Gautam Kamath
@gautamkamath.com
Assistant Prof of CS at the University of Waterloo, Faculty and Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute. Joining NYU Courant in September 2026. Co-EiC of TMLR. My group is The Salon. Privacy, robustness, machine learning.
http://www.gautamkamath.com
http://www.gautamkamath.com
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Did your fairness/privacy/CS&Law/etc paper just get rejected from ITCS? Oh FORC! Submit tomorrow and join us at Harvard this summer.
Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC) is a super exciting new conference focused on the intersection of mathematical research and society. It's also a fantastic and vibrant community.
Check out the CfP, with two deadlines. Also follow the new BSky account @forcconf.bsky.social !
Check out the CfP, with two deadlines. Also follow the new BSky account @forcconf.bsky.social !
📢 In case you missed it: the first-cycle deadline for FORC 2026 is *tomorrow*, November 11. Submit your best work on mathematical research in computation and society, writ large.
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Did your fairness/privacy/CS&Law/etc paper just get rejected from ITCS? Oh FORC! Submit tomorrow and join us at Harvard this summer.
Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC) is a super exciting new conference focused on the intersection of mathematical research and society. It's also a fantastic and vibrant community.
Check out the CfP, with two deadlines. Also follow the new BSky account @forcconf.bsky.social !
Check out the CfP, with two deadlines. Also follow the new BSky account @forcconf.bsky.social !
📢 In case you missed it: the first-cycle deadline for FORC 2026 is *tomorrow*, November 11. Submit your best work on mathematical research in computation and society, writ large.
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC) is a super exciting new conference focused on the intersection of mathematical research and society. It's also a fantastic and vibrant community.
Check out the CfP, with two deadlines. Also follow the new BSky account @forcconf.bsky.social !
Check out the CfP, with two deadlines. Also follow the new BSky account @forcconf.bsky.social !
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
The first of two @forcconf.bsky.social 2026 deadlines is tomorrow, Nov 11! I hope everyone is putting finishing polishes on their submissions. For everyone else who doesn't want to miss out on the fun at Harvard this summer, there is another deadline in Feb. responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
FORC 2026: Call for Papers
The 7th annual Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC) will be held on June 3-5, 2026 at Harvard University. Brief summary for those who are familiar with past editions (prior to 2…
responsiblecomputing.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The first of two @forcconf.bsky.social 2026 deadlines is tomorrow, Nov 11! I hope everyone is putting finishing polishes on their submissions. For everyone else who doesn't want to miss out on the fun at Harvard this summer, there is another deadline in Feb. responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
Fried chicken is all you need
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Fried chicken is all you need
Getting to be an Area Chair can often by an opaque process, and it can sometimes feel nepotistic or an old boys club.
ICML is taking steps against that! Nominate yourself or other qualified researchers in the field to be an Area Chair!
ICML is taking steps against that! Nominate yourself or other qualified researchers in the field to be an Area Chair!
Do you know someone qualified to be an Area Chair for #ICML2026?🤔
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Getting to be an Area Chair can often by an opaque process, and it can sometimes feel nepotistic or an old boys club.
ICML is taking steps against that! Nominate yourself or other qualified researchers in the field to be an Area Chair!
ICML is taking steps against that! Nominate yourself or other qualified researchers in the field to be an Area Chair!
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
Do you know someone qualified to be an Area Chair for #ICML2026?🤔
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Do you know someone qualified to be an Area Chair for #ICML2026?🤔
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Check out the Learning Theory Alliance mentoring workshop in just two weeks!
Theme: Harnessing AI for Research, Learning, and Communicating
Featuring an amazing lineup of speakers and also hands-on experience with ChatGPT Pro to see how to use AI to help your research.
Theme: Harnessing AI for Research, Learning, and Communicating
Featuring an amazing lineup of speakers and also hands-on experience with ChatGPT Pro to see how to use AI to help your research.
Announcing the 7th Learning Theory Alliance mentoring workshop on November 20. Fully free & virtual!
Theme: Harnessing AI for Research, Learning, and Communicating
Ft @aaroth.bsky.social @andrejristeski.bsky.social @profericwong.bsky.social @ktalwar.bsky.social &more
Theme: Harnessing AI for Research, Learning, and Communicating
Ft @aaroth.bsky.social @andrejristeski.bsky.social @profericwong.bsky.social @ktalwar.bsky.social &more
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Check out the Learning Theory Alliance mentoring workshop in just two weeks!
Theme: Harnessing AI for Research, Learning, and Communicating
Featuring an amazing lineup of speakers and also hands-on experience with ChatGPT Pro to see how to use AI to help your research.
Theme: Harnessing AI for Research, Learning, and Communicating
Featuring an amazing lineup of speakers and also hands-on experience with ChatGPT Pro to see how to use AI to help your research.
A few weeks ago everyone was super hype about Nano Banana. Meanwhile, I ask it to do super basic things and it fails. What am I doing wrong??
(why would I want a collage of these amazing researchers? Stay tuned CC @let-all.com 👀)
More fails in the transcript: gemini.google.com/share/5cc80f...
(why would I want a collage of these amazing researchers? Stay tuned CC @let-all.com 👀)
More fails in the transcript: gemini.google.com/share/5cc80f...
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A few weeks ago everyone was super hype about Nano Banana. Meanwhile, I ask it to do super basic things and it fails. What am I doing wrong??
(why would I want a collage of these amazing researchers? Stay tuned CC @let-all.com 👀)
More fails in the transcript: gemini.google.com/share/5cc80f...
(why would I want a collage of these amazing researchers? Stay tuned CC @let-all.com 👀)
More fails in the transcript: gemini.google.com/share/5cc80f...
In case you missed it, ICML is now active on Bluesky. Be sure to follow to not miss any updates!!
(Oh, and there's a little conference happening in Seoul in July, be sure to submit your papers by the end of January)
(Oh, and there's a little conference happening in Seoul in July, be sure to submit your papers by the end of January)
🎉 ICML 2026 Call for Papers (& Position Papers) is here! 🎉
📅 Key Dates
Abstract deadline: Jan 23, 2026 AOE
Paper deadline: Jan 28, 2026 AOE
A few key changes this year:
- Attendance for authors of accepted papers is optional
- Originally submitted version of accepted papers will be made public
...
📅 Key Dates
Abstract deadline: Jan 23, 2026 AOE
Paper deadline: Jan 28, 2026 AOE
A few key changes this year:
- Attendance for authors of accepted papers is optional
- Originally submitted version of accepted papers will be made public
...
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In case you missed it, ICML is now active on Bluesky. Be sure to follow to not miss any updates!!
(Oh, and there's a little conference happening in Seoul in July, be sure to submit your papers by the end of January)
(Oh, and there's a little conference happening in Seoul in July, be sure to submit your papers by the end of January)
Canadian Thanksgiving (mid October) is clearly the right time for the holiday, as opposed to American Thanksgiving (late November)
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Canadian Thanksgiving (mid October) is clearly the right time for the holiday, as opposed to American Thanksgiving (late November)
It really brightens your day when people are warm and kind to your two year old
November 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It really brightens your day when people are warm and kind to your two year old
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
The new EATCS Bulletin #147 is available!
eatcs.org/images/bulle...
In the TCS on the Web Column, I talked to the maintainers of the TCS Blog Aggregator: Nima Anari, Arnab Bhattacharyya and
Gautam Kamath.
It was a very fun interview!
@gautamkamath.com @schmiste-ch.bsky.social
eatcs.org/images/bulle...
In the TCS on the Web Column, I talked to the maintainers of the TCS Blog Aggregator: Nima Anari, Arnab Bhattacharyya and
Gautam Kamath.
It was a very fun interview!
@gautamkamath.com @schmiste-ch.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The new EATCS Bulletin #147 is available!
eatcs.org/images/bulle...
In the TCS on the Web Column, I talked to the maintainers of the TCS Blog Aggregator: Nima Anari, Arnab Bhattacharyya and
Gautam Kamath.
It was a very fun interview!
@gautamkamath.com @schmiste-ch.bsky.social
eatcs.org/images/bulle...
In the TCS on the Web Column, I talked to the maintainers of the TCS Blog Aggregator: Nima Anari, Arnab Bhattacharyya and
Gautam Kamath.
It was a very fun interview!
@gautamkamath.com @schmiste-ch.bsky.social
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
this is a pretty accurate summary of my research area
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this is a pretty accurate summary of my research area
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
New preprint w/ Abigail Gentle (@abigailgentle.com) and Vikrant Singhal: testing of discrete distributions under *user-level* local differential #privacy!
n people each hold an m-size dataset from a distribution p. How to privately test if p is the uniform distribution?
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379
n people each hold an m-size dataset from a distribution p. How to privately test if p is the uniform distribution?
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379
Uniformity Testing under User-Level Local Privacy
We initiate the study of distribution testing under \emph{user-level} local differential privacy, where each of $n$ users contributes $m$ samples from the unknown underlying distribution. This setting...
arxiv.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
New preprint w/ Abigail Gentle (@abigailgentle.com) and Vikrant Singhal: testing of discrete distributions under *user-level* local differential #privacy!
n people each hold an m-size dataset from a distribution p. How to privately test if p is the uniform distribution?
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379
n people each hold an m-size dataset from a distribution p. How to privately test if p is the uniform distribution?
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379
Announcing (w @adamsmith.xyz @thejonullman.bsky.social) the 2025 edition of the Foundations of Responsible Computing Job Market Profiles!
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Announcing (w @adamsmith.xyz @thejonullman.bsky.social) the 2025 edition of the Foundations of Responsible Computing Job Market Profiles!
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
Check out 40 job market candidates in mathematical research in computation and society writ large!
Link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zvsr...
Looking back on a phenomenal workshop in Ascona -- what a fantastic experience! Every talk was captivating. And Zurich afterwards made its mark as one of my favourite European cities.
Thanks again Fanny Yang, Niao He, Santiago Mazuelas for organizing such a memorable workshop!
Thanks again Fanny Yang, Niao He, Santiago Mazuelas for organizing such a memorable workshop!
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Looking back on a phenomenal workshop in Ascona -- what a fantastic experience! Every talk was captivating. And Zurich afterwards made its mark as one of my favourite European cities.
Thanks again Fanny Yang, Niao He, Santiago Mazuelas for organizing such a memorable workshop!
Thanks again Fanny Yang, Niao He, Santiago Mazuelas for organizing such a memorable workshop!
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
If you sign up, and you review any papers I assigned to you, and later we see each other in person (at a conference or whatever), I will pay for one beer per paper I assigned to you.
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 2:53 PM
If you sign up, and you review any papers I assigned to you, and later we see each other in person (at a conference or whatever), I will pay for one beer per paper I assigned to you.
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.
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
Please fill out one of the following forms:
- Volunteer to review: docs.google.com/forms/d/17_G...
- Volunteer to action editor: docs.google.com/forms/d/15Nh....
- Volunteer to review: docs.google.com/forms/d/17_G...
- Volunteer to action editor: docs.google.com/forms/d/15Nh....
Self-nomination (reviewers) -- Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR)
Please fill out this form to volunteer to be a reviewer for Transactions on Machine Learning Research.
More details on the journal are available on the website; in particular, check out the submissio...
docs.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Please fill out one of the following forms:
- Volunteer to review: docs.google.com/forms/d/17_G...
- Volunteer to action editor: docs.google.com/forms/d/15Nh....
- Volunteer to review: docs.google.com/forms/d/17_G...
- Volunteer to action editor: docs.google.com/forms/d/15Nh....
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
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 1:32 PM
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!
Field trip with The Salon, on the way to the Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Trustworthy Learning in Ascona, Switzerland! CC @argymouz.bsky.social @matt19234.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Field trip with The Salon, on the way to the Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Trustworthy Learning in Ascona, Switzerland! CC @argymouz.bsky.social @matt19234.bsky.social
The asymmetry between the 1st and 4th options shows that weak accepts and weak rejects don't mirror each other. Uniformly weak support for a paper can be damning, and a paper usually needs a champion.
(Also, 5.8% of people are sickos.)
(Also, 5.8% of people are sickos.)
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The asymmetry between the 1st and 4th options shows that weak accepts and weak rejects don't mirror each other. Uniformly weak support for a paper can be damning, and a paper usually needs a champion.
(Also, 5.8% of people are sickos.)
(Also, 5.8% of people are sickos.)
I'm in Switzerland next week! On Friday, October 17, I'll be giving a talk at @eth-ai-center.bsky.social on memorization in diffusion models. Please join if you're around!
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm in Switzerland next week! On Friday, October 17, I'll be giving a talk at @eth-ai-center.bsky.social on memorization in diffusion models. Please join if you're around!
Reposted by Gautam Kamath
The FORC 2026 call for papers is out! responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca... Two reviewing cycles with two deadlines: Nov 11 and Feb 17. If you haven't been, FORC is a great venue for theoretical work in "responsible AI" --- fairness, privacy, social choice, CS&Law, explainability, etc.
FORC 2026: Call for Papers
The 7th annual Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC) will be held on June 3-5, 2026 at Harvard University. Brief summary for those who are familiar with past editions (prior to 2…
responsiblecomputing.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The FORC 2026 call for papers is out! responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca... Two reviewing cycles with two deadlines: Nov 11 and Feb 17. If you haven't been, FORC is a great venue for theoretical work in "responsible AI" --- fairness, privacy, social choice, CS&Law, explainability, etc.
One frustrating AI impact is the resulting lack of trust, esp when trust feels lower than ever.
it's ubiquitous, but e.g., a bad review may have prev been blamed on a lazy or ignorant reviewer. Now the accusation is that it's LLM generated: maximally lazy to the point of malice.
it's ubiquitous, but e.g., a bad review may have prev been blamed on a lazy or ignorant reviewer. Now the accusation is that it's LLM generated: maximally lazy to the point of malice.
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
One frustrating AI impact is the resulting lack of trust, esp when trust feels lower than ever.
it's ubiquitous, but e.g., a bad review may have prev been blamed on a lazy or ignorant reviewer. Now the accusation is that it's LLM generated: maximally lazy to the point of malice.
it's ubiquitous, but e.g., a bad review may have prev been blamed on a lazy or ignorant reviewer. Now the accusation is that it's LLM generated: maximally lazy to the point of malice.