Iridium limits the production of hydrogen from renewable energy, and it's one of the rarest elements on Earth. We screened 2,942 catalysts in 3 months and found a palladium-based candidate the field wrote off decades ago. Early days, but the AI got there on its own. www.lila.ai/news/how-an-...

New ML+RL professor starter pack. (Yes, I only have one shelf filled with books) It’s fun to have friends who’ve written textbooks. Lots to learn and re-learn as I prep for my first lectures this week!

I've been the recipient of a lot of genuine compliments recently which have made me feel really great. In a period of change in my life, these little blasts of good vibes have been soul-sustaining at times. I'm resolving to pay it forward as much as I can. #sharegoodness

A truly compelling keynote from Sheila McIlraith at RLC 2026 today — exploring how formal language can serve as a nexus between signals and symbols for agents that learn, plan, and remember. A principled and thought-provoking perspective on the future of RL and agentic AI!

As I leave #RLC2026 (unfortunately a day early)… My best seeds of future research ideas are planted as a result of every interaction I have at this conference. As Workshop Chair and Keynote panelist, it was a great success!

Y'all, RLC is so good. It's the community and conference I wish I had had as a grad student

At #RLC2026 and want to run? Come for a #runconference tomorrow (Sunday)! Let's meet at 7am at the pin below and run up the mountain for a beautiful morning view. See you there! maps.app.goo.gl/w7e7CqRbARdG...

Standing room only at several points of our workshops today at RLC 2026. RL is not having a moment, it’s a full on movement (has been and will continue to be).

Kicking off my RLC 2026 Workshop Day by listening to Doina Precup in the Big World workshop. I love her vision about building alternative conceptual frames of RL to overcome limitations of normative MDP assumptions.

Today is workshop day at RLC 2026! Workshops at RLC have always been a distinct highlight of the conference. Today’s slate is no different. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there!

I'm excited about the Reinforcement Learning Conference starting at the end of the week in Montreal! We have some fantastic workshops planned for Saturday (https://rl-conference.cc/accepted_workshops.html) that I am sure will again be a highlight and set the stage for a great conference.

I'm excited to see how this new interface plays out. Interactivity in my bluesky experiences has been low (likely a function of my own activity, sorry), but I'm looking forward to engaging more here!

Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the past six months @mariaa.bsky.social and I have been working on creating an improved research experience on atproto. It's now live! Check out: lea.ac

Today is my first day @brighamyoungu.bsky.social! As promised in the 👇 thread (a few weeks late but c'mon ;) ), I've written a post explaining my decision to return to academia _and_ my home town: twkillian.github.io/returning-to... I'm excited for the journey ahead!

Returning to Academia: Motivations and Expectations

Personal research webiste for Taylor W. Killian

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Taylor W. Killian@twkillian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 There's never a "best" time to share important updates, especially after sitting on this for so long. I'm joining the faculty @brighamyoungu.bsky.social this Summer as an Assistant Professor in the CS Dept, in preparation for the coming school year. Lots of excitement and a fair bit of nerves. 🧵

📣 There's never a "best" time to share important updates, especially after sitting on this for so long. I'm joining the faculty @brighamyoungu.bsky.social this Summer as an Assistant Professor in the CS Dept, in preparation for the coming school year. Lots of excitement and a fair bit of nerves. 🧵

Unfortunately positive feedback from students, like all positive feedback, embarrasses me and reminds me of the infinite disproportion between what I’ve given the world and what I owe it. But go ahead and send that note! most of your teachers are sane.

Paul Vierthaler@vierth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I walked into my office this morning to a lovely note from a student, and it will go alongside the others I've gotten over the years. Teaching can be tough at times and it can be easy to fixate on bad reviews, but these serve as reminders of why we do this.

I had some time to reflect on my past 12 months after some long flights following #ICLR. It's been a whirlwind year where I've been lucky to visit so many beautiful places while engaging in scientific discussions. Jotted some reflections down in a blog post: twkillian.github.io/science-is-a...

This has been the README of the Github repo of my personal+academic website since I first started it. And this is my latest commit 😱...

It's our kid's spring break this week. It's been nice having yard work agents work in parallel to my coding agents.

We have the keynote speakers for RLC2026 now! Thrilled to welcome Rika Antonova, Sheila McIlraith, Marc G. Bellemare, Danijar Hafner, Balaraman Ravindran! Details: rl-conference.cc/index.html The RL community is coming together this August in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Hope you make it!

RLC is the _very_ best conference. It's always been great vibes and will continue this for the 2026 version!

Reinforcement Learning Conference@rl-conference.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We have the keynote speakers for RLC2026 now! Thrilled to welcome Rika Antonova, Sheila McIlraith, Marc G. Bellemare, Danijar Hafner, Balaraman Ravindran! Details: rl-conference.cc/index.html The RL community is coming together this August in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Hope you make it!

It’s a real joy being a part of @lilasciences.bsky.social! The momentum inside the company is tangible, it’s nice that it’s being recognized externally as well.

Lila Sciences@lilasciences.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We're honored to be named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and in the top ten most innovative artificial intelligence companies of 2026! #FCMostInnovative www.fastcompany.com/91495412/art...

Nice work by the ICML chairs ... love it. Signal boosting this to help make it known. I hope that the effect will be that reviewers will less "delegate" (sigh) reviewing to LLMs instead of spending more effort on finding watermarks.

ICML Conference@icmlconf.bsky.social · 7mo ago

To ensure compliance w peer-review policies, ICML has removed 795 reviews (1% of total) by reviewers who used LLMs when they explicitly agreed to not. Consequently, 497 papers (2% of all submissions) of these (reciprocal) reviewers have been desk rejected Details in blog post 👇

RLC2026 Call for Workshops! We’re already live: openreview.net/group?id=rl-... Here's the opportunity to help shape the conference & spotlight your own RL focus areas. Call: rl-conference.cc/call_for_wor... Deadline: Mar 12 (AoE) And don't forget the awesome banquet :) www.cirquedusoleil.com/ludo

RLC 2026 Call for Workshop is live on OpenReview! Submission deadline: Mar 12 (AoE). Full details here: rl-conference.cc/call_for_wor... @glenberseth.bsky.social @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social @twkillian.bsky.social @schaul.bsky.social @sologen.bsky.social @audurand.bsky.social @bradknox.bsky.social

Reinforcement Learning Conference@rl-conference.bsky.social · 7mo ago

RLC2026 Call for Workshops! We’re already live: openreview.net/group?id=rl-... Here's the opportunity to help shape the conference & spotlight your own RL focus areas. Call: rl-conference.cc/call_for_wor... Deadline: Mar 12 (AoE) And don't forget the awesome banquet :) www.cirquedusoleil.com/ludo

RLC attendees will also enjoy the banquet featuring a theatrical dinner show by Cirque du Soleil (LUDŌ): www.cirquedusoleil.com/ludo All the more reason not to miss the chance to be part of RLC 2026!

LUDÕ | Cirque du Soleil

Discover Nuevo Vallarta's new resident dinner show LUDÕ. Immerse yourself in a multi-sensory water-themed experience.

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Only ~7 days to go until the full paper deadline (Mar 5, AOE)! Wishing everyone a strong close to the submission cycle.

Reinforcement Learning Conference@rl-conference.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Quick reminder for everyone grinding on their RLC 2026 papers, only ~3 weeks to go! The submission site opens in just a few days (Feb 17). Deadlines: ⏳ March 1 (AoE): Abstract Submission ⏳ March 5 (AoE): Full Paper Submission Good luck with the final changes!

RLC 2026 Call for Workshops is up! This is the opportunity to bring the attention of the community to the topics that you find the most important in RL!

Taylor W. Killian@twkillian.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Workshops, held on the first day, are a primary feature of @rl-conference.bsky.social and have set a delightfully inquisitive tone. Discussions started at both workshops I've been a part of in the past persisted through the week, with some still ongoing! CfW here: rl-conference.cc/call_for_wor...

Check out the Call for Workshops at RLC this year. There is still nearly a month before the deadline, we are looking forward to your proposals!

Taylor W. Killian@twkillian.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're thrilled to share that the Call for Workshops for this year's @rl-conference.bsky.social is now live! As Workshop co-chair (alongside the wonderful Raksha Kumaraswamy and @claireve.bsky.social) we are looking forward to seeing the proposals for workshops that we receive. LINK IN NEXT POST

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