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Congratulations to Brandie Jones, Executive Administrative Assistant and Outreach Administrator, recipient of the 2026 Latrice Richards Outstanding Administrator Award: buff.ly/CXDyRca

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Friday, October 2nd at 11am: Research at TTIC presents Avrim Blum with a talk titled " Learning Verifiers for Chain-of-Thought Reasoning and Human-AI Collaboration." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thursday, Oct. 1st, 1:30-5:30pm: Tianchong Jiang, Xiangshan Vincent Tan, Luzhe Sun, and Matt Walter present their research poster, "What Are We Actually Benchmarking in Robot Manipulation?" at the #IROS2026 Workshop on Reproducible Benchmarking of Robotic Grasping and Manipulation.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

TTIC researchers Tianchong Jiang, Xiangshan Vincent Tan, Luzhe Sun, Matt Walter, and collaborators Samuel Wheeler and Tewodros W. Ayalew, win Best Abstract Award at #IROS2026 workshop: buff.ly/FQySKjK

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

1/4 The Dynamics of Deep Learning. "Trying to understand deep learning...comes down to understanding this interaction of three components that make the deep learning system," said @danielkunin.bsky.social, speaking at TTIC in April last year. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMW...

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"Learning Mechanics of Neural Networks" - Daniel Kunin, Young Researcher Series Seminar

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Monday, September 28 at 11:30am: TTIC Colloquium presents Osbert Bastani of UPenn with a talk titled "Scaling Sim2Real Reinforcement Learning." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

TTIC honored nine graduates at its annual Diploma and Awards Ceremony: Jiahao Li, Shengjie Lin, Xiao Luo, Keziah Naggita, Max Ovsiankin, Kavya Ravichandran, Pedro Savarese, Ziwei Xie, and David Yunis. Read more: buff.ly/CXDyRca

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations to Dimitar Chakarov, recipient of the 2026 Outstanding TA Award for his work in Professor Madhur Tulsiani’s autumn 2025 course, “TTIC 31150 Mathematical Toolkit.”

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Welcome, new TTIC students! Our incoming class brings new ideas and research in #CS, #machinelearning, #AI, and more - and we're excited to start your Ph.D. journey with you!

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Learning in an Echo Chamber: Online Learning with Replay Adversary" by Daniil Dmitriev @ddmitriev.bsky.social is now available to stream on our YouTube Channel: youtu.be/55W2mi-NHxQ

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"Learning in an Echo Chamber: Online Learning with Replay Adversary" – Daniil Dmitriev, LAMP

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TTIC is hiring Research Assistant Professors! 3-year, fully funded role — no teaching required, full research freedom, strong mentorship & collaborations. Join a top #CS research community in Chicago. Apply by Dec 1: ttic.edu/facapp #CSFaculty #CSJobs

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you to all who participated in the Human-Machine Creativity Workshop at TTIC, in partnership with the UChicago Dept. of Visual Arts. The day featured research presentations, a panel discussion, and substantive dialogue at the intersection of art and #AI.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/5 "Sometimes words are not enough," said Yael Vinker, @yaelvinker.bsky.social, of @csail.mit.edu at TTIC's Young Researcher Seminar Series in Nov '25. "I want to teach machines to speak the language of sketches." This involves using visual means to communicate concepts under a set of constraints.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TTIC researchers Shiry Ginosar (@shiryginosar.bsky.social), Kaylene Stocking, Matt Walter, and Alison Gopnik (UC Berkeley) received a GRCDI grant to study how robots could learn the way children do — through play, exploration, and expanding physical capabilities: buff.ly/TVYMAsk

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

1/4 "Trying to do AI research on proprietary models is like trying to do astronomy based on pictures of the sky printed in the newspaper"—@nlpnoah.bsky.social of UW/@ai2.bsky.social, quoting a friend during a talk at TTIC last year. His advocacy of open models strikes a stronger chord today

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The IDEAL 2026 Annual Meeting was hosted yesterday at TTIC! Thank you to the attendees who joined us for talks, updates, and breakout sessions. View our upcoming workshops: ttic.edu/workshops

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How should #AI systems fairly credit creators whose work shapes their outputs? Siddharth Prasad (TTIC) presents "In-Context Credit Assignment via the Core," applying cooperative game theory to distribute value among content creators. Now streaming: buff.ly/4MFIuCW

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"In-Context Credit Assignment via the Core" – Siddharth Prasad, LAMP

“In-Context Credit Assignment via the Core” Siddharth Prasad, TTIC Originally recorded on August 6, 2026, at TTIC as part of the Learning-driven Algorithms and Machine-aided Proofs (LAMP)…

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

How does individual decision-making shape equilibrium and efficiency in contagion control? Sanjiv Kapoor of Illinois Tech examines this in "Contagion Control-Policy Games," the latest TTIC Colloquium. Now on YouTube: buff.ly/T5lncex

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"Contagion Control-Policy Games" – Sanjiv Kapoor, TTIC Colloquium

“Contagion Control-Policy Games” Sanjiv Kapoor, Illinois Tech Originally recorded on August 31, 2026, at TTIC. In this talk, Sanjiv Kapoor explores game-theoretic approaches to controlling…

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

TTIC researchers present their work on #computervision at ECCV 2026. Congratulations to Xiaodan Du, Shiry Ginosar, Greg Shakhnarovich, and David Yunis on their papers, posters, and talks: buff.ly/tSOK5DU

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Prediction-Specific Design of Learning-Augmented Algorithms," presented by Nicolas Christianson of Johns Hopkins University for the LAMP workshop at TTIC, is now available to stream on YouTube: youtu.be/WRURJiCTltk

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"Prediction-Specific Design of Learning-Augmented Algorithms" – Nicolas Christianson, LAMP Workshop

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wednesday, September 2nd at 11:00am: Talks at TTIC presents Kai-Wei Chang of @csail.mit.edu with a talk titled "Towards Time-Aware Full-Duplex Spoken Dialogue Models." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

1/5 “There's a lot of excitement about using ML in scientific computing,” said Misha Khodak of @uwmadison.bsky.social, at TTIC’s Learning-driven Algorithms and Machine-aided Proofs Workshop. For e.g., using ML to solve transient partial differential equations (PDEs)

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Chicago high school students spent 6 weeks this summer building and programming robot arms to play tic-tac-toe through TTIC's Autonomous #Robotics Immersions internship. Field trips, hands-on mentorship, and real #AI research experience. Read about the experience here: buff.ly/DwtANDr

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Monday, August 31 at 11:30am: Sanjiv Kapoor of Illinois Tech with a talk titled "Contagion Control-Policy Games." Join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1/5 The growing gap between AI/ML theory and practice. "Current AI is used to learn much more complex tasks than even a couple of months ago," said Maria-Florina (Nina) Balcan of @csdatcmu.bsky.social, at TTIC's Learning-driven Algorithms and Machine-aided Proofs Workshop

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Stay up to date with #ML, #AI, and the latest news from TTIC — from research talk videos to articles to announcements! Follow us across all our channels.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

TTIC is accepting proposals for our 2027 Annual Summer Workshop Program! Bring 20–40 researchers to Chicago for 2–3 days on topics in #ML, #AI, #NLP, #Robotics & more. We provide space & up to $10K in travel. Learn more: buff.ly/ih9H1YH

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Chicago, the 3rd largest city in the US, is a hub of culture, food, music, sports, art, and history along the shores of Lake Michigan. TTIC students and faculty love exploring everything this vibrant city has to offer! Learn more: buff.ly/6uOcWdW

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Cutting-edge #AI, #machinelearning, #robotics, #speech, and more: TTIC graduate courses are offered in cooperation with UChicago's #CS Department. Learn more about courses at TTIC: buff.ly/8vIkwRy

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Day 2 of the Learning-driven #Algorithms and Machine-aided Proofs (LAMP) workshop, hosted at TTIC! Learn more about workshops at TTIC: ttic.edu/workshops

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Learning-driven #Algorithms and Machine-aided Proofs (LAMP) workshop opens today at TTIC, gathering researchers to explore how #ML and formal proof methods can mutually advance one another. Learn more about workshops at TTIC: www.ttic.edu/workshops/

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Today wraps up the Workshop on the Intersections of Differential Privacy & Sublinear #Algorithms at TTIC! Explore our full 2026 Summer Workshop Program lineup: buff.ly/xycPgxU

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

TTIC is hosting 19 visiting students and interns this summer! Visiting students work on research projects in collaboration with TTIC faculty in #ML, #algorithms, #computervision, #robotics, #AI, and more. View the full list of interns and learn more: buff.ly/AT9Xuxa

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

REMINDER: Registration is open and free for the Learning-driven #Algorithms and Machine-aided Proofs (LAMP), part of TTIC's Summer Workshop Program. Learn more: buff.ly/kbe5F4E

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We had a great time hosting the University of Chicago's Youth Internship Program students at TTIC yesterday! Ph.D. student Jingtian Ji gave a robotics presentation, & the students got hands-on experience at the robotics lab. Learn more about our community outreach: buff.ly/mLUUFZP

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Our mission: international impact through world-class #ComputerScience research & education. TTIC is a philanthropically endowed academic institute dedicated to fundamental computer science & IT. Learn more about us: www.ttic.edu/about/

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Shiry Ginosar @shiryginosar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Introducing FilmGPT 🎬 (#SIGGRAPH2026) Can we learn the grammar of film directly from movies? We train an autoregressive transformer on feature films to edit raw footage into coherent cinematic sequences, without generating new pixels. Project page: mudtriangle.com/filmgpt Demo below👇

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Congratulations to Xiaodan Du, Shester Gueuwou, Serpil Karabüklü, Karen Livescu, Greg Shakhnarovich, and David Yunis on their Best Paper awards at #CVPR2026 workshops! buff.ly/eReDsT5

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

What does it take to advance the frontiers of #ML and #CStheory? Explore our highlights page, where TTIC's students, postdocs, and faculty share firsthand accounts of their experiences and research at TTIC, spanning #algorithms, #AI, #computervision, and beyond. buff.ly/xvFYa58

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Thank you to Blackstone Bicycle Works youth camp students for visiting TTIC last week! The students learned about #robotics, #AI, and got hands-on experience at the robotics lab! Learn more about our community outreach: ttic.edu/outreach

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Explore research talks on #ML, #robotics, #algorithms, #AI, and #computervision from leading researchers. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for in-depth academic discussions: youtube.com/@TTIC_Connect

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our summer robotics interns had a blast at McDonald's Hamburger University! They got a behind-the-scenes look at how the industry applies #machinelearning and optimization in the real world. Learn more about our internship programs: ttic.edu/visiting-student

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

TTIC is pleased to announce Gill Pratt and Shai Shalev-Shwartz as new Trustees, and Sandra L. Phillips as the new Advisor to the Board: ttic.edu/news/#0726-1

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What if #ML could prove theorems? The LAMP workshop at TTIC explores exactly that, plus learning-augmented algorithms with provable guarantees. Register now: buff.ly/NQ5YcWf #TCS

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Tomorrow is Independence Day! Have a safe and happy Fourth of July 🎆

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our ARM summer interns at TTIC got to attend Automate 2026, a national #robotics and automation showcase. It was a great opportunity to see the industry up close! Big thanks to lead mentor Mike Rodgers for making the connection.

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Register for the Differential Privacy & Sublinear Algorithms workshop at TTIC, as part of its 2026 Summer Workshop Program. Explore how privacy-preserving techniques are driving innovation across algorithmic disciplines: buff.ly/9UGnJJo

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Day 2 of the Tenth International Workshop on Symbolic-Neural Learning (SNL2026) is underway at TTIC. View our full summer workshop program: buff.ly/UKmH4zV

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