Kale-ab Tessera
@kale-ab.bsky.social
ML PhD Student @ Uni. of Edinburgh, working on Multi-Agent Problems. | Organiser @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social @rl-agents-rg.bsky.social | 🇪🇹🇿🇦
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Reading group today at 2pm BST!
We are starting our NeurIPS series with Sable and Oryx, sequence models for scalable multi-agent coordination from the RL Research Team at InstaDeep. 🚀
Papers:
- Sable: bit.ly/3Lme7jH
- Oryx: bit.ly/47GJb4T
Meeting:
- bit.ly/3JoEbtU
We are starting our NeurIPS series with Sable and Oryx, sequence models for scalable multi-agent coordination from the RL Research Team at InstaDeep. 🚀
Papers:
- Sable: bit.ly/3Lme7jH
- Oryx: bit.ly/47GJb4T
Meeting:
- bit.ly/3JoEbtU
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reading group today at 2pm BST!
We are starting our NeurIPS series with Sable and Oryx, sequence models for scalable multi-agent coordination from the RL Research Team at InstaDeep. 🚀
Papers:
- Sable: bit.ly/3Lme7jH
- Oryx: bit.ly/47GJb4T
Meeting:
- bit.ly/3JoEbtU
We are starting our NeurIPS series with Sable and Oryx, sequence models for scalable multi-agent coordination from the RL Research Team at InstaDeep. 🚀
Papers:
- Sable: bit.ly/3Lme7jH
- Oryx: bit.ly/47GJb4T
Meeting:
- bit.ly/3JoEbtU
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📢 RL reading group Thursday @ 16:00 BST 📢
Speaker: Alex Lewandowski
Title: The World Is Bigger: A Computationally-Embedded Perspective on the Big World Hypothesis 🌍
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
Speaker: Alex Lewandowski
Title: The World Is Bigger: A Computationally-Embedded Perspective on the Big World Hypothesis 🌍
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
UoE RL Reading Group
University of Edinburgh Reinforcement Learning Reading Group
edinburgh-rl.github.io
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📢 RL reading group Thursday @ 16:00 BST 📢
Speaker: Alex Lewandowski
Title: The World Is Bigger: A Computationally-Embedded Perspective on the Big World Hypothesis 🌍
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
Speaker: Alex Lewandowski
Title: The World Is Bigger: A Computationally-Embedded Perspective on the Big World Hypothesis 🌍
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
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None of our impactful papers have had an easy path through traditional venues.
Most cited paper? Rejected four times.
Most impactful paper? Poster at a conference.
But none of it matters because arxiv makes everything work
Most cited paper? Rejected four times.
Most impactful paper? Poster at a conference.
But none of it matters because arxiv makes everything work
August 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
None of our impactful papers have had an easy path through traditional venues.
Most cited paper? Rejected four times.
Most impactful paper? Poster at a conference.
But none of it matters because arxiv makes everything work
Most cited paper? Rejected four times.
Most impactful paper? Poster at a conference.
But none of it matters because arxiv makes everything work
Great first couple of days at DLI @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social in Kigali 🇷🇼, some highlights include amazing talks talks by @verenarieser.bsky.social and Max Welling, great pracs and tuts, and of course the opening party ( before the rain 😢) 🎉 #DLI2025
August 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Great first couple of days at DLI @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social in Kigali 🇷🇼, some highlights include amazing talks talks by @verenarieser.bsky.social and Max Welling, great pracs and tuts, and of course the opening party ( before the rain 😢) 🎉 #DLI2025
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We’re excited to unveil the first #DLI2025 lineup of tutorials and practicals:
✨ Machine Learning Foundations
✨ Generative Models & LLMs for African languages
All tutorial content will also be available online after the Indaba. Don’t miss out, subscribe here 👉 lnkd.in/eCgXRqsV
✨ Machine Learning Foundations
✨ Generative Models & LLMs for African languages
All tutorial content will also be available online after the Indaba. Don’t miss out, subscribe here 👉 lnkd.in/eCgXRqsV
August 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We’re excited to unveil the first #DLI2025 lineup of tutorials and practicals:
✨ Machine Learning Foundations
✨ Generative Models & LLMs for African languages
All tutorial content will also be available online after the Indaba. Don’t miss out, subscribe here 👉 lnkd.in/eCgXRqsV
✨ Machine Learning Foundations
✨ Generative Models & LLMs for African languages
All tutorial content will also be available online after the Indaba. Don’t miss out, subscribe here 👉 lnkd.in/eCgXRqsV
🇨🇦 Heading to @rl-conference.bsky.social next week to present HyperMARL (@cocomarl-workshop.bsky.social) and Remember Markov (Finding The Frame Workshop).
If you are around, hmu, happy to chat about Multi-Agent Systems (MARL, agentic systems), open-endedness, environments, or anything related! 🎉
If you are around, hmu, happy to chat about Multi-Agent Systems (MARL, agentic systems), open-endedness, environments, or anything related! 🎉
August 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🇨🇦 Heading to @rl-conference.bsky.social next week to present HyperMARL (@cocomarl-workshop.bsky.social) and Remember Markov (Finding The Frame Workshop).
If you are around, hmu, happy to chat about Multi-Agent Systems (MARL, agentic systems), open-endedness, environments, or anything related! 🎉
If you are around, hmu, happy to chat about Multi-Agent Systems (MARL, agentic systems), open-endedness, environments, or anything related! 🎉
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We are thrilled to announce our next keynote speaker
@wellingmax.bsky.social, Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Visiting Professor at Caltech and CTO & Co-Founder of CuspAI.
Catch his talk “How AI could transform the sciences” on August 18 at 4:30 PM GMT+2.
#DLI2025
@wellingmax.bsky.social, Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Visiting Professor at Caltech and CTO & Co-Founder of CuspAI.
Catch his talk “How AI could transform the sciences” on August 18 at 4:30 PM GMT+2.
#DLI2025
July 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are thrilled to announce our next keynote speaker
@wellingmax.bsky.social, Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Visiting Professor at Caltech and CTO & Co-Founder of CuspAI.
Catch his talk “How AI could transform the sciences” on August 18 at 4:30 PM GMT+2.
#DLI2025
@wellingmax.bsky.social, Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Visiting Professor at Caltech and CTO & Co-Founder of CuspAI.
Catch his talk “How AI could transform the sciences” on August 18 at 4:30 PM GMT+2.
#DLI2025
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RL reading group TODAY @ 15:00 BST 🔥
Speaker: Cam Allen (Postdoc, UC Berkeley)
Title: The Agent Must Choose the Problem Model
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
Speaker: Cam Allen (Postdoc, UC Berkeley)
Title: The Agent Must Choose the Problem Model
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
UoE RL Reading Group
University of Edinburgh Reinforcement Learning Reading Group
edinburgh-rl.github.io
July 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
RL reading group TODAY @ 15:00 BST 🔥
Speaker: Cam Allen (Postdoc, UC Berkeley)
Title: The Agent Must Choose the Problem Model
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
Speaker: Cam Allen (Postdoc, UC Berkeley)
Title: The Agent Must Choose the Problem Model
Details: edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-group
Reading group is back for those interested in RL/MARL/agents/open-endedness and alike... First session today at 3pm BST, @mattieml.bsky.social is presenting the Simplifying TD learning/PQN paper. 🎉 Meeting link: bit.ly/4lfdaGR Sign up: bit.ly/40xNQDR
We are super excited to kick things off again with Mattie Fellows (Postdoc @ FLAIR in Oxford) today 15:00 BST!
Paper: Simplifying Deep Temporal Difference Learning
Check out our website for full info edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-grou...
Paper: Simplifying Deep Temporal Difference Learning
Check out our website for full info edinburgh-rl.github.io/reading-grou...
July 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reading group is back for those interested in RL/MARL/agents/open-endedness and alike... First session today at 3pm BST, @mattieml.bsky.social is presenting the Simplifying TD learning/PQN paper. 🎉 Meeting link: bit.ly/4lfdaGR Sign up: bit.ly/40xNQDR
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Hello world! This is the RL & Agents Reading Group
We organise regular meetings to discuss recent papers in Reinforcement Learning (RL), Multi-Agent RL and related areas (open-ended learning, LLM agents, robotics, etc).
Meetings take place online and are open to everyone 😊
We organise regular meetings to discuss recent papers in Reinforcement Learning (RL), Multi-Agent RL and related areas (open-ended learning, LLM agents, robotics, etc).
Meetings take place online and are open to everyone 😊
July 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Hello world! This is the RL & Agents Reading Group
We organise regular meetings to discuss recent papers in Reinforcement Learning (RL), Multi-Agent RL and related areas (open-ended learning, LLM agents, robotics, etc).
Meetings take place online and are open to everyone 😊
We organise regular meetings to discuss recent papers in Reinforcement Learning (RL), Multi-Agent RL and related areas (open-ended learning, LLM agents, robotics, etc).
Meetings take place online and are open to everyone 😊
📜🤖 Can a shared multi-agent RL policy support both specialised & homogeneous team behaviours -- without changing the learning objective, requiring preset diversity levels or sequential updates? Our preprint “𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘓: 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘓” explores this!
May 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📜🤖 Can a shared multi-agent RL policy support both specialised & homogeneous team behaviours -- without changing the learning objective, requiring preset diversity levels or sequential updates? Our preprint “𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘓: 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘓” explores this!
For many, the Indaba was their first exposure to ML/AI, and this helps give more people that opportunity. Please donate if you can: gofund.me/61b012e4
🪘Our Crowdfunding Campaign is LIVE! 🪘
🚀Support Indaba 2025 Participant Grants! 👉https://gofund.me/61b012e4
We are launching a crowdfunding campaign to directly fund essential travel and participation grants for students and researchers for the upcoming Indaba in Kigali, Rwanda.
🚀Support Indaba 2025 Participant Grants! 👉https://gofund.me/61b012e4
We are launching a crowdfunding campaign to directly fund essential travel and participation grants for students and researchers for the upcoming Indaba in Kigali, Rwanda.
Deep Learning Indaba: Dakar, Senegal 2024 Highlight Reel
YouTube video by Deep Learning Indaba
youtu.be
May 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
For many, the Indaba was their first exposure to ML/AI, and this helps give more people that opportunity. Please donate if you can: gofund.me/61b012e4
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🪘The 2024 Impact Report is here!
Our last Indaba’s theme, Xam Xamlé (Wolof for "To Gather Knowledge and Share It"), beautifully reflected our mission: Empowering and educating through African AI. Read our report 🔗https://deeplearningindaba.com/blog/2025/04/xam-xamle-our-latest-indaba-impact-report/
Our last Indaba’s theme, Xam Xamlé (Wolof for "To Gather Knowledge and Share It"), beautifully reflected our mission: Empowering and educating through African AI. Read our report 🔗https://deeplearningindaba.com/blog/2025/04/xam-xamle-our-latest-indaba-impact-report/
April 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🪘The 2024 Impact Report is here!
Our last Indaba’s theme, Xam Xamlé (Wolof for "To Gather Knowledge and Share It"), beautifully reflected our mission: Empowering and educating through African AI. Read our report 🔗https://deeplearningindaba.com/blog/2025/04/xam-xamle-our-latest-indaba-impact-report/
Our last Indaba’s theme, Xam Xamlé (Wolof for "To Gather Knowledge and Share It"), beautifully reflected our mission: Empowering and educating through African AI. Read our report 🔗https://deeplearningindaba.com/blog/2025/04/xam-xamle-our-latest-indaba-impact-report/
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The RLDM workshop list is now up! Have a look: rldm.org/call-for-wor...
More workshop details coming soon :)
There were so many wonderful submissions---this was really tough for the committee. Huge thanks to all involved, and looking forward to seeing folks in Dublin
More workshop details coming soon :)
There were so many wonderful submissions---this was really tough for the committee. Huge thanks to all involved, and looking forward to seeing folks in Dublin
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS | RLDM
rldm.org
January 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The RLDM workshop list is now up! Have a look: rldm.org/call-for-wor...
More workshop details coming soon :)
There were so many wonderful submissions---this was really tough for the committee. Huge thanks to all involved, and looking forward to seeing folks in Dublin
More workshop details coming soon :)
There were so many wonderful submissions---this was really tough for the committee. Huge thanks to all involved, and looking forward to seeing folks in Dublin
We recently asked the authors to do a talk on this - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmdn... . A lot of awesome gems (goal focused rl research, don't waste your time, etc) 🔥 Thanks for bringing this to my attention @brandonrohrer.com !
January 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We recently asked the authors to do a talk on this - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmdn... . A lot of awesome gems (goal focused rl research, don't waste your time, etc) 🔥 Thanks for bringing this to my attention @brandonrohrer.com !
Reminder of how common paper rejections are, even for people like @teorth.bsky.social 💡
January 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Reminder of how common paper rejections are, even for people like @teorth.bsky.social 💡
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📚🧵1/7 It is finally here!! Only one more week until the print release of our textbook “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches” with @mitpress.bsky.social!
What you get, why you should be interested and more, all below in a short 🧵👇
What you get, why you should be interested and more, all below in a short 🧵👇
December 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
📚🧵1/7 It is finally here!! Only one more week until the print release of our textbook “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches” with @mitpress.bsky.social!
What you get, why you should be interested and more, all below in a short 🧵👇
What you get, why you should be interested and more, all below in a short 🧵👇
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The Deep Learning Indaba has made significant progress over the last few years. This piece in @mittechreviewbr.bsky.social paints a great picture of the opportunities and tensions we face 🙏🏾. And Lots more work for us still 🚀🚀 www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/11/1...
What Africa needs to do to become a major AI player
Inadequate funding, infrastructure issues, and fights over regulation mean the sector's future remains uncertain.
www.technologyreview.com
November 12, 2024 at 5:15 PM
The Deep Learning Indaba has made significant progress over the last few years. This piece in @mittechreviewbr.bsky.social paints a great picture of the opportunities and tensions we face 🙏🏾. And Lots more work for us still 🚀🚀 www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/11/1...
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Posting a call for help: does anyone know of a good way to simultaneously treat both POTS and Ménière’s disease? Please contact me if you’re either a clinician with experience doing this or a patient who has found a good solution. Context in thread
November 24, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Posting a call for help: does anyone know of a good way to simultaneously treat both POTS and Ménière’s disease? Please contact me if you’re either a clinician with experience doing this or a patient who has found a good solution. Context in thread
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RLDM will be held next year in Dublin!
A reminder that the call for workshops is out: rldm.org/call-for-wor...
The workshops are one of my favourite parts of the conference :) please get in touch if you have any questions!
A reminder that the call for workshops is out: rldm.org/call-for-wor...
The workshops are one of my favourite parts of the conference :) please get in touch if you have any questions!
November 22, 2024 at 9:57 AM
RLDM will be held next year in Dublin!
A reminder that the call for workshops is out: rldm.org/call-for-wor...
The workshops are one of my favourite parts of the conference :) please get in touch if you have any questions!
A reminder that the call for workshops is out: rldm.org/call-for-wor...
The workshops are one of my favourite parts of the conference :) please get in touch if you have any questions!
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When I will respond to your email
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
When I will respond to your email
Coffee shop + Sunday + Admin = elite combo. Honestly, I don't know how I managed a to-do list before this.
November 17, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Coffee shop + Sunday + Admin = elite combo. Honestly, I don't know how I managed a to-do list before this.
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Lets get the multi-agent learning community started up here: go.bsky.app/9gsefkW
November 13, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Lets get the multi-agent learning community started up here: go.bsky.app/9gsefkW
New to Bluesky 👋 Any way to bookmark/save posts? 👀
November 7, 2024 at 8:28 PM
New to Bluesky 👋 Any way to bookmark/save posts? 👀