Alice Schwarze
@aliceschwarze.bsky.social
Head of Research @ Utah AI Policy Office // math PhD // networks, complex systems, machine learning, and all things AI // mom & cat lady
I really need to go through the details of this paper because I trust math but also
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I really need to go through the details of this paper because I trust math but also
My name is Alice. I just went into a windowless cavity and found this cake with no context. Should I eat it?
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My name is Alice. I just went into a windowless cavity and found this cake with no context. Should I eat it?
Afaik they are all dead so that advice can't be very good?
September 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Afaik they are all dead so that advice can't be very good?
Oh how the stables have turned
September 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Oh how the stables have turned
I like how this seems to come full circle to programing GOFI in an extremely high level language. See full article here (includes a bunch of sponsored content): open.substack.com/pub/decoding...
July 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I like how this seems to come full circle to programing GOFI in an extremely high level language. See full article here (includes a bunch of sponsored content): open.substack.com/pub/decoding...
The mathematician in me
April 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The mathematician in me
I am so confused. Are actual people in need now taking out ads on Twitter for their GoFundMe campaigns or is this a sign of a scam?
April 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am so confused. Are actual people in need now taking out ads on Twitter for their GoFundMe campaigns or is this a sign of a scam?
So I did find one paper eventually that I fully trust is written by a person ... mostly because of how insane it is
March 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So I did find one paper eventually that I fully trust is written by a person ... mostly because of how insane it is
Here is a smol business owner
October 22, 2023 at 12:16 AM
Here is a smol business owner
When the whole house is burning, who can keep track of every piece of furniture that's on fire?
October 19, 2023 at 7:21 PM
When the whole house is burning, who can keep track of every piece of furniture that's on fire?
Me: Papa is watching the baby. So, surely, today I can finally write some job applications!
The cat, again:
The cat, again:
October 18, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Me: Papa is watching the baby. So, surely, today I can finally write some job applications!
The cat, again:
The cat, again:
Me: The baby is sleeping! I can finally start writing job applications!
The cat:
The cat:
October 16, 2023 at 11:58 PM
Me: The baby is sleeping! I can finally start writing job applications!
The cat:
The cat:
Going to enjoy my Dark Chocolate Tart just like the cavemen did
October 10, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Going to enjoy my Dark Chocolate Tart just like the cavemen did
It's that time of year again ... #AcademicSky
October 9, 2023 at 1:58 PM
It's that time of year again ... #AcademicSky
Can't help feeling sorry for the social-physics arxiv bot posting so bravely into the void
October 9, 2023 at 8:26 AM
Can't help feeling sorry for the social-physics arxiv bot posting so bravely into the void
I really like this place, but the truth is I cannot delete my Twitter account as long as NBC Dad is still tweeting
October 3, 2023 at 6:31 PM
I really like this place, but the truth is I cannot delete my Twitter account as long as NBC Dad is still tweeting
New-mom desk setup; not approved by my physiotherapist but definitely approved by baby Alma
September 30, 2023 at 11:42 AM
New-mom desk setup; not approved by my physiotherapist but definitely approved by baby Alma
Show me your pet and who they're named after
September 28, 2023 at 1:06 AM
Show me your pet and who they're named after
TIL that the list of games that humans are better at playing than computers includes Angry Birds 🐦
Also, somebody convince Dan Goodman to get on Bluesky pls!
Also, somebody convince Dan Goodman to get on Bluesky pls!
September 22, 2023 at 5:43 AM
TIL that the list of games that humans are better at playing than computers includes Angry Birds 🐦
Also, somebody convince Dan Goodman to get on Bluesky pls!
Also, somebody convince Dan Goodman to get on Bluesky pls!
Interesting looking paper by Ben Grimmer and colleagues: "Accelerated Gradient Descent via Long Steps"
Comment from Grimmer: "Gradient descent can accelerate (in big-O!) by just periodically taking longer steps. No momentum needed to beat O(1/T) in smooth convex opt!"
arxiv.org/abs/2309.09961
Comment from Grimmer: "Gradient descent can accelerate (in big-O!) by just periodically taking longer steps. No momentum needed to beat O(1/T) in smooth convex opt!"
arxiv.org/abs/2309.09961
September 20, 2023 at 7:23 AM
Interesting looking paper by Ben Grimmer and colleagues: "Accelerated Gradient Descent via Long Steps"
Comment from Grimmer: "Gradient descent can accelerate (in big-O!) by just periodically taking longer steps. No momentum needed to beat O(1/T) in smooth convex opt!"
arxiv.org/abs/2309.09961
Comment from Grimmer: "Gradient descent can accelerate (in big-O!) by just periodically taking longer steps. No momentum needed to beat O(1/T) in smooth convex opt!"
arxiv.org/abs/2309.09961
