Max Hinne
@maxhinne.bsky.social
Associate professor, Bayesian stats, ML, at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University. Might also follow foodies and sci-fi writers.
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Just published in JOSS: 'Bamojax: Bayesian Modelling with JAX' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08642
October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Just published in JOSS: 'Bamojax: Bayesian Modelling with JAX' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08642
Bamojax (Bayesian modelling with JAX) v0.3.10 is out! Next to increased support for distributions and bijectors, several marginal likelihood estimators are now available, such as bridge sampling and truncated harmonic mean estimation (THAMES).
Check it out on github.com/UncertaintyI...!
Check it out on github.com/UncertaintyI...!
GitHub - UncertaintyInComplexSystems/bamojax: Bayesian Modelling using Jax
Bayesian Modelling using Jax. Contribute to UncertaintyInComplexSystems/bamojax development by creating an account on GitHub.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Bamojax (Bayesian modelling with JAX) v0.3.10 is out! Next to increased support for distributions and bijectors, several marginal likelihood estimators are now available, such as bridge sampling and truncated harmonic mean estimation (THAMES).
Check it out on github.com/UncertaintyI...!
Check it out on github.com/UncertaintyI...!
Very proud on David Leeftink's first PhD thesis paper on optimal control of probabilistic dynamics models! Check it out here: arxiv.org/abs/2504.02543
Our recent paper “Optimal Control of Probabilistic Dynamics Models via Mean Hamiltonian Minimization,” has been accepted to CDC 2025!
We demonstrate how applying optimal control principles can significantly improve planning in deep model-based reinforcement learning with epistemic uncertainty.
We demonstrate how applying optimal control principles can significantly improve planning in deep model-based reinforcement learning with epistemic uncertainty.
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very proud on David Leeftink's first PhD thesis paper on optimal control of probabilistic dynamics models! Check it out here: arxiv.org/abs/2504.02543
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After five years of confused staring at Greek letters, it is my absolute pleasure to finally share our (with @smfleming.bsky.social) computational model of mental imagery and reality monitoring: Perceptual Reality Monitoring as Higher-Order inference on Sensory Precision ✨
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July 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
After five years of confused staring at Greek letters, it is my absolute pleasure to finally share our (with @smfleming.bsky.social) computational model of mental imagery and reality monitoring: Perceptual Reality Monitoring as Higher-Order inference on Sensory Precision ✨
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Na een lange en chaotische avond, stemde de Tweede Kamer voor de asielwetten van minister Faber.
Het wordt zélfs strafbaar om ongedocumenteerde mensen te helpen met onderdak, een maaltijd of kleding.
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Teken de petitie: Stop de asielwetten | GroenLinks-PvdA
Stop de asielwetten! Deze wetten van het kabinet Wilders-Yesilgöz zijn asociaal, onverantwoord en onmenselijk. Teken de petitie en hou ze tegen.
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July 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Na een lange en chaotische avond, stemde de Tweede Kamer voor de asielwetten van minister Faber.
Het wordt zélfs strafbaar om ongedocumenteerde mensen te helpen met onderdak, een maaltijd of kleding.
Help ons dit beleid tegen te houden, teken én deel de petitie:
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Het wordt zélfs strafbaar om ongedocumenteerde mensen te helpen met onderdak, een maaltijd of kleding.
Help ons dit beleid tegen te houden, teken én deel de petitie:
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I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
June 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
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Job Alert! Two PhD positions in the Probabilistic Graphical Models group of the @DondersInst at @RadboudU. Both PhDs are part of the ELSA lab on Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Aspects of Clinical Decision Support Systems. 1/8
May 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Job Alert! Two PhD positions in the Probabilistic Graphical Models group of the @DondersInst at @RadboudU. Both PhDs are part of the ELSA lab on Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Aspects of Clinical Decision Support Systems. 1/8
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🎉 Effects of climate protests by scientists paper published!
Our findings suggest that scientists can engage in public protest without compromising their credibility, but that such actions alone may have less impact than one would like to believe: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Our findings suggest that scientists can engage in public protest without compromising their credibility, but that such actions alone may have less impact than one would like to believe: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
April 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🎉 Effects of climate protests by scientists paper published!
Our findings suggest that scientists can engage in public protest without compromising their credibility, but that such actions alone may have less impact than one would like to believe: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Our findings suggest that scientists can engage in public protest without compromising their credibility, but that such actions alone may have less impact than one would like to believe: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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My lab is looking for a PhD candidate, in collaboration with Bernhard Englitz's lab.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My lab is looking for a PhD candidate, in collaboration with Bernhard Englitz's lab.
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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"...for every £1 of public money invested into UK universities, £14 of economic benefit is generated" www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/news/...
New report reveals key role universities play in boosting growth and productivity across the UK
The higher education sector contributes more than £265 billion to the UK economy.
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April 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
"...for every £1 of public money invested into UK universities, £14 of economic benefit is generated" www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/news/...
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Long COVID advocates and researchers in the United States have done the extraordinary. After a bruising battle, they managed to revive some of the research grants cancelled by the administration of President Donald Trump.
https://go.nature.com/3RKg5tP
https://go.nature.com/3RKg5tP
Long COVID activists fought Trump team’s research cuts and won ― for now
Success gives hope to scientists and advocates who managed to get millions of dollars in grants restored.
go.nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Long COVID advocates and researchers in the United States have done the extraordinary. After a bruising battle, they managed to revive some of the research grants cancelled by the administration of President Donald Trump.
https://go.nature.com/3RKg5tP
https://go.nature.com/3RKg5tP
David Leeftink's first PhD thesis work is now available on arXiv! Probabilistic Pontryagin's Maximum Principle for Continuous-Time Model-Based Reinforcement Learning, check it out!
New preprint out! arxiv.org/abs/2504.02543
Probabilistic Pontryagin's Maximum Principle for Continuous-Time Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
Without exact knowledge of the true system dynamics, optimal control of non-linear continuous-time systems requires careful treatment of epistemic uncertainty. In this work, we propose a probabilistic...
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April 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
David Leeftink's first PhD thesis work is now available on arXiv! Probabilistic Pontryagin's Maximum Principle for Continuous-Time Model-Based Reinforcement Learning, check it out!
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Join us in Amsterdam for the 11th Model-Based Neuroscience & Cognition Summer School. Gain a solid foundation in Bayesian evidence-accumulation modeling and explore its integration with neuroscience or advanced computational frameworks, including reinforcement-learning models. modelbasedneurosci.com
Model-Based Neuroscience and Cognition Summer School
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March 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join us in Amsterdam for the 11th Model-Based Neuroscience & Cognition Summer School. Gain a solid foundation in Bayesian evidence-accumulation modeling and explore its integration with neuroscience or advanced computational frameworks, including reinforcement-learning models. modelbasedneurosci.com
My tutorial on Sequentual Monte Carlo for psychology and behavioural science is out now in Behavior Research Methods! Check it out at link.springer.com/article/10.3...
An introduction to Sequential Monte Carlo for Bayesian inference and model comparison—with examples for psychology and behavioral science - Behavior Research Methods
Bayesian inference is becoming an increasingly popular framework for statistics in the behavioral sciences. However, its application is hampered by its computational intractability – almost all Bayesi...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My tutorial on Sequentual Monte Carlo for psychology and behavioural science is out now in Behavior Research Methods! Check it out at link.springer.com/article/10.3...
🧵 Introducing *bamojax* v0.1 --- Bayesian Modelling in JAX! https://github.com/uncertaintyincomplexsystems/bamojax
March 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🧵 Introducing *bamojax* v0.1 --- Bayesian Modelling in JAX! https://github.com/uncertaintyincomplexsystems/bamojax