Jeff Linderoth
@jefflinderoth.bsky.social
Professor, Optimizer, Human-Pyramid Maker
In 2020, a new plague swept across the Earth, killing millions. Before that year was even over, wizards working in an invisible world had devised a shield that everybody could use. The result wasn't a new era of scientific appreciation but of preening frauds lying more shamelessly than ever before.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.TUBERVILLE: Fauci killed 9 million people FOX BUSINESS: Yeah. We can't prove that, right? TUBERVILLE: We can
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"academia remains one of the few careers organised around the proposition that thinking carefully about important questions is socially valuable. For the right sort of person, that remains a rather good way to spend a working life." a good read. profserious.substack.com/p/on-choosin...
On Choosing an Academic Career
… what it takes, what it offers, and what it demands
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To my Madison people: I’ll be talking about The Irrational Decision at 12:30 tomorrow at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Would be great to see you there. silo.wisc.edu/talk/2026-04...
SILO: The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us – SILO
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arxiv.org/abs/2604.16192 Ed is pretty productive these days. Another paper on LP solving, comparing simplex, barrier and PDHG on artificial models.
Empirical Asymptotic Runtime Analysis of Linear Programming Algorithms
This paper takes an empirical look at asymptotic runtime growth rates for the most widely used algorithms for solving linear programming (LP) problems across a set of six optimization application area...
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Some science cuts in Trump's proposed FY27 budget ❌ NIH: -$5B, including all of NIEHS, NIMHD, FIC & NCCIH. ❌ EPA: -4.6B ❌ NSF: -3.8B ❌ NASA Science: -3.4 Billion ❌ NOAA: -1.8B, including the entire Oceanic and Atmospheric Research budget ($605M) ❌ AHRQ: All of it. -$296M, 100% And there's more.
If there is one thing I’ve learned is that if a project is struggling, adding a bunch of new trainees always helps, especially if they’re being paid and you’re not, and they’re the reason you’re not being paid
CNN@cnn.com · 5mo agoPresident Donald Trump said Sunday border czar Tom Homan will be in charge of deploying ICE agents to airports on Monday, with Homan telling CNN the agents will assist with security at entrances and exits to ease TSA workload amid a partial government shutdown. https://cnn.it/4rSNfY7
📢 Plenary speakers for #ISMP2027 We are pleased to announce the plenaries for the 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming: Daniel Bienstock Jim Luedtke @optimizer.bsky.social Thomas Rothvoss Katya Scheinberg Defeng Sun 🗓️ July 25–30, 2027 📍Amsterdam 🔗 ismp2027.mathopt.nl #MOS
This is an intriguing paper with numerous examples of using an LLM to generate formal proofs and ideas, and a nice cookbook for how to do it. Refreshingly, the paper stays away from hype and as far as possible states very clearly how the LLMs are used and the key nature of human-AI interaction.
Nico@nmohnblatt.me · 7mo agoOn using LLMs for research (beyond basic prompts). Section 3.2 is specifically about catching a bug in a recent SNARG paper arxiv.org/abs/2602.03837
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Industrial & Systems Engineering (RISE AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.
The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
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I’m excited to announce that my new book, _The Irrational Decision_, is now available for pre-order from Princeton University Press.
The Irrational Decision
How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment
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Timo Berthold has a post called “FICO Xpress Optimization Surpasses AlphaEvolve’s Achievements” www.fico.com/blogs/best-g... #orms
FICO Xpress Optimization Surpasses AlphaEvolve’s Achievements
FICO’s global optimization solver outperforms Gemini AI-powered AlphaEvolve coding agent by improving solutions for complex, constrained math problems
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
This is a great thread on a great blog post.
Mark Riedl@markriedl.bsky.social · last yr.This blog post makes so many great points. I want to highlight the point about industry benefiting from not having to pay for the cost of trainings their scientists. It’s why AI Industry labs are so productive. They’re staffed with fully trained phds with 5-10 years of experience. It’s amazing…
“I can…assure you that were this a Republican president…targeting Democrats, I at least would speak out just as vigorously against it because if we are going to respect rule of law, the apparatus of the federal government cannot and should not be used as a partisan tool to bludgeon your enemies."
Stirring words in my inbox forwarded from a USAID staffer "This Order is Unlawful, and We Must Refuse to Comply"
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her)@liebschutz.bsky.social · 2y agoAll NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
