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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 5h

"PS: I can fly because my body is so light. And my brain is light too. Which is fine. Humans have heavy brains and it clearly doesn't make them very good at thinking anyway."

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 5h

"Guys, I'm stretching my legs and wings and you can see my body is made of silk. Love you."
Little egret.
#birds

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CNA - Channel News Asia (Unofficial) @cna-poster.bsky.social · 18h

Hungary's 'master of apocolypse' Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/hungary-laszlo-krasznahorkai-wins-nobel-prize-literature-5392096

Hungary's 'master of apocolypse' Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize

STOCKHOLM: Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday (Oct 9), "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art".Krasznahorkai, 71, is considered by many as Hungary's most imp

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 17h

The 2025 Nobel prize in literature www.reuters.com/lifestyle/kr...

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most common birds in Singapore, so maybe we don't see anymore how beautiful it is.

Spotted dove @ Punggol park #birds

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 1d

www.straitstimes.com/world/trio-w...

Trio win Nobel chemistry prize for developing ‘Hermione’s handbag’ materials

The Chemistry Nobel was the third prize announced in 2025’s crop of awards. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 1d

I would say: check the introductory talk of each of the three chapters, the videos and the slides are all online already!

postbayes.github.io/seminar/

Post-Bayes seminar series – seminar

postbayes.github.io

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 2d

Next talk on October 28: Pascal Germain.

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 2d

The video of Yevgeny Seldin's talk at the Post-Bayes seminar series on "recursive PAC-Bayes" is now online!

youtu.be/We3LZp0EUEM

Yevgeny Seldin (University of Copenhagen) - Recursive PAC Bayes

YouTube video by Post-Bayes seminar

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 2d

News are not supposed to talk only about causes of death, right? From what I understand, they are only supposed to maintain a healthy depression level.

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CEA @cea.fr · 2d

#NobelPrize 🏆| De Saclay à Yale, un parcours d’exception récompensé par le Nobel 🤩

👏 Le CEA félicite Michel Devoret ainsi que ses co-lauréats, et salue ce parcours international exemplaire qui illustre l’universalité de la science.

En savoir + 👉 bit.ly/4gZE4RP

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TMLR Published Papers @tmlr-pub.bsky.social · 2d

New #TMLR-Paper-with-Video:

LitLLMs, LLMs for Literature Review: Are we there yet?

Shubham Agarwal, Gaurav Sahu, Abhay Puri et al.

https://tmlr.infinite-conf.org/paper_pages/heeJqQXKg7

#retrieval #keywords #literature

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 2d

Common flameback playing hide and seek @ Punggol park #birds

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Tim van Erven @timvanerven.nl · 2d

I have 2 open PhD positions on Mathematical Foundations for Explainable AI:

Position 1: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... (apply by October 13, 2025)

Position 2: applications via the Ellis PhD Program: ellis.eu/news/ellis-p... by Oct. 31.

Both positions are equivalent (except for starting dates)

Vacancy — PhD Position on Mathematical Foundations for Explainable AI

Are you highly motivated to do PhD research in mathematical machine learning, with special emphasis on mathematical foundations for explainable AI? If yes, the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathemat...

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FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 2d

Le Nobel de physique décerné à un trio dont le Français Michel Devoret

Le prix Nobel de physique 2025 a été attribué, mardi, au Français Michel Devoret, professeur à l'Université de Yale, ainsi qu'au Britannique John Clarke et à l'Américain John Martinis pour leurs travaux sur la mécanique quantique macroscopique.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

Scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit", the award-giving body has said.

Trio win Nobel Prize for Physics

Scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric...

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 3d

Not only the guy is antisemitic, but he also has clearly no understanding of French politics at all.

How can anyone with a brain believe that someone or something is "controlling French parties" at the moment? The only thing we can be sure about them is that they are absolutely out of control 😂

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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrate women in stats & data science! Join the 4th International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science on Oct 14. Free, virtual, and open to all! magazine.amstat.org/...

#WomenInStats #DataScience #IDWSDS2025 #STEM #Mentorship

International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science words over colorful silhouettes of women

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 3d

I feel sympathy for any living being who enjoys a good rest so clearly. We are cousins. Distant cousins, but still cousins.

Asian water monitor @ Punggol park.

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 3d

I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University.

Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...

ELLIS PhD Program: Call for Applications 2025

The ELLIS mission is to create a diverse European network that promotes research excellence and advances breakthroughs in AI, as well as a pan-European PhD program to educate the next generation of AI...

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

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Collège de France @college-de-france.fr · 3d

#Science #Mathématiques
🧮 « Entropie et combinatoire »
📌 Cours Pr Timothy Gowers, titulaire de la chaire Combinatoire
⏰ 13 octobre → 17 novembre 2025
👉 https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/cours/entropie-et-combinatoire

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 4d

Little egret near Pungol park #birds

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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 5d

Purple heron @ Bishan park #birds

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