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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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Helsinki Institute for Information Technology @icthiit.bsky.social · Jul 3

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
We are #hiring Postdoctoral Fellows (3 years) or Research Fellows (5 years) for researchers in ICT. Find out more information in the 🔗 www.hiit.fi/hiit-postdoc... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky #Research #postdocjobs #postdoc

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · Jun 23

🏹 Job alert: Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Health Data Science

📍Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
📅 Apply by July 7th
🔗 More info: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/12591

Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Health Data Science

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Health Data Science to join our team in the Institute of Genetics and Cancer. In this role, you will develop and apply cutting-edge data science met...

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LUMIhpc @lumi-supercomputer.eu · Jun 23

❄️ SMEs & startups - @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social's 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘐 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 call is open – it’s free of charge for industry users, including SMEs and startups!

🗓️ Next cut-off date: 30 June 2025

🔗 Read more and apply now: www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/access-calls...

#eurohpc #hpc #ai

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LUMIhpc @lumi-supercomputer.eu · Jun 17

@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social has opened a continuous call for proposals for AI for science and collaborative EU projects focusing on ethical AI, Machine Learning, foundation Models, Generative AI and LLMs.
Next cut-off date: June 20
➡️ www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/call-for-ai-...
#ai #machinelearning #llm

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · Jun 12

🏹 Job alert: PhD/postdoc positions in Scientific Foundation Models at the University of Liège (Belgium)

📍 Liège 🇧🇪
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/43SJtUG

PhD/postdoc positions in Scientific Foundation Models at the University of Liège (Belgium)

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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Jukka Suomela @jukkasuomela.fi · Jun 1

Here is a poster with an overview of distributed quantum stuff we have been doing…

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Christian Guckelsberger @creativeendvs.bsky.social · May 27

1/5 🌟 Our latest peer-reviewed research bridges psychology and AI/reinforcement learning (RL)! We explore how AI models of intrinsic motivation can formalise the "need for competence" in Self-Determination Theory (SDT), a very popular theory of human motivation. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2502.07423.

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Helsinki Institute for Information Technology @icthiit.bsky.social · May 21

Life Science Informatics Professor Indrė Žliobaitė says Machine learning models must keep up with the changing world. www.helsinki.fi/en/news/arti... @univhelsinkics.bsky.social

Machine learning models must keep up with the changing world | University of Helsinki

Life Science Informatics Professor Indrė Žliobaitė develops computational methods that are explainable, trustworthy, and robust to change. With these methods, it is possible to analyse and understand ...

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Hannu Toivonen @hannu-toivonen.bsky.social · May 12

The Swedish edition of my AI book, "100 frågor om AI" ("100 questions about AI"), has been published today by Natur & Kultur.

Stort tack till Linda Mannila för den suveräna översättningen och bearbetningen av boken – det har varit ett nöje att samarbeta!

www.nok.se/titlar/larom...

100 frågor om AI

I  100 frågor om AI får du tydliga och lättbegripliga svar på vanliga frågor om AI. Vad är AI? Kan AI fatta bättre beslut än vi människo...

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · May 21

🏹 Job alert: Tenure-Track Position for Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence at @jku.at. Opening is at the Institute for Symbolic AI for female candidates w/ PhD.

📍 Linz 🇦🇹
📅 Apply by: May 28
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3H2GDVk

#AIJobs

Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · May 20

We went to Mordor and all we got were flowers and ice cream.

Bayesian workflow group was a runner-up in Aalto Open Science Award 2024. The current and past group members running-up in alphabetical order: Alejandro Catalina, Anna Riha, Asael Alonzo Matamoros, David Kohns, ...

Photo of four persons in front of a sign saying "Mordor". One of the persons is holding flowers and another one is holding an ice cream.

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LUMIhpc @lumi-supercomputer.eu · May 19

🚀 CSC is hiring AI Specialists for the LUMI AI Factory!
Passionate about AI & supercomputing for real-world impact? Join us to support users, deliver training, and work on projects using modern deep learning models on LUMI ❄️

➡️Read more and apply by May 28 www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/open-positio...

Open positions - LUMI

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algorithms.fi @algorithms.fi · May 9

Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak's slides from Frontier Friday here:
algorithms.fi/frontier-fri...

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Computer Science @csaalto.bsky.social · May 9

Our researchers are part of an international consortium whose latest study provides unprecedented insights into the formation and evolution of galaxies. Read more about the findings here: www.aalto.fi/en/news/astr...

Astronomers observe largest ever sample of galaxies up to over 12 billion light years away | Aalto University

New observations give researchers unique insight into how galaxies have evolved since the universe was under a billion years old.

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algorithms.fi @algorithms.fi · May 5

HIIT Foundations Friday on 23 May 2025! Corinna Coupette gives a talk on "TCS for Law: Toward a Computational Theory of Legal Systems", more information here: research.cs.aalto.fi/hiit-foundat...

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Aalto University - Aalto-yliopisto @aalto.fi · Apr 28

For even more human-computer interaction research from Aalto, including conversational AIs for migrants and privacy perceptions of custom GPTs, check out www.aalto.fi/en/news/aalt...
cc @aaltotechsperts.bsky.social @icthiit.bsky.social @acm-sigchi.bsky.social #CHI2025

Aalto computer scientists in CHI 2025 | Aalto University

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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Arno Solin @arnosolin.bsky.social · Apr 29

Have you thought that in computer memory model weights are given in terms of discrete values in any case. Thus, why not do probabilistic inference on the discrete (quantized) parameters. @trappmartin.bsky.social is presenting our work at #AABI2025 today. [1/3]

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Christian Guckelsberger @creativeendvs.bsky.social · Apr 28

Interested in working on (computational) intrinsic motivation x design x architecture? A really cool PhD project coming up - UK residents only and supervised by @christophsalge.bsky.social! Ah, and I'll be co-supervising :) All info below - many opportunities to fit in your profile and ideas.

Christoph Salge @christophsalge.bsky.social · Apr 25

Do you want to do a Phd at @herts.ac.uk with me in the topic of: Changing the Environment with Intrinsically Motivated Computational Creativity?

Then apply for a fully funded Phd position with our Centre for Future Societies, reference ADS4.

Deadline: 26. May, 2025
Details below. Please share.

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Jukka Suomela @jukkasuomela.fi · Apr 9

Helsinki CS Theory Seminar meets again today! Just a general reminder that our talks are also streamed online; if you join the mailing list you will also receive the Zoom link! research.cs.aalto.fi/theory/semin...

Helsinki CS Theory Seminar

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · Apr 8

✨ 🗒️ Join ELSA this Friday for "How AI is shaping journalism & journalism is shaping AI" hosted by the Alan Turing Institute.

Experts discuss AI in content creation and its effect on trust in journalism.

🗓️ April 11, 17:00 GMT
📍 The Royal Institution, London
🔗 www.turing.ac.uk/events/how-a...

How AI is shaping journalism and journalism is shaping AI

Please note, this is an in-person event which will take place at The Royal Institution of Great Britain 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS.

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Christian Guckelsberger @creativeendvs.bsky.social · Apr 8

1/3 Out now: new paper on people's perception of AI (robot) creativity! Core finding: we attribute more creativity to a creative act if people not only see the final artwork, but also its creation process & the robot making it. Video: vimeo.com/1073134853 Open-access paper: doi.org/10.1145/3711...

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Helsinki Institute for Information Technology @icthiit.bsky.social · Apr 8

Our Distinguished Lecture Series returns with Margaret Burnett. Join us on 12 May at 2pm to listen to her lecture "Mission: To enable diverse mere mortals to assess an AI agent’s 'goodness' for their own needs" more info 🔗 www.hiit.fi/mission-to-e...

Mission: To enable diverse mere mortals to assess an AI agent's "goodness" for their own needs

Speaker: Margaret M. Burnett Event type: Guest lecture Event time: 12.5.2025 14-15 (Helsinki Time Zone UTC+3) Place: University of Helsinki Main building, Fabianinkatu 33 Pieni juhlasali The nex...

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Computer Science @csaalto.bsky.social · Apr 8

What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see of the creative act. Read the full article at www.aalto.fi/en/news/is-a...

Is AI truly creative? Turns out creativity is in the eye of the beholder | Aalto University

The more we see of a creative act, the more creative we judge it to be. Researchers think these findings could change the way we design AI.

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Aalto University - Aalto-yliopisto @aalto.fi · Apr 2

Construction is one of the world’s largest and most traditional industries – yet also one where digitalisation, efficiency and sustainability urgently need improvement. Complink, founded by four Aalto University students, is addressing these challenges in the industry.

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AI is changing the game in construction – A student startup streamlines procurement and boosts efficiency | Aalto University

Complink is helping construction companies navigate the maze of building products while improving efficiency.

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