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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · 2d

Highly recommended @ellis.eu UnConference workshop from the ELLIS Robust ML Program at @euripsconf.bsky.social

ELLIS @ellis.eu · 2d

🔸 Organizers: Cen-You Li, @conorhassan.bsky.social, Desi R. Ivanova, Luigi Acerbi (+ @samikaski.bsky.social as Advisory Member)

📣 Call for contributions open until Oct 10
👉 Details: eurips.cc/ellis

ELLIS UnConference - A NeurIPS-endorsed conference in Europe

A NeurIPS-endorsed conference in Europe held in Copenhagen, Denmark

eurips.cc

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Luigi Acerbi @lacerbi.bsky.social · 8d

Do you like to train neural networks to solve all your nasty probabilistic inference and sequential design problems?
Do you love letter salads such as NPs, PFNs, NPE, SBI, BED?

Then no place is better than the Amortized ProbML workshop we are organizing at #ELLIS UnConference.

Amortized ProbML:
Unlocking Probabilistic Machine Learning for Real-world Inference & Design (🇩🇰)
ELLIS UnConference Workshop
Copenhagen | 2 December, 2025

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 17d

All the news from ELLIS Institute Finland is always up-to-date at www.ellisinstitute.fi/news

News | ELLIS Institute Finland

ELLIS Institute Finland news

www.ellisinstitute.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 17d

Our recent media coverage 🧵👇 with features in @hs.fi, Finland's public broadcaster Yle and the @aalto.fi Keys to Growth series. cc @ellis.eu @okm.fi @csaalto.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/elli...

ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · Aug 27

How does a small country and a new research institute take on the tech giants in AI? Top international talent, academic freedom and boundary-breaking basic research. Along with Finland's commitment 📈 to 4% of GDP for RDI, we have the makings of big impacts in AI and ML research. (More in Finnish 👇)

ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · Aug 27

"Ellis-instituutti on loistava esimerkki yliopistojen, yrityksien ja päättäjien yhteistyön hedelmästä. @samikaski.bsky.social'n mukaan Ellis vie Suomea lähemmäs globaaleja kärkitoimijoita, 'eurooppalaisen tekoälyn ytimeen'."
Lue lisää HS:ssä (€) www.hs.fi/visio/art-20... @hs.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 17d

Suomessa on tehty 1970-luvulta lähtien tutkimusta, joka on mahdollistanut mullistuksia tekoälyn saralla.

Ellis-instituutin tarkoituksena on nostaa tämä kokonaisuus seuraavalle tasolle.

"Nyt on oikeasti mahdollista tehdä asioita maailmanluokassa, @samikaski.bsky.social sanoo.

yle.fi/a/74-20179689

Tekoälyhype nosti huippututkijoiden palkat NBA-tähtien tasolle – silti Suomikin voi olla houkutteleva

Teknologiayhtiöt kilpailevat tekoälytutkijoista jättipalkkioilla, mutta akateemisella vapaudella ei ole hintaa.

yle.fi

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Teemu Hallamaa @tmu.bsky.social · 18d

Jenkeissä (ja muuallakin) tekoälytutkijoita houkutellaan akatemiasta yritysten labroihin valtavilla palkkioilla. Harvardissa ollaan jo huolissaan akateemisesta tutkimuksesta, kun opiskelijoita mukaansa vetävistä tutkijatohtoreista alkaa olla pula. Suomessa yritetään vastata tähän haasteeseen.

Tekoälyhype nosti huippututkijoiden palkat NBA-tähtien tasolle – silti Suomikin voi olla houkutteleva

Teknologiayhtiöt kilpailevat tekoälytutkijoista jättipalkkioilla, mutta akateemisella vapaudella ei ole hintaa.

yle.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 21d

"Science is the best problem-solving tool that humanity has; science combined with AI can be even more powerful." This why it pays to invest in long-term, basic research, says
@samikaski.bsky.social in the @aalto.fi Keys to Growth series.
www.ellisinstitute.fi/keys-to-grow...
@ellis.eu

Keys to growth: Basic research in AI is like long-term investing | ELLIS Institute Finland

Basic research in AI doesn’t always generate quick wins or clickbait headlines, but its benefits can be seen throughout society

www.ellisinstitute.fi

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you for the recognition @aalto.fi . The image does not show the rest of the team who deserve a big thank you! Onwards to the next stages then.

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · Aug 25

The institute's opening is part of the AI Summit, with distinguished speakers from across European business and government, as well as top researchers and leadership from the @ellis.eu network. An exciting two-day program that marks a milestone for AI & ML research. More info at aisummit.fi

Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Aug 25

Grand opening of @ellisinstitute.fi will be Nov 17-18: The first day will be a broad-audience AI Summit co-organized with AI Finland and Foundation PS in Turku, and the second day will be an @ellis.eu scientific seminar in Espoo for the invited AI and machine learning community. aisummit.fi

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Aug 25

Grand opening of @ellisinstitute.fi will be Nov 17-18: The first day will be a broad-audience AI Summit co-organized with AI Finland and Foundation PS in Turku, and the second day will be an @ellis.eu scientific seminar in Espoo for the invited AI and machine learning community. aisummit.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · Aug 20

Welcome new principal investigators! 9 leading scholars and rising stars in AI & machine learning are joining ELLIS Institute Finland, part of the @ellis.eu network. Read more about our new professors:
➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2025

Nine people are shown in different settings, photos arranged in a grid.

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Aug 20

- Future PI's, postdocs, PhD students: calls will follow
- Companies, researchers in AI and other fields: we are seeking collaboration partners
- Finland and Europe: multiplicative effects coming from ELLIS

Stay tuned for further calls and research results!

@ellisinstitute.fi @ellis.eu

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Aug 20

Welcome to the first 9 PIs of ELLIS Institute Finland - great to have you onboard! www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2025

Now is time to start the action after the initial planning

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Arno Solin @arnosolin.bsky.social · Aug 12

📣 Please share: We invite submissions to the 29th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (#AISTATS 2026) and welcome paper submissions at the intersection of AI, machine learning, statistics, and related areas. [1/3]

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Jul 11

Postdocs and Research Fellows: Probabilistic machine learning, Centre for AI Fundamentals, Manchester, UK, DL July 27, 2025

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Funded by UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship, in the Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals.

Research Associate or Research Fellow In Machine Learning (2 Posts Available):Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · May 30

🇫🇮 On May 21, the @ellisinstitute.fi‬ hosted its pre-launch event. Director @samikaski.bsky.social‬ shared plans to reshape AI and ML for impactful science and human-AI collaboration.

💡 Learn more: https://www.ellisinstitute.fi/pre-launch

New Fundamentals: ELLIS Institute Finland launches with bold scientific ambitions | ELLIS Institute Finland

AI and ML for transforming R&D, enhancing human-AI teamwork, and creating exciting new science

www.ellisinstitute.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · May 23

New Fundamentals…for innovation, collaboration, scientific discovery & more. At our pre-launch event on May 21, @samikaski.bsky.social outlined the ELLIS Institute mission to fundamentally re-work AI and ML to transform R&D, enhance human-AI teamwork & create exciting new science. 👇🧵

Four smiling people posing and cutting a ribbon.
Photos by Matti Ahlgren/Aalto University

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Apr 30

Big congrats Sophie (www.sophiewharrie.com) for the excellent defense of an outstanding PhD thesis today! I had a very nice screenshot with two doctoral hats in it but that vanished - so here the opponent Prof Hanna Suominen with one. @ellisinstitute.fi @aalto.fi urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Apr 9

I thought you may have meant that but picked the interpretation that best matched my narrative… Mummipeikko would miss the trolling; nice!

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Apr 8

I notice I have made another big breakthrough in this nice collaboration: I had not noticed your very nice handle @mummitrollet.bsky.social - my Erdös number is only three, but now I have Moomintroll number (with a slight typo) of 1, which is something!

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Apr 8

@lacerbi.bsky.social this is a really big advance - now we don't need to do the inference any more, or write the papers, or even read the paper. Just a nice comic! (Though I do recommend the paper too...)

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Apr 2

More importantly: who has stolen our nice building?

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Apr 2

Maybe AI selfies are indeed the next fad… But @jhartford.bsky.social you had a couple of really nice ones!

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Serge Belongie @serge.belongie.com · Apr 2

Our colleagues at Climate AI Nordics are seeking collabroators in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland 📣

Please reshare this with your networks if you have colleagues who might be interested in joining this team 🌍

Climate AI Nordics @climateainordics.com · Apr 2

Climate AI Nordics hits 140 members! 🎉 Using AI for climate resilience. Join our 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪 network, especially if you're in Iceland 🇮🇸, Faroe Island 🇫🇴, Greenland 🇬🇱 or Åland 🇦🇽! Let's build solutions. Sign up: climateainordics.com/join/ #ClimateAI

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Samuel Kaski @samikaski.bsky.social · Apr 2

Not a bad legacy at all … maybe also some current faces?

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