Jeff Yao
@jfigregao.bsky.social
Professor， The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). Opinions my own. #probability_theory #statistics
"We're all worried," as what it means to do research (in my field, Theoretical CS) seems to be shifting, and shifting fast. What to do? Senior researchers must lead by example, knowing that not everything will pan out. What I'm suggesting below may not work everywhere, but here's my own advice: 1/
My School of Data Science is recruiting talents in statistics and data science! I will be at JSM’2026 to meet you all for presenting our school. Please join our reception on August 4, 6pm in Boston🤝
Dans une cuisine anglaise, on parle de "flying pan"
Igor Sushko@igorsushko.bsky.social · 2mo agoMoscow June 18th, 2026
Pour le magazine Tangente, René Cori interviewe des mathématiciens sur leurs problèmes préférés (et leur parcours): aujourd’hui Daniel Perrin youtu.be/_SJvHWj6tbo?...
Mes problèmes préférés - Daniel Perrin
YouTube video by TangenteMag
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Behind every extrernally lauded ‘disruptor’, there seems to be a half dozen (minimum) actual subject matter experts shaking their heads “no” and grimacing dramatically. Good to keep in mind, for those of us prone to a bit of epistemic…moseying.
Lior Pachter@lpachter.bsky.social · 4mo agoOn Martin Nowak, the evolution of cooperation, Jeffrey Epstein, and the corruption of mathematicians. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/n...
BLACKBOARD OF THE DAY ❤️ Loïs Faisant, KU Leuven, Cox rings, universal torsors, and moduli spaces of curves on quintic Del Pezzo surfaces États de le Recherche SMF @socmathfrance.bsky.social
After few frustrating moments of Zoom testing (pic 1), finally we get to see the famous Dan Voiculescu talking about Topological Free Entropy (pic 2) at this workshop “Entropy and Random matrices” happing now in Luminy (pic 3)👏
Le 14/3 célèbre la journée mondiale de π, ou #PiDay. À cette occasion, découvrez à travers un florilège d’articles et de vidéos à quel point les mathématiques, en interaction permanente avec les autres disciplines, sont incontournables pour comprendre le monde et relever les grands défis de société.
Indispensables mathématiques
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Quel plaisir d’écouter Mister Bengio en français parlant du futur de l’IA.
Yoshua Bengio@yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 5mo agoRavi d'avoir rejoint Florence Paracuellos et Benjamin Duhamel au micro de @franceinter.fr ce matin pour discuter des risques de l'IA et des pistes de solutions, notamment celles que nous développons @law-zero.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zm-...
From “Le Monde”. Title: “European anger against Trump” In the bull: “Go show them who is the boss”😃
Trump announces a ceasefire between Iran and Israel Le Monde, June 2025
now it is time to be summer it is time for that departure -W.S. Merwin, “First of June” #everynightapoem #departure
Illuminated Eiffel Tower from a cruise on the Seine river is just beautiful 👍
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8dRVAtRadr... I will be on this Europe tour for recruiting talents for my university, next week in London, Munich and Paris! Please help spread the news around you and your academic friends 🙏
香港中文大学（深圳）2025全球人才交流会——欧洲站，诚邀您参加！
诚邀您参加！
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Very grateful to Profs S.H.Yu and S.Y. Huang at the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica for hosting my short course. I met a few new colleagues and had the chance to discover the magnificent campus of National Taiwan University 🌸
Le Mont Saint Michel Rising from a sea of low fog… Captured Friday morning in this iconic location, which happens to be super close from my home. #photography #art #landscape
This woman knows some cool moves with a bottle balanced on her head. Ishigaki, Japan.
This year's Abel Prize for mathematicians with distinguished achievements will be given to Masaki Kashiwara, making him the first Japanese to win the award.
Masaki Kashiwara wins Abel Prize for mathematicians
Kashiwara 'has proven astonishing theorems with methods no one had imagined,' the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said.
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I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox. By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands. Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid. “My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
Great intro to PAC-Bayes bounds. Highly recommended!
Pierre Alquier@pierrealquier.bsky.social · last yr.I already advertised for this document when I posted it on arXiv, and later when it was published. This week, with the agreement of the publisher, I uploaded the published version on arXiv. Less typos, more references and additional sections including PAC-Bayes Bernstein. arxiv.org/abs/2110.11216
The presentations from Hong Kong History Day 2024 are now uploaded and you can view them on YouTube. 香港歷史日2024的所有演講已經全部上載，大家可一次過於YouTube重溫。 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Alors que Narges Mohammadi, prix Nobel de la paix, risque à tout moment d’être remise en prison en Iran, elle nous a donné un grand entretien exceptionnel. Il faut la lire.
Le Nouvel Obs@nouvelobs.com · last yr.Cette semaine, le @nouvelobs.com s'entretient longuement avec Narges Mohammadi, militante iranienne et prix Nobel de la paix, alors que le régime des mollahs n'a jamais semblé si fragile. Retrouvez notre dossier spécial 👉 bit.ly/3D9Nxq3 🗞️ jeudi dans tous les kiosques
L'Insee (the French national bureau if statistics) is now on Bluesky. Welcome!
Insee@insee.fr · last yr.L’Insee est désormais sur Bluesky ! Dorénavant, vous pouvez également retrouver nos publications en suivant notre compte @insee.fr. Abonnez-vous !
If you are at interested in #Hongkong and its changing cityscape, you should visit @gwulo.bsky.social 's Youtube video channle that displays and comments on photographs and transparencies of old Hong Kong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Md1...
1960 Hong Kong in colour slides
YouTube video by Gwulo
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