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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · Oct 1

Excited to have been appointed as a faculty member at @vectorinstitute.ai. 🎉 This would not have been possible without the amazing work of my collaborators and the brilliant students in my group within @uoftcompsci.bsky.social. We all look forward to deepening ties with the Vector community. ❤️

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · Oct 1

Want to help train the next generation of leaders, researchers, and innovators in CS? We are looking for teaching stream faculty to join us at @uoftcompsci.bsky.social. Check out our job posting and join a team of brilliant colleagues and amazing students. 🇨🇦❤️💻 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30410

Job #AJO30410, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · Sep 4

Proud German advisor moment: Discovered a pair of Birkenstocks under a grad student's desk.

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Anastasiia Pedan @pedanana.bsky.social · Jun 19

Would you be surprised to learn that many empirical implementations of value-aware model learning (VAML) algos, including MuZero, lead to incorrect model & value functions when training stochastic models 🤕? In our new @icmlconf.bsky.social 2025 paper, we show why this happens and how to fix it 🦾!

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · Jun 15

Agree with all of the above. There is also a version of this among researchers, i.e., people knowingly defending the continued existence of likely unfruitful research directions to protect their own careers. Ultimately, each insight needs to be evaluated on its own merits.

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thrilled to share the work that our lab will present at
@cvprconference.bsky.social. Check out the papers and meet @kai-he.bsky.social, @yashkant.bsky.social, @dazitu616.bsky.social, and Toshiya Yura in Nashville at their poster sessions!

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · Jun 2

Ai4Science is doing a great job at applying AI to accurately model physics for one (or a few) phenomena at a time. Video models sacrifice such accuracy in favour of huge diversity. The big challenge for robot learning researchers is to strike a balance between these two.

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 28

The hat looks great, and our jobs are safe: if solving robotics doesn't work out, we can still pursue a career in fashion! 🧢👒🎩 I hope @dieworkwear.bsky.social would agree. 2/2

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 28

In Germany, there is a tradition of creating funny hats for doctoral graduates. 🎓 @cvoelcker.bsky.social brought this tradition to my group and, together with Umangi Jain, spearheaded the construction of a masterpiece for our first PhD graduate, @ashmrz.bsky.social. 1/2

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 25

But that’s not specific to the U.S. It’s the default spice in many places.

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 24

If you ever tried to vectorize code in Matlab (I know, that was a long time ago), you'll probably remember how ease of use and speed can be at odds.

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 22

Compared to huge budget cuts, barring Harvard from enrolling any international students may seem unimportant. The opposite is true. Graduate students are the primary generators of research. Staying world-class requires the world's brightest minds.
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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 14

Chicago manual of style is next. ^^

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 12

Thank you, Jonathan Kelly, for being a fantastic co-advisor. Thank you also to the entire thesis and final exam committee consisting of @davelindell.bsky.social, Ben Liang, Steven Waslander, and our external member, Katerina Fragkiadaki! 4/4

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 12

Ashkan was drowning in offers, and I hope the folks at Snap know how lucky they are to have him join. I am sure Sergey Tulyakov will take good care of him, and I look forward to continuing to collaborate in new ways. 3/4

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 12

Ashkan has done some of the pioneering work on scene editing of 3d representations for novel view synthesis. While my motivation for this work was mainly for robotics 🦾, it has applications far beyond this domain. 2/4

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 12

Today is one of the most exciting days of my academic career: my first PhD student graduated. 🎉 Huge congrats, @ashmrz.bsky.social! 🥂 I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked with you and could not have wished for a better start. 🚀 1/4

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Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 10

Is there a preprint on this?

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 9

Great meeting @sramamoorthy.bsky.social and David Richardson from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 6

Very sorry to hear. 😢

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 3

For which venues did their parser fail for you?

Igor Gilitschenski @igilitschenski.bsky.social · May 2

I'd add courses on Numerics and Optimization to this list.