David McAllester kicked off Research at TTIC talks for the start of the fall semester with “Reasoning and Mathematics,” exploring AI's reasoning push, including how #LLMs are solving IMO problems without tools. Watch now: buff.ly/LC8JfZc

Wednesday, November 5th at 11 AM CT: TTIC's Distinguished Lecture Series presents Aaron Hertzmann of Adobe Research with a talk titled "Can Computers Create Art?" Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

Thank you to Hyde Park Academy International Baccalaureate students for visiting TTIC yesterday! Professors Nati Srebro and Jingyang Wang presented on Nash equilibrium and game theory.

Friday, Oct. 10 at 11AM: Research at TTIC presents Mahdi Haghifam with a talk titled "The Sample Complexity of Membership Inference and Privacy Auditing." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

We had a blast at the South Side Science Festival this past weekend! Students and faculty from TTIC showcased their Baxter robot, robotic arms, and more!

On Friday, TTIC celebrated Professor David McAllester’s retirement. A founding faculty member who joined in 2002, Professor McAllester has been with TTIC for 23 years, shaping the institute through his leadership, mentorship, and pioneering research.

Walking around the Hyde Park neighborhood, home to TTIC, you'll find gardens with native flowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees that attract more colorful birds and butterflies!

Wishing you a blessed Yom Kippur!

We mourn the passing of Robert Barnett, TTIC’s longest-serving Trustee, who guided the Institute with wisdom and care from 2006 to 2025. A renowned attorney and advocate for education, his leadership will be deeply missed: buff.ly/kTMUeBw

Good research requires plenty of coffee. Happy #NationalCoffeeDay ☕

TTIC celebrated its largest-ever graduating class at the 2025 Diploma & Awards Ceremony on Sept. 22, 2025. 9 Ph.D. grads were honored for groundbreaking work in #ML, #computervision, #NLP, and more! Read more about our graduates and the ceremony: www.ttic.edu/news/#0925-4

Friday, October 3rd at 11am CT: Research at TTIC presents David McAllester with a talk titled "Reasoning and Mathematics." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

Welcome to our new incoming Ph.D. students for fall 2025! From left to right: Emily Chang, Haoran Chen, Hirota Kinoshita, Uriel Barron, and TTIJ exchange student Yota Urano. Not pictured: Shester Gueuwou!

Congratulations to Nirmit Joshi, recipient of the 2025 Outstanding TA Award! This award recognizes a student’s outstanding dedication and effort as a teaching assistant, as nominated by students.

TTIC held its Diploma and Awards Ceremony yesterday! Congratulations to the class of 2025: Sudarshan Babu, Jiading Fang, Mrinalkanti Ghosh, Gene Li, Naren Sarayu Manoj, Ankita Pasad, Kumar Kshitij Patel, Pedro Henrique Pamplona Savarese, and Pushkar Shukla.

TTIC’s 2025 Summer Workshop Program wrapped up, but proposals are open for 2026! Gather researchers in Chicago to explore #AI, #ML, #NLP, #Speech, #Robotics & more. $10K support + venue, meals, lodging. Learn more: buff.ly/SL0hsKs

Happy #ConstitutionDay! On this day in 1787, delegates signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia.

REMINDER: Join the TTIC Industry Open House on Sept. 26 to learn about our latest research in #ML, #NLP, #robotics, and more—and explore opportunities for collaboration. Register by Sept. 19: buff.ly/0KwH36l

Today is the start of #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth!

From the iconic skyline to the vibrant neighborhoods, there's so much to love about #Chicago, home of TTIC!

Join us for Ph.D. candidate Shengjie Lin's thesis defense titled "Scalable 3D Scene Understanding and Embodied Reasoning for Robotics." Wednesday, September 24th at 2:30pm.

Hyde Park Academy students got hands-on with #AI, ethics, and #computerscience through a new partnership with TTIC. The result? Deep discussions, stronger critical thinking, and inspired essays. Read more: buff.ly/BnXSghQ

Monday, September 15th at 11:30am CT: Talks at TTIC presents Nadav Cohen of Tel Aviv University with a talk titled “Implicit Biases of Gradient Descent in Offline System Identification and Optimal Control." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

TTIC is pleased to welcome four new Research Assistant Professors (RAPs) to its faculty this fall: Mahdi Haghifam, Siddharth Prasad, Kaylene Stocking, and Jeff Xu. Learn more about our new RAPs and their research: buff.ly/DUGstPT

TTIC has named Professor Avrim Blum, current Chief Academic Officer and established leader in theoretical #CS and #ML, as Interim President, effective September 2025. Read the full announcement here: buff.ly/DvyV2GD

Happy Labor Day! TTIC offices will be closed today in observance.

After six years of leadership, Matthew Turk will wrap up his term as TTIC President in August 2025. From community building to academic growth, he has helped shape the Institute’s path forward. Read more about his time at TTIC: buff.ly/2YsfxK6

It's a lovely August morning on the University of Chicago campus, home of TTIC!

Happy #InternationalDogDay 🐶!

Join us at TTIC’s Industry Open House on Sept 26! Meet faculty, students & postdocs driving research in #ML, #computervision, #robotics, #AI, & more. Build connections, discover talent, and learn how to partner through our Industry Affiliates Program: buff.ly/HK1eKbL

The Workshop on Local Algorithms (WOLA 2025) is happening now at TTIC, bringing together researchers from sublinear-time #algorithms, distributed algorithms, inference in large networks, and related areas!

From #Python to #robotics, Chicago high school students at TTIC's ARM internship gained real-world STEM skills, mentorship, and confidence. Programs like this don’t just teach #AI, they inspire the next generation of innovators. Read about the experience: buff.ly/maeEral

We had an excellent turnout for the Incentives for Collaborative Learning and Data Sharing workshop, hosted at TTIC as part of our 2025 summer workshop program! View our upcoming workshops: tinyurl.com/y4n3bh6d

Today is day 3 of the Incentives for Collaborative Learning and Data Sharing workshop, as part of TTIC's 2025 Summer Workshop Program! Lots of lively discussions, talks, and poster sessions!

Day 2 of TTIC’s Incentives for Collaborative Learning and Data Sharing workshop is in full swing! The 2025 Summer Workshop Program is keeping our halls buzzing with ideas, collaboration, and energy. View our upcoming summer workshops on #ML, #algorithms, #robotics, and more: buff.ly/sGgFT9I

Join us for PhD candidate Mrinalkanti Ghosh's thesis defense titled "Some Applications and Limitations of Convex Optimization Hierarchies for Discrete and Continuous Optimization Problems." Join us via Zoom on Monday, August 18th, from 9:30 - 10:30am CT.

August is #NationalSandwichMonth! Our favorite places to grab a sandwich near TTIC include: Build Coffee Plein Air Medici on 57th Cafe 53

Happy #InternationalCatDay! 🐈

Today marks the third and final day of the Workshop on Algorithmic and Structural Aspects of #Submodularity, as part of TTIC's 2025 Summer Workshop Program. View our upcoming workshops here: buff.ly/sGgFT9I

This summer, 18 talented visiting students joined TTIC to collaborate with our faculty on cutting-edge #CS research! From #algorithms to #robotics, they spent the season immersed in innovation: buff.ly/VbEnWo3

It's the last day of July, aka National Ice Cream Month (although we like to celebrate year-round)! We hope you're celebrating today!🍦

Hyde Park, #Chicago highlights: Garden of the Phoenix, a 15-minute walk from TTIC. The Japanese garden has been revitalized several times throughout the 1900s, including a 1992 project that celebrated Chicago's Sister City relationship with Osaka, Japan.

Our interns keep the summer months vibrant at TTIC! Learn more and apply for next year: buff.ly/3TH3Weq

Now on YouTube: @IdanAttias, TTIC postdoc, presents two works on improving learning in sequential decision-making—adapting to hidden causal structure in bandits and a novel model for delayed feedback with regret guarantees: youtu.be/LZ_PlFskqIQ

Registration is open for the Foundations of #Speech and Audio Foundation Models workshop, taking place Sept. 4–5 at TTIC. Join top researchers and explore key developments in #NLP, speech and audio foundation models. Register by Aug. 13: buff.ly/OcD2LkR

Our high school robotics interns had a great field trip to Argonne National Lab to tour the Aurora Exascale Supercomputer, the Rapid Prototyping Lab, and the Vis Lab!

Join us for PhD candidate Pushkar Shukla's thesis defense titled "Understanding and evaluating computer vision models through the lens of counterfactuals." Tuesday, July 29, at 11:00 am in Room 530, 5th floor.

We had a blast hosting Jackson Park campers at our #Robotics lab! The kids got hands-on with our robots and asked amazing questions.

Join top researchers in sublinear-time computation, #distributedalgorithms, #graphicmodels, and more for the Workshop on Local #Algorithms (WOLA 2025), as part of TTIC's 2025 Summer Workshop Program. August 18-20. Learn more and register: buff.ly/OnSXn90

Summer in Hyde Park, #Chicago, means fresh produce, local treats, and sunny strolls! Check out the neighborhood farmers' markets near TTIC — perfect for a break or weekend adventure.