Pierre Alquier
@pierrealquier.bsky.social
Professor of Statistics @ ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific campus Singapore 🇸🇬
https://pierrealquier.github.io/
Previously: RIKEN AIP 🇯🇵 ENSAE Paris 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 UCD Dublin 🇮🇪 🇪🇺
Random posts about stats/maths/ML/AI, poor jokes & birds photo 🌈
https://pierrealquier.github.io/
Previously: RIKEN AIP 🇯🇵 ENSAE Paris 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 UCD Dublin 🇮🇪 🇪🇺
Random posts about stats/maths/ML/AI, poor jokes & birds photo 🌈
My co-author Antoine Ledent from SMU (Singapore Management University) is hiring a PhD student. He's an amazing co-author so I really sincerely think he's also an amazing advisor. If you're considering a PhD in machine learning theory, you should have a look!
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My co-author Antoine Ledent from SMU (Singapore Management University) is hiring a PhD student. He's an amazing co-author so I really sincerely think he's also an amazing advisor. If you're considering a PhD in machine learning theory, you should have a look!
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The SACT group at #USyd 🇦🇺 has a number of postdoc positions available (2+ years) in all areas of TCS, with one focusing on streaming and one on planning and synthesis. Expected start mid- or end 2026.
Excellent candidates are encouraged to contact us by email, or during #FOCS2025 #TCSSky
Excellent candidates are encouraged to contact us by email, or during #FOCS2025 #TCSSky
Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT)
usyd-sact.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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This extraordinary work by de Soto et al. is now available openly zenodo.org/records/1712... Can't wait to test some of my ideas on it!
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This extraordinary work by de Soto et al. is now available openly zenodo.org/records/1712... Can't wait to test some of my ideas on it!
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🚨 We are hiring! ‼️‼️
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🚨 We are hiring! ‼️‼️
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
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Moving article by @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social on his experiences teaching students at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) during wartime www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: In times of war, school reminds us we are still human
Teaching students in Ukraine, I’ve learned an important truth about education, one obscured by today’s endless budgetary and ideological battles
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Moving article by @nathangreenfield1.bsky.social on his experiences teaching students at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) during wartime www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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We are not "banning" reviews; we are just requiring peer review first. Good review articles are important for the field!
You can’t really blame arXiv for the decision to stop publishing computer science stuff (given the flood of slop) but this is also a textbook example of a global public good being gratuitously degraded www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Preprint site arXiv is banning computer-science reviews: here’s why
The repository is taking steps to tackle a surge in low quality, AI-generated content.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We are not "banning" reviews; we are just requiring peer review first. Good review articles are important for the field!
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"stole Rosalind Franklin's work" has become the new orthodoxy. While she was certainly the victim of sexism from Watson, I think her colleague Wilkins was the real villain. Events 1951-53 well covered in Nature in 2023 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"stole Rosalind Franklin's work" has become the new orthodoxy. While she was certainly the victim of sexism from Watson, I think her colleague Wilkins was the real villain. Events 1951-53 well covered in Nature in 2023 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"James Watson incarnait le meilleur et le pire de la science : des découvertes monumentales au sexisme et à la concurrence acharnée."
theconversation.com/james-watson...
theconversation.com/james-watson...
James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition
James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should be credited highlights the challenges of scientific collaboration.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"James Watson incarnait le meilleur et le pire de la science : des découvertes monumentales au sexisme et à la concurrence acharnée."
theconversation.com/james-watson...
theconversation.com/james-watson...
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James Watson has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
James Watson has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
The paper was accepted for publication in Computo 🎉
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The paper was accepted for publication in Computo 🎉
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
As this is a relatively young journal, I want to share: Computo is the open access journal of the SFDS (French Statistical Society), promoting open source statistical software. The reviewing process was very smooth and helpful! computo-journal.org
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We have a postdoc opening on the development of AI methods for accelerating computational fluid mechanics:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-ai-for-fluid-mechanics-netherlands-14589
Deadline for applications soon –– 28 Nov –– e-mail me if you are planning to apply!
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-ai-for-fluid-mechanics-netherlands-14589
Deadline for applications soon –– 28 Nov –– e-mail me if you are planning to apply!
Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher in AI for Fluid Mechanics
Are you interested in developing AI methods that can make physics simulations orders of magnitude faster? If the answer is yes, please continue reading!
werkenbij.uva.nl
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We have a postdoc opening on the development of AI methods for accelerating computational fluid mechanics:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-ai-for-fluid-mechanics-netherlands-14589
Deadline for applications soon –– 28 Nov –– e-mail me if you are planning to apply!
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-ai-for-fluid-mechanics-netherlands-14589
Deadline for applications soon –– 28 Nov –– e-mail me if you are planning to apply!
That is a biiiiig confidence interval 😅
I hadn't had a good laugh like that in ages. Big thanks to the economists at the federal reserve.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
That is a biiiiig confidence interval 😅
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This 👇
And I'd like to add: when as a teenager I learned about the lack of scale invariance of physics I was devastated and it took me a long time to recover from it. The wrong idea that a human on a tiny scale would function normally is inshrined in pop culture (eg. ant man), but very wrong.
And I'd like to add: when as a teenager I learned about the lack of scale invariance of physics I was devastated and it took me a long time to recover from it. The wrong idea that a human on a tiny scale would function normally is inshrined in pop culture (eg. ant man), but very wrong.
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This 👇
And I'd like to add: when as a teenager I learned about the lack of scale invariance of physics I was devastated and it took me a long time to recover from it. The wrong idea that a human on a tiny scale would function normally is inshrined in pop culture (eg. ant man), but very wrong.
And I'd like to add: when as a teenager I learned about the lack of scale invariance of physics I was devastated and it took me a long time to recover from it. The wrong idea that a human on a tiny scale would function normally is inshrined in pop culture (eg. ant man), but very wrong.
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📢 We’re looking for a researcher in in cogsci, neuroscience, linguistics, or related disciplines to work with us at Apple Machine Learning Research! We're hiring for a one-year interdisciplinary AIML Resident to work on understanding reasoning and decision making in LLMs. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
📢 We’re looking for a researcher in in cogsci, neuroscience, linguistics, or related disciplines to work with us at Apple Machine Learning Research! We're hiring for a one-year interdisciplinary AIML Resident to work on understanding reasoning and decision making in LLMs. 🧵
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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 4:34 PM
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
Asian brown flycatcher. Unfortunately a little overexposed, but it's my first decent photo of this bird in Singapore (Botanic Gardens) #birds
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Asian brown flycatcher. Unfortunately a little overexposed, but it's my first decent photo of this bird in Singapore (Botanic Gardens) #birds
I like horror movies. Even the stupidest ones are entertaining. But some are brilliant. I watched Lake Mungo (2008) yesterday and found it amazing. One of the most unsettling movies I ever watched.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I like horror movies. Even the stupidest ones are entertaining. But some are brilliant. I watched Lake Mungo (2008) yesterday and found it amazing. One of the most unsettling movies I ever watched.
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Thanks @scottcacciola.bsky.social for the article on John Irving, the novelist, who is 83, in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s... Quotes therein: "It's like a scientist who continues to do experiments,"... "John is still experimenting, still growing, still trying to figure out the craft."
The World According to John Irving
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thanks @scottcacciola.bsky.social for the article on John Irving, the novelist, who is 83, in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s... Quotes therein: "It's like a scientist who continues to do experiments,"... "John is still experimenting, still growing, still trying to figure out the craft."
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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I have several offers for Master internships / PhDs on graph ML funded by ERC MALAGA for 2026. Don't hesitate to contact me to apply!
All infos here: nkeriven.github.io/malaga/
All infos here: nkeriven.github.io/malaga/
MALAGA: Reinventing the Theory of Machine Learning on Large Graphs (ERC StG)
nkeriven.github.io
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I have several offers for Master internships / PhDs on graph ML funded by ERC MALAGA for 2026. Don't hesitate to contact me to apply!
All infos here: nkeriven.github.io/malaga/
All infos here: nkeriven.github.io/malaga/
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#GRETSI un peu d'histoire de signal et d'images
Foin de la modestie : l'association #GRETSI est l'une des premières historiquement pour le traitement du signal et des images. Créée en 1967, voici une première affiche commémorative de son premier colloque ; avec 29 communications présentées...
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#GRETSI un peu d'histoire de signal et d'images
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Two postdoctoral positions (3 years) in maths at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI), at #USyd!
Deadline to apply: ⏰ December 3 (Sydney time)
Deadline to apply: ⏰ December 3 (Sydney time)
Come and join us: we have 2x Postdoctoral Research Associate positions available at SMRI. Mathematicians of all areas are encouraged to apply (pure, applied, statistics). Please share with your network #MathSky
Closing December 3
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Closing December 3
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
SMRI Postdoctoral Research Associate
Two (2) Full time, 3 years fixed term opportunities. Located at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI) Opportunity to contribute to research focused on pure or applied mathematics or statis...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Two postdoctoral positions (3 years) in maths at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI), at #USyd!
Deadline to apply: ⏰ December 3 (Sydney time)
Deadline to apply: ⏰ December 3 (Sydney time)
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Charles C. Margossian, Lawrence K. Saul
Generalized Guarantees for Variational Inference in the Presence of Even and Elliptical Symmetry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01064
Generalized Guarantees for Variational Inference in the Presence of Even and Elliptical Symmetry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01064
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Charles C. Margossian, Lawrence K. Saul
Generalized Guarantees for Variational Inference in the Presence of Even and Elliptical Symmetry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01064
Generalized Guarantees for Variational Inference in the Presence of Even and Elliptical Symmetry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01064
Working from home this morning, I just heard some noise and saw this guy through the window. Took the first photo with my mobile and I got enough time to get my camera for the second one.
Yellow-crested cockatoo. Not native from Singapore. Probably an escapee... #birds
Yellow-crested cockatoo. Not native from Singapore. Probably an escapee... #birds
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Working from home this morning, I just heard some noise and saw this guy through the window. Took the first photo with my mobile and I got enough time to get my camera for the second one.
Yellow-crested cockatoo. Not native from Singapore. Probably an escapee... #birds
Yellow-crested cockatoo. Not native from Singapore. Probably an escapee... #birds