Tim van Erven
@timvanerven.nl
Associate professor in machine learning at the University of Amsterdam. Topics: (online) learning theory and the mathematics of explainable AI.
www.timvanerven.nl
Theory of Interpretable AI seminar: https://tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar
www.timvanerven.nl
Theory of Interpretable AI seminar: https://tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar
Coming up tomorrow (Tuesday 11 Nov) in the Theory of Interpretability seminar: Ulrike von Luxburg will discuss why
informative explanations only exist for simple functions 👀
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
informative explanations only exist for simple functions 👀
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Coming up tomorrow (Tuesday 11 Nov) in the Theory of Interpretability seminar: Ulrike von Luxburg will discuss why
informative explanations only exist for simple functions 👀
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
informative explanations only exist for simple functions 👀
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
The next talk in the Theory of Interpretable AI seminar will be by Shahaf Bassan on "The Computational Complexity of Explaining ML Models".
Tuesday October 21
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Tuesday October 21
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
October 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The next talk in the Theory of Interpretable AI seminar will be by Shahaf Bassan on "The Computational Complexity of Explaining ML Models".
Tuesday October 21
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Tuesday October 21
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
🚨 The Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar is back after the summer!
🎙️ Tobias Leemann: On Identifiability & Representational Power of Post-Hoc Explanations
📅 Sept 9, 4PM CET / 10AM EST
📍 Online: uva-live.zoom.us/j/87120549999
🔗 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
🎙️ Tobias Leemann: On Identifiability & Representational Power of Post-Hoc Explanations
📅 Sept 9, 4PM CET / 10AM EST
📍 Online: uva-live.zoom.us/j/87120549999
🔗 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
September 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨 The Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar is back after the summer!
🎙️ Tobias Leemann: On Identifiability & Representational Power of Post-Hoc Explanations
📅 Sept 9, 4PM CET / 10AM EST
📍 Online: uva-live.zoom.us/j/87120549999
🔗 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
🎙️ Tobias Leemann: On Identifiability & Representational Power of Post-Hoc Explanations
📅 Sept 9, 4PM CET / 10AM EST
📍 Online: uva-live.zoom.us/j/87120549999
🔗 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
4th AI & Mathematics in NL workshop in Tilburg.
Many cool presentations: aimath.nl/index.php/20...
And great people:
Many cool presentations: aimath.nl/index.php/20...
And great people:
June 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
4th AI & Mathematics in NL workshop in Tilburg.
Many cool presentations: aimath.nl/index.php/20...
And great people:
Many cool presentations: aimath.nl/index.php/20...
And great people:
Happening today:
⏰⏰ Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰⏰ Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
June 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Happening today:
⏰⏰ Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰⏰ Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰⏰ Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
May 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
⏰⏰ Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Chain-of-Thought: Why does explaining to LLMs using CoT prompting work?
Join us on June 3, when Bohang Zhang will dive into the mechanisms behind chain-of-thought prompting — and what makes it so effective
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Curious about feature attribution?
SHAP & LIME treat features independently—but features interact!
Come hear how to "Disentangle Interactions and Dependencies in Feature Attribution"
Tuesday May 6 (today!) 4pm CET, 10am ET
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
SHAP & LIME treat features independently—but features interact!
Come hear how to "Disentangle Interactions and Dependencies in Feature Attribution"
Tuesday May 6 (today!) 4pm CET, 10am ET
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
May 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Curious about feature attribution?
SHAP & LIME treat features independently—but features interact!
Come hear how to "Disentangle Interactions and Dependencies in Feature Attribution"
Tuesday May 6 (today!) 4pm CET, 10am ET
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
SHAP & LIME treat features independently—but features interact!
Come hear how to "Disentangle Interactions and Dependencies in Feature Attribution"
Tuesday May 6 (today!) 4pm CET, 10am ET
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰⏰Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
In two weeks, April 8, Mirco Mutti will talk about "A Classification View on Meta Learning Bandits"
In two weeks, April 8, Mirco Mutti will talk about "A Classification View on Meta Learning Bandits"
March 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
⏰⏰Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
In two weeks, April 8, Mirco Mutti will talk about "A Classification View on Meta Learning Bandits"
In two weeks, April 8, Mirco Mutti will talk about "A Classification View on Meta Learning Bandits"
Couldn't make it to Atticus's talk last week on the current state of interpretability?
No worries! Fortunately for you, the talk is rescheduled to Wednesday this week😄
Please do join us!
🌐: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
No worries! Fortunately for you, the talk is rescheduled to Wednesday this week😄
Please do join us!
🌐: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
March 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Couldn't make it to Atticus's talk last week on the current state of interpretability?
No worries! Fortunately for you, the talk is rescheduled to Wednesday this week😄
Please do join us!
🌐: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
No worries! Fortunately for you, the talk is rescheduled to Wednesday this week😄
Please do join us!
🌐: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰⏰Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Tuesday in two weeks we will hear from Atticus Geiger on "The Current State of Interpretability and Ideas for Scaling Up"
Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Date: 4 March, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
Tuesday in two weeks we will hear from Atticus Geiger on "The Current State of Interpretability and Ideas for Scaling Up"
Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Date: 4 March, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
February 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
⏰⏰Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰
Tuesday in two weeks we will hear from Atticus Geiger on "The Current State of Interpretability and Ideas for Scaling Up"
Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Date: 4 March, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
Tuesday in two weeks we will hear from Atticus Geiger on "The Current State of Interpretability and Ideas for Scaling Up"
Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Date: 4 March, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
The next theory of interpretable AI seminar is Tuesday next week. We will have Jeremias Sulam, who will present "Testing Semantic Importance via Conditional Independence and Betting"
💻Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 4 Feb, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
💻Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 4 Feb, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
January 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The next theory of interpretable AI seminar is Tuesday next week. We will have Jeremias Sulam, who will present "Testing Semantic Importance via Conditional Independence and Betting"
💻Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 4 Feb, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
💻Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 4 Feb, 4pm CET/ 10am ET
The theory of interpretable AI seminar is back after the holiday season! 🎅🤶
Our next talk is next Thursday by Yishay Mansour who will talk about interpretable approximations
💻 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 16 Jan
Our next talk is next Thursday by Yishay Mansour who will talk about interpretable approximations
💻 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 16 Jan
January 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The theory of interpretable AI seminar is back after the holiday season! 🎅🤶
Our next talk is next Thursday by Yishay Mansour who will talk about interpretable approximations
💻 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 16 Jan
Our next talk is next Thursday by Yishay Mansour who will talk about interpretable approximations
💻 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 16 Jan
📢Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar📢
On Thursday, Depen Morwani from Harvard will present work on how **margin maximization** can explain observed phenomena in mechanistic interpretability!
⏲️Thursday Dec 5th, 4pm CET / 10am EST
🌐https://tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
On Thursday, Depen Morwani from Harvard will present work on how **margin maximization** can explain observed phenomena in mechanistic interpretability!
⏲️Thursday Dec 5th, 4pm CET / 10am EST
🌐https://tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
December 3, 2024 at 9:30 AM
📢Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar📢
On Thursday, Depen Morwani from Harvard will present work on how **margin maximization** can explain observed phenomena in mechanistic interpretability!
⏲️Thursday Dec 5th, 4pm CET / 10am EST
🌐https://tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
On Thursday, Depen Morwani from Harvard will present work on how **margin maximization** can explain observed phenomena in mechanistic interpretability!
⏲️Thursday Dec 5th, 4pm CET / 10am EST
🌐https://tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰⏰⏰Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰⏰
In one week, Andrej Risteski will present "Discernible Patterns in Trained Transformers: A View from Simple Linguistic Sandboxes"
⏲️ Monday Nov 18, 4pm CET/10am EST, via zoom. (Notice the unusual day and hour!)
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
In one week, Andrej Risteski will present "Discernible Patterns in Trained Transformers: A View from Simple Linguistic Sandboxes"
⏲️ Monday Nov 18, 4pm CET/10am EST, via zoom. (Notice the unusual day and hour!)
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
November 13, 2024 at 8:17 AM
⏰⏰⏰Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰⏰
In one week, Andrej Risteski will present "Discernible Patterns in Trained Transformers: A View from Simple Linguistic Sandboxes"
⏲️ Monday Nov 18, 4pm CET/10am EST, via zoom. (Notice the unusual day and hour!)
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
In one week, Andrej Risteski will present "Discernible Patterns in Trained Transformers: A View from Simple Linguistic Sandboxes"
⏲️ Monday Nov 18, 4pm CET/10am EST, via zoom. (Notice the unusual day and hour!)
tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/