Stefan Neumann
neumannstefan.com
Stefan Neumann
@neumannstefan.com
Assistant professor @ TU Wien, associate faculty @ Complexity Science Hub.

Previously: KTH, Brown, Uni Wien.

I study algorithms for data science and social-network analysis. Connecting theory 🤝 practice.

More info: https://neumannstefan.com.
Luca Trevisan series of posts from gay
and lesbian computer scientists:
lucatrevisan.wordpress.com/tag/turing-c...

Luca Trevisan's own story:
lucatrevisan.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/t...

Gil Kalai’s blog “Combinatorics and More": gilkalai.wordpress.com
Turing Centennial – in theory
Posts about Turing Centennial written by luca
lucatrevisan.wordpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Omer Reingold series on research-life stories: windowsontheory.org/tag/research...

Bobby Kleinberg's story: windowsontheory.org/2013/03/21/r...
Research-Life Stories – Windows On Theory
Posts about Research-Life Stories written by Boaz Barak, Omer Reingold, and Raghu Meka
windowsontheory.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I wonder whether one could add a function modeling the "usefulness" of LLMs in the grant writing process, with the goal of understanding how this impacts the overall competition.
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
At least for ERC grants it seems like there are a lot more submissions (=more competition) because it got easier to prepare proposals (=less cost).

Do you think this changes the competition fundamentally or is it just a case of more people entering the competition?

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Such a strong growth in submissions over the past few years (probably because of LLMs?). 38% more than two years ago. Wow.

An acceptance rate of less than 10% is really tough.

Good luck to everyone who submitted!
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
No.
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM