An important article. A cautionary tale for the rest of the world.

Summer musings while attempting to write a project proposal: Danish Janteloven and the qualities required to write a project proposal clash heavily with each other! :) (Danish Janteloven: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_...)

Interesting article about a fundamental problem.

Why should we spend money on basic research? Article in Danish by @Jari Kickbusch. I have helped with it. :) So, officially my first Danish article! Yay. :) finans.dk/debat/ECE183...

Impressive new result: The perfect matching function requires monotone circuits of exponential size. eccc.weizmann.ac.il/report/2025/...

The list of accepted papers at #FOCS2025 is up! focs.computer.org/2025/accepte...

I have two questions about bluesky. 1. Is there a way to tag everyone from a starter pack with just one mention? 2. What was the purpose of the starter packs? Have you continued to use them somehow?

Another episode of Life of a Researcher is out! I had the pleasure of chatting with Bernhard Haeupler. people.inf.ethz.ch/haeuplb/ More details below. +

Two Danish players at Wimbledon today! Clara Tauson and August Holmgren. Looking forward to the matches. :) www.dr.dk/sporten/tenn...

There are two new episodes of my podcast Life of a Researcher! The first one is a with Susanne Bødker. pure.au.dk/portal/da/pe... The link to the episode in the thread below. +

Why is "I feel lavender" not a phrase?

I am trying to get (at least) one pull-up. I can do negatives, I can do assisted pull-ups. But that one pull up has been quite elusive. Any tips? Should I get a trainer? Any help is most welcome.

Does anyone have access to photos of Michael Rabin and Jack Edmonds, which I can use without credit? Those on wiki need to be credited and that is making my talk slides too cluttered. Tagging some. @fortnow.bsky.social @ccanonne.github.io @rrwilliams.bsky.social @booleananalysis.bsky.social

Spring has sprung. Not not in my backyard. :)

This sounds unreal.

ICALP 2025 accepted list of papers is out: conferences.au.dk/icalp2025/ac...

This is important for international students in the US. And I thought COVID years were difficult for graduate students.

On behalf of Raghu Meka: Students at US universities can apply for travel support to attend STOC 2025 Theory Fest (June 23-27, Prague CZ). The deadline for applications is April 27th. Link in comment.

I have created a very basic webpage for myself. I did it using ChatGPT. :) I wanted to see if it can be done. I also wanted to make my publication list less cluttered. I am still working on pages related to teaching and outreach. Your comments are most welcome! itu.dk/~nuli/

First 5-10 minutes of the video starting from this point are very insightful and I agree with it wholeheartedly. youtu.be/0xS68sl2D70?...

I am looking for a postdoc candidate. Here are some details. Could you please help me spread the word? Thanks! Application deadline: April 22, 2025. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

On TGV after almost two decades!

Want to shop without algorithms finding out your preferences? A new innovative solution! Shop in person!

This year it is the 50th MFCS. To be help in beatiful Warsaw, Poland. Please consider submitting your work here! mfcs2025.mimuw.edu.pl#home

FOCS needs no advertising. FOCS in Sydney even less so! Yet. Here is a plug. FOCS 2025. Deadline in 9 days! :) focs.computer.org/2025/

📢 Call for PhD and Postdocs: Using data science to improve epidemic preparedness nerds.itu.dk/2025/03/25/c... We are looking for Phds and Postdocs to join @jonassjuul.bsky.social at @itu.dk in Copenhagen improving inference, forecasting, and mitigation in future pandemics. Deadline May 1st.

A Danish journalist reports on the USA everyday in the Danish newspaper. Today's article hits the nail on the head. The article is in Danish but can be translated easily. www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Very honored and grateful for this recognition by the TCS community ❤️

Very excited that Ramprasad will be teaching a short course at IITGN *this weekend* on the math behind card magic! If you can't join in person, we will be hybrid, and the easiest way to join is to register on the NPTEL elearn platform: elearn.nptel.ac.in/shop/iit-wor...

At Dagstuhl. www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...

Geocaching in Copenhagen! Very enjoyable... :) Yet another way to explore the city. 🫶🇩🇰🤍 #geocaching, #copenhagen, @copenhagensundays.bsky.social @copenhagenizers.bsky.social

A blogpost by @fortnow.bsky.social about the recent amazing result by Ryan Williams @rrwilliams.bsky.social. Congratulations, Ryan! bsky.app/profile/rrwi...

Reflection

A recent exciting result in complexity theory appeared in Quanta Magazine. Do give it a read. Congratulations @rrwilliams.bsky.social ! :) www.quantamagazine.org/catalytic-co...

New paper: Simulating Time With Square-Root Space people.csail.mit.edu/rrw/time-vs-... It's still hard for me to believe it myself, but I seem to have shown that TIME[t] is contained in SPACE[sqrt{t log t}]. To appear in STOC. Comments are very welcome!

"Learning space is frustrating." This needs to be said. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpR6...

List of accepted papers at STOC 2025 is out. acm-stoc.org/stoc2025/acc...

I love a month that starts with a weekend!

A huge shout-out to Geraldine Fitzpatrick! Her CACM article is here: cacm.acm.org/careers/fit-... And here is my podcast episode with her. open.spotify.com/episode/235I...

Deepseek much slower than OpenAI. I also tried to upload a zip file, which didn't work on deepseek, but worked well on free version of OpenAI. What has been your experience? Also, no deepseek GIF yet! :)

My podcast episode with Geraldine Fitzpatrick is also available on her podcast! She released it now as a complement to her careers article in the Feb 25 edition of Communications of the ACM! Congratulations to Geraldine!! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...

Professor Ajit Diwan, a graph theorist, a fantastic colleague, and a collaborator passed away today. My heartfelt condolences. Sharing a post by Arindam Khan who posted this on Twitter. x.com/arindamkhan/...

Thank you @neeldhara.bsky.social for sharing this sharter pack with me. go.bsky.app/6A6GRSi

On December 14 and December 15, 2024, we organised a workshop in IIT Gandhinagar, India. It went off really well. Here are two photos. Thank you @neeldhara.bsky.social and the team at IIT Gandhinagar for their hospitality and smooth organisation. mmcomplexity.github.io

Starting out on Bluesky! :)

Save draft, add poll. Are there other features missing on bluesky? @academic-chatter.bsky.social Is this in the pipeline? @support.bsky.team @bsky.app

I cannot think of a better way to come out of a month-long hibernation from social media. Lovely views on my way to work yesterday. :)

⌛ In-person registrations close in 48 hours! Might we remind you that it's only way to get a hold of our conference kit, designed by folks at the Center for Creative Learning, IIT Gandhinagar, and brought to you by CCL and Amuse Labs 🤩

Things you need as a PhD student: - coffee ☕ - a living stipend 💰 - a website 🔗 For the last one, @kiragoldner.bsky.social has good resources: www.kiragoldner.com/blog/website..., www.kiragoldner.com/resources.html

Throwback Thursday to the best side-eye in the biz. #CorgiCrew