Jessie Finocchiaro
jessiefin.bsky.social
Jessie Finocchiaro
@jessiefin.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Boston College. Somewhere between ML theory and EconCS

www.jessiefin.com
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⚠️ WANTED: PhD student ⚠️
The topic? GPU-friendly algorithms for discrete optimization and mathematical programming, to be used inside decision-focused learning pipelines.
The mentors? My colleague Axel Parmentier and myself.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So much fun to meet new folks at BEACH yesterday and share some recent work of mine! Huge thanks to the organizers
Thanks to our speakers for their talks, to everyone for coming out, and to my group for all of their help hosting!

Photos of @jessiefin.bsky.social, Drazen Prelec, @pokoroafor.bsky.social, and my group (@divyarthi.bsky.social, @tsiliii.bsky.social, and Anh Phung)
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#30DayMapChallenge day 10: Air

@jessiefin.bsky.social + Francisco Marmolejo-Cossío visualize the presence of ladrilleras, or brick kilns, which emit pollution across the state. Data cleaned by Jacqueline Calderón and Lizet Jarquin at UASLP.

Full interactive map: tinyurl.com/map10-air
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@bostoncollege.bsky.social is launching a PhD program in Computer Science! Help spreading the word to interested undergrads would be appreciated; our department has faculty research clustered in ML and CS theory, and Boston's a nice place to be :) www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
Ph.D. Program
www.bc.edu
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Join us for this semester's BEACH Day!

Topic: Predictions for Decision Making: Scoring Rules, Calibration, and Information Elicitation
When: Tues, Nov 18, 2025
Where: BU CDS @bucds.bsky.social

Registration: Free-but-required (forms.gle/k71pqBosDhiA...) by Nov 11.
Schedule: On the website below!
Boston Economics and Computing Hub
www.boston-ec-hub.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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If you work on theory in responsible computing and are looking for a job, fill out this form before September 28!

Responsible computing includes private data analysis, fairness, robustness, mathematical approaches bridging computer science, law, ethics, etc.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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It's time for the Theory Jobs spreadsheet for 2025! The theory CS community crowdsources who accepted which jobs every year.

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June 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Please join us for our inaugural BEACH Day: a workshop from the Boston Economics and Computing Hub.

On What: Behavioral Models in EconCS
When: Friday April 4, 2025
Where: BU CDS @bucds.bsky.social
Registration: Free-but-required (forms.gle/ZkB3qVMqQYjA...) by March 28.
Schedule: In-progress below!
Boston Economics and Computing Hub
www.boston-ec-hub.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I haven't seen anything come out yet, but does anyone know about details and dates for SAGT this year? The only info I see is last year's call and wasn't sure if the timing should be similar this year. TIA
March 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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🚨 Call for Papers – #EAAMO25 🚨

We invite researchers, practitioners & policymakers to submit work on equity, access, & fairness in algorithms, optimization & mechanism design.

📅 Abstracts due Apr-17
📅 Papers due April-24

🔗 Learn more: conference.eaamo.org/cfp/
Call for Participation
The fifth ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO ‘25) will occur November 5–7, 2025 in University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
conference.eaamo.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excited to share some recent work with @sunk8th.bsky.social and Milind Tambe on the effects of loss function choice with limited model capacity: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.19522

(Thanks to my @hcrcs.bsky.social postdoc for introducing me to these great folks, too!)
arxiv.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM