We're excited to announce the call for papers for #ICML 2026: icml.cc/Conferences/... See you in Seoul next summer!

Great minds think alike! Alan Turing cracked Enigma in WWII; Brad Efron asked how many words Shakespeare knew. They used the same method. We use this method for LLM evaluation—to evaluate certain unseen capabilities of LLMs: arxiv.org/abs/2506.02058

A (not so) new paper on #LLM alignment from a social choice theory viewpoint: arxiv.org/abs/2503.10990 It reveals fundamental impossibility results concerning representing (diverse) human preferences.

We posted a paper on optimization for deep learning: arxiv.org/abs/2505.21799 Recently there's a surge of interest in *structure-aware* optimizers: Muon, Shampoo, Soap. In this paper, we propose a unifying preconditioning perspective, offer insights into these matrix-gradient methods.

I just wrote a position paper on the relation between statistics and large language models: Do Large Language Models (Really) Need Statistical Foundations? arxiv.org/abs/2505.19145 Any comments are welcome. Thx!

Our paper "The ICML 2023 Ranking Experiment: Examining Author Self-Assessment in ML/AI Peer Review" will appear in JASA as a Discussion Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2408.13430 It's a privilege to work with such a wonderful team: Buxin, Jiayao, Natalie, Yuling, Didong, Kyunghyun, Jianqing, and Aaroth.

We're hiring a postdoc focused on the statistical foundations of large language models, starting this fall. Join our team exploring the theoretical and statistical underpinnings of LLMs. If interested, check our work: weijie-su.com/llm/ and drop me an email. #AIResearch #PostdocPosition

I wrote a post on how to connect with people (i.e., make friends) at CS conferences. These events can be intimidating so here's some suggestions on how to navigate them I'm late for #ICLR2025 #NAACL2025, but in time for #AISTATS2025 #ICML2025! 1/3 kamathematics.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/t...

The #ICML2025 @icmlconf.bsky.social deadline has just passed! Peer review is vital to advancing AI research. We've been conducting a survey experiment at ICML since 2023. Pls take a few minutes to participate in it, sent via email with the subject "[ICML 2025] Author Survey". Thx!

A special issue on large language models (LLMs) and statistics at Stat (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2049...). We're seeking submissions examining LLMs' impact on statistical methods, practice, education, and many more @amstatnews.bsky.social

A departmental postdoc position opening in my dept: statistics.wharton.upenn.edu/recruiting/d...

Heading to Vancouver tomorrow for #NeurIPS2024, Dec 10-14! Excited to reconnect with colleagues and enjoy Vancouver's seafood! 🦐

Machine learning has led to predictive algorithms so obscure that they resist analysis. Where does the field of traditional statistics fit into all of this? Emmanuel Candès asks the question, “Can I trust this?” Tune in to this week’s episode of “The Joy of Why” listen.quantamagazine.org/jow-321-s

Knew nothing about bluesky until today. Immediately stop using X or gradually migrate to bluesky? Is there an optimal switching strategy?