Diana Cai
@dianarycai.bsky.social
Machine learning & statistics researcher @ Flatiron Institute. Posts on probabilistic ML, Bayesian statistics, decision making, and AI/ML for science.
www.dianacai.com
www.dianacai.com
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Checkout our cryo-EM simulator in JAX: paving the way for cryo-EM probabilistic modelling & statistical structural biology #cryoEM with @m0bri3n.bsky.social @miroastore.bsky.social + Harvard, Flatiron & Cornell!
hey bsky! excited to share what i've been working on for a few years now.
cryoJAX: A Cryo-EM Image Simulation Library In JAX
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
cryoJAX is a modular framework for implementing forward models of cryo-EM image formation. these can be used to build powerful data analyses!
cryoJAX: A Cryo-EM Image Simulation Library In JAX
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
cryoJAX is a modular framework for implementing forward models of cryo-EM image formation. these can be used to build powerful data analyses!
www.biorxiv.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Checkout our cryo-EM simulator in JAX: paving the way for cryo-EM probabilistic modelling & statistical structural biology #cryoEM with @m0bri3n.bsky.social @miroastore.bsky.social + Harvard, Flatiron & Cornell!
I'm on the academic job market!
I design and analyze probabilistic machine-learning methods---motivated by real-world scientific constraints, and developed in collaboration with scientists in biology, chemistry, and physics.
A few highlights of my research areas are:
I design and analyze probabilistic machine-learning methods---motivated by real-world scientific constraints, and developed in collaboration with scientists in biology, chemistry, and physics.
A few highlights of my research areas are:
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm on the academic job market!
I design and analyze probabilistic machine-learning methods---motivated by real-world scientific constraints, and developed in collaboration with scientists in biology, chemistry, and physics.
A few highlights of my research areas are:
I design and analyze probabilistic machine-learning methods---motivated by real-world scientific constraints, and developed in collaboration with scientists in biology, chemistry, and physics.
A few highlights of my research areas are:
Fisher meets Feynman! 🤝
We use score matching and a trick from quantum field theory to make a product-of-experts family both expressive and efficient for variational inference.
To appear as a spotlight @ NeurIPS 2025.
#NeurIPS2025 (link below)
We use score matching and a trick from quantum field theory to make a product-of-experts family both expressive and efficient for variational inference.
To appear as a spotlight @ NeurIPS 2025.
#NeurIPS2025 (link below)
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Fisher meets Feynman! 🤝
We use score matching and a trick from quantum field theory to make a product-of-experts family both expressive and efficient for variational inference.
To appear as a spotlight @ NeurIPS 2025.
#NeurIPS2025 (link below)
We use score matching and a trick from quantum field theory to make a product-of-experts family both expressive and efficient for variational inference.
To appear as a spotlight @ NeurIPS 2025.
#NeurIPS2025 (link below)
Saw a talk yesterday where they mentioned the automatic statistician. What a fun throwback 😊
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Saw a talk yesterday where they mentioned the automatic statistician. What a fun throwback 😊
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Our team at DeepMind is growing (again). 🚀
We're tackling grand challenges in semiconductors, magnets, energy materials, superconductors, and beyond.
Join us! Two positions below.
We're tackling grand challenges in semiconductors, magnets, energy materials, superconductors, and beyond.
Join us! Two positions below.
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Our team at DeepMind is growing (again). 🚀
We're tackling grand challenges in semiconductors, magnets, energy materials, superconductors, and beyond.
Join us! Two positions below.
We're tackling grand challenges in semiconductors, magnets, energy materials, superconductors, and beyond.
Join us! Two positions below.
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reminder that my (wonderful, diverse, interdisciplinary) department at the University of Oregon is seeking applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Data Science -- deadline 10/31 and only cover letter/CV needed to apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
University of Oregon, Department of Data Science
Job #AJO30328, 535565 Associate or Full Professor of Data Science, Department of Data Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
reminder that my (wonderful, diverse, interdisciplinary) department at the University of Oregon is seeking applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Data Science -- deadline 10/31 and only cover letter/CV needed to apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
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**Job Alert** Exciting postdoc position available: theoretical and experimental cryo-EM studies of flexible biomolecules. Competitive salary, collaborative environment at NYSBC and Flatiron Institute. Please share!! and contact: pcossio@flatironinstitute.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
**Job Alert** Exciting postdoc position available: theoretical and experimental cryo-EM studies of flexible biomolecules. Competitive salary, collaborative environment at NYSBC and Flatiron Institute. Please share!! and contact: pcossio@flatironinstitute.org
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Come do an internship with us! Please apply
Are you a PhD student interested in ML and biology or health? Come do an internship with me, @avapamini.bsky.social, Alex Lu, @lcrawford.bsky.social, or Kristen Severson at MSRNE!
Applications are due Dec 1: make sure you include a research statement!
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
Applications are due Dec 1: make sure you include a research statement!
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
Search Jobs | Microsoft Careers
jobs.careers.microsoft.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Come do an internship with us! Please apply
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Not all environmental issues should be seen through the lens of CO₂. While coral death could increase ocean CO₂ uptake—since calcification releases CO₂ and dissolution releases alkalinity and allows the ocean to take up CO₂—reefs are vital for biodiversity, food, coastal protection, and livelihoods.
Coral reefs are at a tipping point after surging global temperatures
Record-breaking ocean temperatures have caused widespread bleaching and death among warm-water corals, which could have far-reaching consequences
www.newscientist.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Not all environmental issues should be seen through the lens of CO₂. While coral death could increase ocean CO₂ uptake—since calcification releases CO₂ and dissolution releases alkalinity and allows the ocean to take up CO₂—reefs are vital for biodiversity, food, coastal protection, and livelihoods.
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TMLR is looking for additional reviewers and action editors! Please sign up to keep the initiative strong and vibrant.
As Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR) grows in number of submissions, we are looking for more reviewers and action editors. Please sign up!
Only one paper to review at a time and <= 6 per year, reviewers report greater satisfaction than reviewing for conferences!
Only one paper to review at a time and <= 6 per year, reviewers report greater satisfaction than reviewing for conferences!
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
TMLR is looking for additional reviewers and action editors! Please sign up to keep the initiative strong and vibrant.
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Keynote at #COLM2025: Nicholas Carlini from Anthropic
"Are language models worth it?"
Explains that the prior decade of his work on adversarial images, while it taught us a lot, isn't very applied; it's unlikely anyone is actually altering images of cats in scary ways.
"Are language models worth it?"
Explains that the prior decade of his work on adversarial images, while it taught us a lot, isn't very applied; it's unlikely anyone is actually altering images of cats in scary ways.
October 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Keynote at #COLM2025: Nicholas Carlini from Anthropic
"Are language models worth it?"
Explains that the prior decade of his work on adversarial images, while it taught us a lot, isn't very applied; it's unlikely anyone is actually altering images of cats in scary ways.
"Are language models worth it?"
Explains that the prior decade of his work on adversarial images, while it taught us a lot, isn't very applied; it's unlikely anyone is actually altering images of cats in scary ways.
Excited to be heading to @Princeton @PrincetonSML to talk about my work on variational inference! Event details below:
csml.princeton.edu/events/batch...
csml.princeton.edu/events/batch...
Batch and match: score-based approaches for black-box variational inference
Abstract:Black-box variational inference (BBVI) algorithms have become popular due to their ease of application facilitated by automatic differentiation. While effective for factorized variational fam...
csml.princeton.edu
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Excited to be heading to @Princeton @PrincetonSML to talk about my work on variational inference! Event details below:
csml.princeton.edu/events/batch...
csml.princeton.edu/events/batch...
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Want to work on Trustworthy AI? 🚀
I'm seeking exceptional candidates to apply for the Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with me on Uncertainty Quantification, Bayesian Deep Learning, and Reliability of ML Systems.
The position will be co-advised by Hossein Azizpour or Henrik Boström.
I'm seeking exceptional candidates to apply for the Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with me on Uncertainty Quantification, Bayesian Deep Learning, and Reliability of ML Systems.
The position will be co-advised by Hossein Azizpour or Henrik Boström.
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Martin Trapp - Assistant Professor in Machine Learning at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
trappmartin.github.io
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Want to work on Trustworthy AI? 🚀
I'm seeking exceptional candidates to apply for the Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with me on Uncertainty Quantification, Bayesian Deep Learning, and Reliability of ML Systems.
The position will be co-advised by Hossein Azizpour or Henrik Boström.
I'm seeking exceptional candidates to apply for the Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with me on Uncertainty Quantification, Bayesian Deep Learning, and Reliability of ML Systems.
The position will be co-advised by Hossein Azizpour or Henrik Boström.
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EurIPS workshop on AmOrTIzED InfErENcE!!!1!
Short abstract submission is open (DL Oct 16, 2025 AoE)
Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters.
🌍 Location: Copenhagen (co-located with #EurIPS)
📅 Date: 2 Dec, 2025
🔗 Website: sites.google.com/view/amortiz...
📝Call for abstracts: sites.google.com/view/amortiz...
Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters.
🌍 Location: Copenhagen (co-located with #EurIPS)
📅 Date: 2 Dec, 2025
🔗 Website: sites.google.com/view/amortiz...
📝Call for abstracts: sites.google.com/view/amortiz...
Amortized ProbML 2025 - Call for Papers
Accepted papers will be presented as posters during the workshop poster session on 2nd December, 2025.
Please be aware that this is not the same as the ELLIS UnConference poster session.
sites.google.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
EurIPS workshop on AmOrTIzED InfErENcE!!!1!
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We have created a resource in the ISBA website where you can find all recorded webinars:
bayesian.org/ba-webinars/
Also, don't forget about the ISBA YouTube channel featuring curated playlists from ISBA World Meetings and specialized workshops and seminars:
www.youtube.com/@isba-intern...
bayesian.org/ba-webinars/
Also, don't forget about the ISBA YouTube channel featuring curated playlists from ISBA World Meetings and specialized workshops and seminars:
www.youtube.com/@isba-intern...
September 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We have created a resource in the ISBA website where you can find all recorded webinars:
bayesian.org/ba-webinars/
Also, don't forget about the ISBA YouTube channel featuring curated playlists from ISBA World Meetings and specialized workshops and seminars:
www.youtube.com/@isba-intern...
bayesian.org/ba-webinars/
Also, don't forget about the ISBA YouTube channel featuring curated playlists from ISBA World Meetings and specialized workshops and seminars:
www.youtube.com/@isba-intern...
Excited to attend the Fast and Curious II in Toronto! Here’s the workshop page: raducraiu.com/the-fast-and...
The Fast and Curious 2: MCMC in Action
September 25-27, Toronto, Canada Aims: Recent strides in Bayesian inference applied to intricate complex-structured datasets offer a unique opportunity to bring together disparate research communit…
raducraiu.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Excited to attend the Fast and Curious II in Toronto! Here’s the workshop page: raducraiu.com/the-fast-and...
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Proposals for contributed talks & posters are now being accepted for the 2026 ISBA World Meeting! The world meeting will take place in Nagoya, Japan between 28 June and 3 July, 2026. Proposals may be submitted here: forms.gle/dVTUrdEuVF6g...
September 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Proposals for contributed talks & posters are now being accepted for the 2026 ISBA World Meeting! The world meeting will take place in Nagoya, Japan between 28 June and 3 July, 2026. Proposals may be submitted here: forms.gle/dVTUrdEuVF6g...
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We are hiring for a postdoc to work on the intersection of molecular simulation, machine learning, and cryo-EM! Please find the job posting here.
thiedelab.github.io/docs/postdoc...
thiedelab.github.io/docs/postdoc...
thiedelab.github.io
September 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We are hiring for a postdoc to work on the intersection of molecular simulation, machine learning, and cryo-EM! Please find the job posting here.
thiedelab.github.io/docs/postdoc...
thiedelab.github.io/docs/postdoc...
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Some fun news: We're hiring!
Lectureship (analogous to Assistant Prof.) in Statistical Science and AI, in the School of Mathematics, University of Bristol.
Closing date 13 October 2025; link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Lectureship (analogous to Assistant Prof.) in Statistical Science and AI, in the School of Mathematics, University of Bristol.
Closing date 13 October 2025; link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some fun news: We're hiring!
Lectureship (analogous to Assistant Prof.) in Statistical Science and AI, in the School of Mathematics, University of Bristol.
Closing date 13 October 2025; link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Lectureship (analogous to Assistant Prof.) in Statistical Science and AI, in the School of Mathematics, University of Bristol.
Closing date 13 October 2025; link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
The application for a research fellowship at the Flatiron Institute in the Center for Computational Math is now live! This includes positions for ML and stats.
The deadline is Dec 1.
apply.interfolio.com/173401
ML@CCM group: users.flatironinstitute.org/~lsaul/ml_cc...
The deadline is Dec 1.
apply.interfolio.com/173401
ML@CCM group: users.flatironinstitute.org/~lsaul/ml_cc...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The application for a research fellowship at the Flatiron Institute in the Center for Computational Math is now live! This includes positions for ML and stats.
The deadline is Dec 1.
apply.interfolio.com/173401
ML@CCM group: users.flatironinstitute.org/~lsaul/ml_cc...
The deadline is Dec 1.
apply.interfolio.com/173401
ML@CCM group: users.flatironinstitute.org/~lsaul/ml_cc...
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I haven’t had the chance to look closely, but I’m still eager to share this practical guide on Simulation-based Inference 👇
Looky Looky! 😍🥳👏
arxiv.org/abs/2508.12939
Super fun project, I ❤️ed coauthoring w/ @sbi-devs.bsky.social.
Great lead by @deismic.bsky.social & @janboelts.bsky.social. Contribs by many talented people @jakhmack.bsky.social. 🙏 to #BenjaminKurtMiller for the kickstart! @helmholtzai.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2508.12939
Super fun project, I ❤️ed coauthoring w/ @sbi-devs.bsky.social.
Great lead by @deismic.bsky.social & @janboelts.bsky.social. Contribs by many talented people @jakhmack.bsky.social. 🙏 to #BenjaminKurtMiller for the kickstart! @helmholtzai.bsky.social
Simulation-Based Inference: A Practical Guide
A central challenge in many areas of science and engineering is to identify model parameters that are consistent with prior knowledge and empirical data. Bayesian inference offers a principled framewo...
arxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I haven’t had the chance to look closely, but I’m still eager to share this practical guide on Simulation-based Inference 👇
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📣 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]
August 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
📣 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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Announcing the first workshop on Foundations of Language Model Reasoning (FoRLM) at NeurIPS 2025!
📝Soliciting abstracts that advance foundational understanding of reasoning in language models, from theoretical analyses to rigorous empirical studies.
📆 Deadline: Sept 3, 2025
📝Soliciting abstracts that advance foundational understanding of reasoning in language models, from theoretical analyses to rigorous empirical studies.
📆 Deadline: Sept 3, 2025
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Announcing the first workshop on Foundations of Language Model Reasoning (FoRLM) at NeurIPS 2025!
📝Soliciting abstracts that advance foundational understanding of reasoning in language models, from theoretical analyses to rigorous empirical studies.
📆 Deadline: Sept 3, 2025
📝Soliciting abstracts that advance foundational understanding of reasoning in language models, from theoretical analyses to rigorous empirical studies.
📆 Deadline: Sept 3, 2025
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AISTATS 2026 will be in Morocco!
July 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
AISTATS 2026 will be in Morocco!
Enjoyed co presenting this tutorial at #uai2025 in Brazil with Yingzhen Li! Enjoyed the conference size and location.
Also great company, weather, and food.
Also great company, weather, and food.
July 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Enjoyed co presenting this tutorial at #uai2025 in Brazil with Yingzhen Li! Enjoyed the conference size and location.
Also great company, weather, and food.
Also great company, weather, and food.