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Csaba Szepesvari

@skiandsolve.bsky.social
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⛷️ ML Theorist carving equations and mountain trails | 🚴‍♂️ Biker, Climber, Adventurer | 🧠 Reinforcement Learning: Always seeking higher peaks, steeper walls and better policies. ualberta.ca/~szepesva

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ARLET @arletworkshop.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Stay tuned for updates by following us or the organizers:
Alberto Metelli, @antoine-mln.bsky.social , Dirk van der Hoeven, Felix Berkenkamp, Francesco Trovò, @gioramponi.bsky.social Marco Mussi, @skiandsolve.bsky.social , and @tillfreihaut.bsky.social
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ARLET
A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
First position paper I ever wrote. "Beyond Statistical Learning: Exact Learning Is Essential for General Intelligence" arxiv.org/abs/2506.23908 Background: I'd like LLMs to help me do math, but statistical learning seems inadequate to make this happen. What do you all think?
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Beyond Statistical Learning: Exact Learning Is Essential for General Intelligence
Sound deductive reasoning -- the ability to derive new knowledge from existing facts and rules -- is an indisputably desirable aspect of general intelligence. Despite the major advances of AI systems ...
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Our seminars are back. If you missed Max's talk, it is on YouTube and today I will host Jeongyeol from UWM who will talk about the curious case of why latent MDPs though scary at first sight might be tractable! Link to the seminar homepage: sites.google.com/view/rltheor...
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RL theory seminars
Welcome Looking for an online seminar that presents the latest advances in reinforcement learning theory? You just found it! We aim to bring you a virtual seminar (approximately) every Tuesday at 6pm ...
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 15/03/2025
This is a very significant development - more fellowships, harmonized and typically higher stipends, and international students can apply #CanPoli www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
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NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
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arXiv cs.LG Machine Learning @cslg-bot.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Dylan J. Foster, Zakaria Mhammedi, Dhruv Rohatgi: Is a Good Foundation Necessary for Efficient Reinforcement Learning? The Computational Role of the Base Model in Exploration arxiv.org/abs/2503.07453 arxiv.org/pdf/2503.07453 arxiv.org/html/2503.07453
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Who says mountain car is a toy problem? www.reddit.com/r/nonononoye...
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From the nonononoyes community on Reddit: He was there for a while
Explore this post and more from the nonononoyes community
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Pe... An interview with Rich. The humility of Rich is truly inspiring: "There are no authorities in science". I wish people would listen and live by this.
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TURING AWARD WINNER Richard S. Sutton in Conversation with Cam Linke | No Authorities in Science
YouTube video by Amii
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
New journal that looks pretty good for your mathy type people caring about ML, AI and alike: mdlijournal.org
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Mathematics of Data, Learning, and Intelligence
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Ryan Williams @rrwilliams.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New paper: Simulating Time With Square-Root Space people.csail.mit.edu/rrw/time-vs-... It's still hard for me to believe it myself, but I seem to have shown that TIME[t] is contained in SPACE[sqrt{t log t}]. To appear in STOC. Comments are very welcome!
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Yet another opportunity to visit Edmonton in the summer. If you come, ask me to take you on the river valley trails, or to go climbing together😄
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Miro Dudik @mdudik.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
📣My team at Microsoft Research New York is hiring a senior researcher in AI, both broadly in AI/ML, and in some specific areas including science of deep learning and modular transfer learning. Apply by February 7, 2025 on the link below. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
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Search Jobs | Microsoft Careers
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Reinforcement Learning Conference @rl-conference.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Excited to announce the first RLC 2025 keynote speaker, a researcher who needs little introduction, whose textbook we've all read, and who keeps pushing the frontier on RL with human-level sample efficiency
Announcement of Richard S. Sutton as RLC 2025 keynote speaker
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Pablo Samuel Castro @pcastr.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Applications are open for the Research Scholar Program, a program that supports early-career professors conducting research in fields relevant to Google. Learn more and apply by January 27 at goo.gle/RS
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Gautam Kamath @gautamkamath.com · 02/01/2025
Registration for ALT 2025 is now open! Be sure to register by January 31 to take advantage of the early rate. Join us in beautiful and historic Milan in February! Conveniently co-located with Milan Fashion Week. www.eventbrite.com/e/alt-2025-t...
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
"I came across your university page and found your research on Computer Vision fascinating." Thanks, I am also fascinated by your ignorance to details, we will surely make a good team! Jeez..
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Gergely Neu @neu-rips.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
*PLS SHARE* Open position for an *Associate Professor* in Machine Learning at our department (@enginyeria-upf.bsky.social / @upf.edu), via the Serra Hunter programme. DEADLINE: January 13th 2025 www.upf.edu/web/personal...
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Professor Agregat Serra Húnter. Departament d'Enginyeria
Convocatòria 2024-30 PDI Serra Húnter Obert Convocatòria 2024-30 Adscripció: Department: Enginyeria Profile: Machine Learning Termini de sol·licituds: 13/01/2025 Data de publicació a la web:...
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Minsuk Chang @minsuk.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Applications open on Dec 20 for the #Research Scholar program, which aims to strengthen long-term collaboration with the academic community by supporting early-career professors pursuing research in fields relevant to #Google. Learn more & apply by Jan 27 ↓ research.google/programs-and...
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Research scholar program
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
If you are into ML theory (RL or not) with a proven track record, and you are interested in an industry research position, PM me. Feel free to spread the word.
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
It appears I still make it to this year's Neurips just before it end. And if you want to say hello, and/or are curious about the latest and greatest results for ensemble sampling, join me at the poster session in the afternoon. Or at the climbing session after the poster session😜🧗🏼‍♂️
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Rasmus Pagh @rasmuspagh.net · 13/12/2024
Interested in a post-doc position in theoretical computer science? Want to find out why they call it "Wonderful Copenhagen"? Look here! Application deadline January 10. Hiring in multiple areas including geometry, complexity, learning, and privacy. jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Postdoctoral positions in Theoretical Computer Science
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shimon8282.bsky.social @shimon8282.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
My team at Waymo is hiring two London-based interns for Summer 2025. Please consider applying! careers.withwaymo.com/jobs/2025-su... careers.withwaymo.com/jobs/2025-su...
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2025 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Research - Simulation Agents - London, England, United Kingdom
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waym...
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Wow, o1 seems to have the biggest ego of any LLM I ever tested before. It gives me incorrect solutions to simple math problems and then insists on that I misunderstand things. And it cannot be swayed! Wow, just wow.
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Pablo Samuel Castro @pcastr.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Everyone I spoke to at @rl-conference.bsky.social last summer agreed on it being one of the best conferences ever for an RL researcher... So many great RL-focused papers! CFP is out, send your work here!
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Amir-massoud Farahmand @sologen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
🎉Good news, everyone! 🎉 I will recruit graduate students on the algorithmic and theoretical aspects of Reinforcement Learning. You will join Adage, @mila-quebec.bsky.social and @polymtl.bsky.social. More info on why and how you should apply: academic.sologen.net/2024/11/22/g... Deadline: Dec 1st
The unofficial logo of the Adaptive Agents Lab (Adage). It shows a cylindrical robot with some gauges and buttons on it.
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
This one is for @conitzer.bsky.social whom I spotted here. Although I'm done done reading it, I'm feeling very good about this book, which avoids so many of the traps of this complicated but important subject and presents things simply, but strongly. Thanks Vincent!!
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Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Hello Blue Sky! Let's see what you are good for.
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