Chengkun Li
@ckli.bsky.social
PhD student @ EPFL 🇨🇭 | Prev: research intern @ Google DeepMind, ByteDance AI Lab | https://charlieleee.github.io
Training another musculoskeletal system @xiaotiansu.bsky.social for tennis, after having trained other musculoskeletal systems for soccer and pingpong.
With cognitive function, reward learning, and some sort of teacher distillation, this system learns a quite robust forehand within 36,000 steps👍
With cognitive function, reward learning, and some sort of teacher distillation, this system learns a quite robust forehand within 36,000 steps👍
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Training another musculoskeletal system @xiaotiansu.bsky.social for tennis, after having trained other musculoskeletal systems for soccer and pingpong.
With cognitive function, reward learning, and some sort of teacher distillation, this system learns a quite robust forehand within 36,000 steps👍
With cognitive function, reward learning, and some sort of teacher distillation, this system learns a quite robust forehand within 36,000 steps👍
Reposted by Chengkun Li
Something exciting just left the gym -- meet Arnold the first generalist musculoskeletal control policy!
The human body has 600+ muscles, yet we seamlessly coordinate them for everything from whispering a syllable to felling a forrest. How? www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.18066
The human body has 600+ muscles, yet we seamlessly coordinate them for everything from whispering a syllable to felling a forrest. How? www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.18066
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Something exciting just left the gym -- meet Arnold the first generalist musculoskeletal control policy!
The human body has 600+ muscles, yet we seamlessly coordinate them for everything from whispering a syllable to felling a forrest. How? www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.18066
The human body has 600+ muscles, yet we seamlessly coordinate them for everything from whispering a syllable to felling a forrest. How? www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.18066
Interesting study, do check this out 💪
🚀 Call for Participants!
We’re testing a new JupyterLab plugin that compares how different notebooks tackle the same problem.
🧠 Who can join?
• Data analysis learners
• University instructors/students
• Machine learning engineers
📅 When: Aug 18–29, 2025
📍 Where: Zoom or in person
💰 Pay: 25 CHF/h
We’re testing a new JupyterLab plugin that compares how different notebooks tackle the same problem.
🧠 Who can join?
• Data analysis learners
• University instructors/students
• Machine learning engineers
📅 When: Aug 18–29, 2025
📍 Where: Zoom or in person
💰 Pay: 25 CHF/h
August 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Interesting study, do check this out 💪
The more you use JAX, the more you feel its power.. like wielding the sharpest knife in your toolbox 🗡️
July 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The more you use JAX, the more you feel its power.. like wielding the sharpest knife in your toolbox 🗡️
Quick life update: I recently started my PhD back in the beautiful Lac Léman region at EPFL Campus Biotech.
Just wanted to show off the office a bit! 😎
More nature views coming soon…
Just wanted to show off the office a bit! 😎
More nature views coming soon…
February 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Quick life update: I recently started my PhD back in the beautiful Lac Léman region at EPFL Campus Biotech.
Just wanted to show off the office a bit! 😎
More nature views coming soon…
Just wanted to show off the office a bit! 😎
More nature views coming soon…
Reposted by Chengkun Li
Ep 2 of #InsideAI is out! 🎙️🎉
We sat with Google Fellow Urs Hölzle. From optimizing data centers to AI efficiency, AGI, autonomous vehicles & Europe’s AI outlook—don’t miss this insightful conversation.
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Tu9...
or Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
We sat with Google Fellow Urs Hölzle. From optimizing data centers to AI efficiency, AGI, autonomous vehicles & Europe’s AI outlook—don’t miss this insightful conversation.
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Tu9...
or Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Conversation with Urs Hölzle
Podcast Episode · Inside AI · 01/29/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ep 2 of #InsideAI is out! 🎙️🎉
We sat with Google Fellow Urs Hölzle. From optimizing data centers to AI efficiency, AGI, autonomous vehicles & Europe’s AI outlook—don’t miss this insightful conversation.
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Tu9...
or Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
We sat with Google Fellow Urs Hölzle. From optimizing data centers to AI efficiency, AGI, autonomous vehicles & Europe’s AI outlook—don’t miss this insightful conversation.
On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Tu9...
or Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Stopped by BAAI (Beijing Academy of AI) to visit a friend! ☕️ The coffee was great, and it’s right between China’s top two universities. Sadly, the hanging garden is closed for now. Overall a quite nice place to do research
#Beijing
#Beijing
January 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Stopped by BAAI (Beijing Academy of AI) to visit a friend! ☕️ The coffee was great, and it’s right between China’s top two universities. Sadly, the hanging garden is closed for now. Overall a quite nice place to do research
#Beijing
#Beijing
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We are hiring 1 PhD in energy modeling!
The PhD investigates policies to accelerate supply chain development for net-zero technologies like hydrogen through agent-based and energy system modeling.
Details: emea2.softfactors.com/job-opening/...
Apply until 31.01.2025.
Please share!
The PhD investigates policies to accelerate supply chain development for net-zero technologies like hydrogen through agent-based and energy system modeling.
Details: emea2.softfactors.com/job-opening/...
Apply until 31.01.2025.
Please share!
January 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We are hiring 1 PhD in energy modeling!
The PhD investigates policies to accelerate supply chain development for net-zero technologies like hydrogen through agent-based and energy system modeling.
Details: emea2.softfactors.com/job-opening/...
Apply until 31.01.2025.
Please share!
The PhD investigates policies to accelerate supply chain development for net-zero technologies like hydrogen through agent-based and energy system modeling.
Details: emea2.softfactors.com/job-opening/...
Apply until 31.01.2025.
Please share!
Reposted by Chengkun Li
I've put together a starter pack of EPFL researchers across all labs and domains! 🇨🇭 Would love to expand this list and showcase more amazing work happening at EPFL. Drop a reply to be added!
#EPFL #academicsky
go.bsky.app/73zdbtp
#EPFL #academicsky
go.bsky.app/73zdbtp
November 22, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I've put together a starter pack of EPFL researchers across all labs and domains! 🇨🇭 Would love to expand this list and showcase more amazing work happening at EPFL. Drop a reply to be added!
#EPFL #academicsky
go.bsky.app/73zdbtp
#EPFL #academicsky
go.bsky.app/73zdbtp
December 16, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Another interesting project I worked on at @icepfl.bsky.social Kudos to @sjaved.bsky.social and all the co-authors!
The findings in MQAT highlight the potential of exploiting modularity in neural networks for efficient and performant compression/adaptation.
Check out the #TMLR paper for details!
The findings in MQAT highlight the potential of exploiting modularity in neural networks for efficient and performant compression/adaptation.
Check out the #TMLR paper for details!
🚀 Excited to share our TMLR publication on Modular Quantization-Aware Training (MQAT)!
We show how modular mixed-precision quantization boosts performance & reduces model size for edge devices! 🎯
🌐 Page: saqibjaved1.github.io/MQAT_/
#DeepLearning #Robotics #AI #6Dpose #edgeAI
We show how modular mixed-precision quantization boosts performance & reduces model size for edge devices! 🎯
🌐 Page: saqibjaved1.github.io/MQAT_/
#DeepLearning #Robotics #AI #6Dpose #edgeAI
December 16, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Another interesting project I worked on at @icepfl.bsky.social Kudos to @sjaved.bsky.social and all the co-authors!
The findings in MQAT highlight the potential of exploiting modularity in neural networks for efficient and performant compression/adaptation.
Check out the #TMLR paper for details!
The findings in MQAT highlight the potential of exploiting modularity in neural networks for efficient and performant compression/adaptation.
Check out the #TMLR paper for details!
Ilya’s full talk at neurips 2024 "pre-training as we know it will end" at #NeurIPS
youtu.be/6gTjxQLwK4o?...
source: Vincent Weisser
youtu.be/6gTjxQLwK4o?...
source: Vincent Weisser
pre-training as we know it will end
YouTube video by Charlie Li
youtu.be
December 14, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Ilya’s full talk at neurips 2024 "pre-training as we know it will end" at #NeurIPS
youtu.be/6gTjxQLwK4o?...
source: Vincent Weisser
youtu.be/6gTjxQLwK4o?...
source: Vincent Weisser
Reposted by Chengkun Li
Last chance! #AMLDEPFL2025 early bird ticket sales end tomorrow December 11. Get yours👉https://buff.ly/3UYv8Cr. Join us for inspiring speakers, comprehensive tracks, cutting-edge exhibition, hands-on workshops, and unmatched networking. February 11-14, 2025 SwissTech Convention Center EPFL Lausanne
December 10, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Last chance! #AMLDEPFL2025 early bird ticket sales end tomorrow December 11. Get yours👉https://buff.ly/3UYv8Cr. Join us for inspiring speakers, comprehensive tracks, cutting-edge exhibition, hands-on workshops, and unmatched networking. February 11-14, 2025 SwissTech Convention Center EPFL Lausanne
💭When reading continual learning literature, there's always the term 'catastrophic forgetting' being discussed as a major challenge. But looking at some efficient learning systems (e.g. biological-based ones), it's hard to not notice forgetting isn't necessarily a bug - it's sometimes a merit. [1/4]
December 9, 2024 at 6:59 PM
💭When reading continual learning literature, there's always the term 'catastrophic forgetting' being discussed as a major challenge. But looking at some efficient learning systems (e.g. biological-based ones), it's hard to not notice forgetting isn't necessarily a bug - it's sometimes a merit. [1/4]
Reposted by Chengkun Li
Introducing the @tmlr-pub.bsky.social account, that is now posting the latest TMLR published papers! Check it out!
December 8, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Introducing the @tmlr-pub.bsky.social account, that is now posting the latest TMLR published papers! Check it out!
Reposted by Chengkun Li
Three days left to apply for a PhD in my group! ⬇️⬇️
Come join us to work on the forefront of adaptive AI & lifelong machine learning. We’ve got lots of exciting ideas in store 🤗
Come join us to work on the forefront of adaptive AI & lifelong machine learning. We’ve got lots of exciting ideas in store 🤗
I’m hiring 2 fully-funded PhD students to join our new Lifelong ML lab at the University of Bremen, where our mission is to make ML/AI more sustainable, adaptive, robust & inclusive.
App deadline Dec. 10: www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Please share or reach out!
#MachineLearning #AI #PhD
App deadline Dec. 10: www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Please share or reach out!
#MachineLearning #AI #PhD
December 7, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Three days left to apply for a PhD in my group! ⬇️⬇️
Come join us to work on the forefront of adaptive AI & lifelong machine learning. We’ve got lots of exciting ideas in store 🤗
Come join us to work on the forefront of adaptive AI & lifelong machine learning. We’ve got lots of exciting ideas in store 🤗
Reposted by Chengkun Li
Samy Bengio, Senior Director of AI and ML Research at Apple is appointed professor at EPFL and will be "active in teaching while also expanding the opportunities for academic collaboration between EPFL and Apple"
actu.epfl.ch/news/appoint...
actu.epfl.ch/news/appoint...
Appointment of EPFL professors
The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.
actu.epfl.ch
December 5, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Samy Bengio, Senior Director of AI and ML Research at Apple is appointed professor at EPFL and will be "active in teaching while also expanding the opportunities for academic collaboration between EPFL and Apple"
actu.epfl.ch/news/appoint...
actu.epfl.ch/news/appoint...
Reposted by Chengkun Li
🚀🚀PaliGemma 2 is our updated and improved PaliGemma release using the Gemma 2 models and providing new pre-trained checkpoints for the full cross product of {224px,448px,896px} resolutions and {3B,10B,28B} model sizes.
1/7
1/7
December 5, 2024 at 6:16 PM
🚀🚀PaliGemma 2 is our updated and improved PaliGemma release using the Gemma 2 models and providing new pre-trained checkpoints for the full cross product of {224px,448px,896px} resolutions and {3B,10B,28B} model sizes.
1/7
1/7
Reposted by Chengkun Li
We are hiring!
Postdoc position in Data Science in Neuroscience in our lab @EPFL
Cutting-edge research analyzing rich datasets (VR, physiol, behav, metabolism, neuroimaging) to understand human stress, anxiety & motivation
Apply!: epfl.ch/labs/lgc/ind...
#Postdoc #DataScience #Neuroscience
Postdoc position in Data Science in Neuroscience in our lab @EPFL
Cutting-edge research analyzing rich datasets (VR, physiol, behav, metabolism, neuroimaging) to understand human stress, anxiety & motivation
Apply!: epfl.ch/labs/lgc/ind...
#Postdoc #DataScience #Neuroscience
Open positions
PhD positions Postdoc positions
epfl.ch
December 3, 2024 at 12:44 PM
We are hiring!
Postdoc position in Data Science in Neuroscience in our lab @EPFL
Cutting-edge research analyzing rich datasets (VR, physiol, behav, metabolism, neuroimaging) to understand human stress, anxiety & motivation
Apply!: epfl.ch/labs/lgc/ind...
#Postdoc #DataScience #Neuroscience
Postdoc position in Data Science in Neuroscience in our lab @EPFL
Cutting-edge research analyzing rich datasets (VR, physiol, behav, metabolism, neuroimaging) to understand human stress, anxiety & motivation
Apply!: epfl.ch/labs/lgc/ind...
#Postdoc #DataScience #Neuroscience
Reposted by Chengkun Li
La #newsletter_robotique est à nouveau là, avec des belles offres pour associer créativité, curiosité et technologie, tout en restant attentifs à l'environnement. Profitez sans modération et faites passer le message!
actu.epfl.ch/newsletter/n...
actu.epfl.ch/newsletter/n...
November 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
La #newsletter_robotique est à nouveau là, avec des belles offres pour associer créativité, curiosité et technologie, tout en restant attentifs à l'environnement. Profitez sans modération et faites passer le message!
actu.epfl.ch/newsletter/n...
actu.epfl.ch/newsletter/n...
Reposted by Chengkun Li
TMLR will go on winter break starting December 2. A chance for authors, reviewers, and AEs to all get some much deserved peace and quiet.
Announcement from TMLR jmlr.org/tmlr/
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📣 Heads-up 📣 that TMLR will pause new submissions over the upcoming holiday period from December 2 2024 to January 6 2025 (midnight AoE on both dates). We will resume accepting new submissions on January 7, 2025. Happy Holidays!
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📣 Heads-up 📣 that TMLR will pause new submissions over the upcoming holiday period from December 2 2024 to January 6 2025 (midnight AoE on both dates). We will resume accepting new submissions on January 7, 2025. Happy Holidays!
"""
Transactions on Machine Learning Research
jmlr.org
November 26, 2024 at 2:37 PM
TMLR will go on winter break starting December 2. A chance for authors, reviewers, and AEs to all get some much deserved peace and quiet.
Reposted by Chengkun Li
My deep learning course at the University of Geneva is available on-line. 1000+ slides, ~20h of screen-casts. Full of examples in PyTorch.
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/
November 26, 2024 at 6:15 AM
My deep learning course at the University of Geneva is available on-line. 1000+ slides, ~20h of screen-casts. Full of examples in PyTorch.
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/