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Tom Gur @tomgur.bsky.social · 1d

Cambridge is recruiting Assistant/Associate Professors in Theoretical Computer Science. #TCS #AcademicJobs

Application deadline: 15 December 2025. Contact me for informal inquiries. See more details and apply here:
www.cst.cam.ac.uk/assistantass...

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · 6d

That would be great, I would love to read that blog post!

Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · 6d

Dave, can you elaborate? I have been looking at this paper as well but it is not exactly in my area so I find it difficult to fully understand its results and appreciate them.

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Jeffrey M Epstein @jeffreymepstein.bsky.social · 10d

This (very long) thread is now complete! I really enjoyed this book, and have a lot of stuff to think about now. If you're interested in or worried about the measurement problem (how could you not be?) you should think about getting a copy!

Jeffrey M Epstein @jeffreymepstein.bsky.social · 29d

I just got a copy of this new book from Emily Adlam (with whom I did my masters, so this is the first book I'm reading written by a former classmate!). I'm going to try the thing where I tweet about it as I go.

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Zhenyu Cai @zhenyucai.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our research group is seeking a talented and motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join us in advancing the practical realisation of quantum technologies (including quantum error correction and mitigation). The deadline is 06 October 2025: tinyurl.com/bdhf3hzt

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Machiel Blok @machielblok.bsky.social · 13d

We are hiring in theoretical quantum info / complex systems !

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Unitary Foundation @unitary.foundation · 13d

📣 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁!
𝗝𝗼𝗽 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁, 𝗔𝗿𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗚𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘇 and 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 to 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗽.

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Anuj Dawar अनुज दावर انُج داور @anujdawar.bsky.social · 14d

Cambridge University is recruiting for a new faculty position in the area of Algorithms and Complexity:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...

University Assistant/Associate Professor in Algorithms and Complexity

The Department of Computer Science and Technology is seeking to recruit a new faculty member at the Assistant Professor/Associate Professor level who will contribute to research and teaching in

www.cam.ac.uk

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Xuemei Gu @xmgu.bsky.social · 15d

Are you excited about working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and quantum physics?

Come join me at Friedrich Schiller University Jena!

#AI4Science #Quantum #ML4Physics

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James Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · 23d

Tenure track assistant prof job up for grabs in Basel. It's quantum computing theory, based in computer science, and part of the NCCR SPIN.

Whoever gets this job will probably have to collaborate with me. Whether you see that as a pro or con is up to you.

jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Quantum Computing

The University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a professorship in theoretical quantum computing. The University of Basel is the home institution of the Swiss National Center of Compete...

jobs.unibas.ch

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · 20d

Here is another more recent article in Quanta.
www.quantamagazine.org/busy-beaver-...

Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math | Quanta Magazine

The quest to find the longest-running simple computer program has identified a new champion. It’s physically impossible to write out the numbers involved using standard mathematical notation.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · 20d

The story behind this result was reported by Ben Brubaker @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social in Quanta Magazine last year.
www.quantamagazine.org/amateur-math...

Amateur Mathematicians Find Fifth ‘Busy Beaver’ Turing Machine | Quanta Magazine

After decades of uncertainty, a motley team of programmers has proved precisely how complicated simple computer programs can get.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · 20d

This is very cool.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.12337

Determination of the fifth Busy Beaver value

We prove that $S(5) = 47,176,870$ using the Coq proof assistant. The Busy Beaver value $S(n)$ is the maximum number of steps that an $n$-state 2-symbol Turing machine can perform from the all-zero tap...

arxiv.org

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 23d

From Stacey Jeffery's excellent plenary talk at #TQC2025, on "Composing #Quantum Algorithms"

The summary slide of Stacey's talk, explaining the differences between algorithms composition in the classical randomized and the quantum worlds, with links to surveys and papers.

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David Monniaux @monniauxd.bsky.social · 24d

Dear colleagues, positions at CNRS (and INRIA) will (in all probability) be announced this winter. By then it will however be too late to properly prepare an application. Recent PhDs, postdocs etc interested in such positions should get right now in contact with teams who would like to recruit them.

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Bob Coecke @coecke.bsky.social · Sep 8

Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...

Roger Penrose & Friends Appeal for Unique Archive

To digitise and restore the worlds largest collection of audio and visual recordings within the scientific community, spanning over 50 years

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · Sep 7

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social and Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social discuss the parallels between Trump's America and Putin's Russia, and the strugle between democracy and autocracy worldwide in the 2nd seson of "Autocracy in America".
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

What Exactly Is Required to Preserve Our Democracy?

It will take a “total mobilization of our forces,” in the words of new Autocracy in America host Garry Kasparov.

www.theatlantic.com

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · Aug 27

"A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism" by Colin Baker.
books.google.com/books?id=PkF...

A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism

A practical, inspiring read which equips parents and teachers with the confidence and knowledge they need to make raising and teaching bilingual children a success. In this accessible guide to biling...

books.google.com

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Francesco Arzani @frarzani.bsky.social · Aug 26

Looking for a postdoc to work on bosonic quantum error correction!
Join me and the QAT team at ENS & INRIA Paris — flexible start date.
Details here 👉 recrutement.inria.fr/public/class... or feel free to reach out!

Post-Doctoral Research Visit F/M Senior postdoctoral researcher in bosonic quantum error correction

Offre d'emploi Inria

recrutement.inria.fr

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Giuseppe Carleo @gppcarleo.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am looking for a talented postdoc to join my group at EPFL, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Goal is to develop and apply state-of-the-art neural quantum states for electronic structure and related applications. Position to be filled soon, excellent conditions! Apply here: www.epfl.ch/labs/cqsl/jo...

Job Opportunities at CQSL

At the Computational Quantum Science Lab we typically have several openings yearly (at the PhD/ Postdoc level). Applications are reviewed twice a year, at the beginning of April and at the beginning o...

www.epfl.ch

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · Aug 23

Accurate (and disturbing) take on current AI developments.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event

Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ben Brubaker @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social · Aug 22

One year out, the team that bagged the fifth busy beaver is back with an update on the sixth: It’s even bigger than we thought! My latest in @quantamagazine.bsky.social:

Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math | Quanta Magazine

The quest to find the longest-running simple computer program has identified a new champion. It’s physically impossible to write out the numbers involved using standard mathematical notation.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · Aug 18

I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...

I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.

The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm trying to vibe-code something more advanced today but the vibes are off.

Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today I introduced my PhD student to vibe-coding (a term he has never heard of). He has never used an LLM or coded in Julia before, so I suggested half-jokingly that he can just vibe-code the numerics and I proceeded to demonstrate this. Unexpectedly, after some small fixes the code actually worked!