Ellis-instituutin tarkoituksena on nostaa tämä kokonaisuus seuraavalle tasolle. "Nyt on oikeasti mahdollista tehdä asioita maailmanluokassa, @samikaski.bsky.social sanoo. yle.fi/a/74-20179689

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Tekoälyhype nosti huippututkijoiden palkat NBA-tähtien tasolle – silti Suomikin voi olla houkutteleva

Teknologiayhtiöt kilpailevat tekoälytutkijoista jättipalkkioilla, mutta akateemisella vapaudella ei ole hintaa.

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Teemu Hallamaa @tmu.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Jenkeissä (ja muuallakin) tekoälytutkijoita houkutellaan akatemiasta yritysten labroihin valtavilla palkkioilla. Harvardissa ollaan jo huolissaan akateemisesta tutkimuksesta, kun opiskelijoita mukaansa vetävistä tutkijatohtoreista alkaa olla pula. Suomessa yritetään vastata tähän haasteeseen.

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Tekoälyhype nosti huippututkijoiden palkat NBA-tähtien tasolle – silti Suomikin voi olla houkutteleva

Teknologiayhtiöt kilpailevat tekoälytutkijoista jättipalkkioilla, mutta akateemisella vapaudella ei ole hintaa.

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 18/09/2025

"Science is the best problem-solving tool that humanity has; science combined with AI can be even more powerful." This why it pays to invest in long-term, basic research, says @samikaski.bsky.social in the @aalto.fi Keys to Growth series. www.ellisinstitute.fi/keys-to-grow... @ellis.eu

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Keys to growth: Basic research in AI is like long-term investing | ELLIS Institute Finland

Basic research in AI doesn’t always generate quick wins or clickbait headlines, but its benefits can be seen throughout society

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 25/08/2025

The institute's opening is part of the AI Summit, with distinguished speakers from across European business and government, as well as top researchers and leadership from the @ellis.eu network. An exciting two-day program that marks a milestone for AI & ML research. More info at aisummit.fi

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Grand opening of @ellisinstitute.fi will be Nov 17-18: The first day will be a broad-audience AI Summit co-organized with AI Finland and Foundation PS in Turku, and the second day will be an @ellis.eu scientific seminar in Espoo for the invited AI and machine learning community. aisummit.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 20/08/2025

Welcome new principal investigators! 9 leading scholars and rising stars in AI & machine learning are joining ELLIS Institute Finland, part of the @ellis.eu network. Read more about our new professors: ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2025

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Welcome to the first 9 PIs of ELLIS Institute Finland - great to have you onboard! www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2025 Now is time to start the action after the initial planning

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Arno Solin @arnosolin.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

📣 Please share: We invite submissions to the 29th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (#AISTATS 2026) and welcome paper submissions at the intersection of AI, machine learning, statistics, and related areas. [1/3]

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Postdocs and Research Fellows: Probabilistic machine learning, Centre for AI Fundamentals, Manchester, UK, DL July 27, 2025 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Funded by UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship, in the Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals.

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Research Associate or Research Fellow In Machine Learning (2 Posts Available):Oxford Road

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 30/05/2025

🇫🇮 On May 21, the @ellisinstitute.fi‬ hosted its pre-launch event. Director @samikaski.bsky.social‬ shared plans to reshape AI and ML for impactful science and human-AI collaboration. 💡 Learn more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/pre-launch

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New Fundamentals: ELLIS Institute Finland launches with bold scientific ambitions | ELLIS Institute Finland

AI and ML for transforming R&D, enhancing human-AI teamwork, and creating exciting new science

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 23/05/2025

New Fundamentals…for innovation, collaboration, scientific discovery & more. At our pre-launch event on May 21, @samikaski.bsky.social outlined the ELLIS Institute mission to fundamentally re-work AI and ML to transform R&D, enhance human-AI teamwork & create exciting new science. 👇🧵

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Big congrats Sophie (www.sophiewharrie.com) for the excellent defense of an outstanding PhD thesis today! I had a very nice screenshot with two doctoral hats in it but that vanished - so here the opponent Prof Hanna Suominen with one. @ellisinstitute.fi @aalto.fi urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...

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Serge Belongie @serge.belongie.com · 02/04/2025

Our colleagues at Climate AI Nordics are seeking collabroators in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland 📣 Please reshare this with your networks if you have colleagues who might be interested in joining this team 🌍

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We had a fun evening designing logos for @aifunmcr.bsky.social . Would you favour some realism or surrealism?

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

1/ Introducing ACE (Amortized Conditioning Engine)! Our new AISTATS 2025 paper presents a transformer framework that unifies tasks from image completion to BayesOpt & simulator-based inference under *one* probabilistic conditioning approach. It's Bayes all the way down!

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 06/02/2025

🎇 This is your opportunity to be part of something groundbreaking: join the newly established @ellisfinland.bsky.social 🇫🇮 as a Principal Investigator. Applications are encouraged in all areas of #MachineLearning, #AI, and related disciplines. www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit

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Principal Investigator positions at ELLIS Institute Finland | ELLIS Institute Finland

Now recruiting new PIs in artificial intelligence and machine learning

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 04/02/2025

ELLIS Institute Finland is hiring Principal Investigators in AI + machine learning. World-class resources for research incl. LUMI supercomputer, generous starting package & professorship affiliation with a university in the world’s happiest country! Apply by March 9: ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I have big news: @ellis.eu has launched its 2nd major research center, @ellisfinland.bsky.social! I have agreed to start as founding director & the first call for PI positions is open. This is a major opportunity for outstanding researchers, join us! ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit

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Principal Investigator positions at ELLIS Institute Finland | ELLIS Institute Finland

Now recruiting new PIs in artificial intelligence and machine learning

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I am hiring in my machine learning group, DL February 2, 2025 Postdocs in Helsinki: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi... Topic: combinations of the following: - foundations of (prob) ML - beyond current distribution shift models - AI-assistance with computationally rational user models - appl: eng bio etc

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Planning to think about what to do next over the holidays? I am hiring postdocs to my group in Helsinki, in combinations of the following: - foundations of (prob) ML - distribution shifts - AI-assistance with computationally rational user models - applications in synthetic biology and biodesign

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Postdoctoral researcher positions in Probabilistic Machine Learning research group, Aalto University | Aalto University

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Omar Rivasplata @omarrivasplata.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

📢 Outstanding PhD student wanted! 🤓 The successful candidate will be based at The University of Manchester Dept. of CS ✨ to work on learning theory and methods for novel types of distributional shifts, co-supervised with @samikaski.bsky.social ⏳ DL 31.Jan.2025. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Learning theory and methods for novel types of distributional shifts. at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Learning theory and methods for novel types of distributional shifts. at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

1/ Hi all, I am at #NeurIPS2024 and I will be hiring a postdoc in probabilistic machine learning starting asap. Research interests: amortized, approximate & simulator-based inference, Bayesian optimization, and AI4science. Get in touch for a chat or come to our posters today 11AM or Friday 11AM!

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