We have open postdoc positions at Stony Brook's AI Innovation Institute (AI3). If you're interested in working with me on continual learning, robotics, or RL, please reach out and apply! stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...

I find it deeply annoying that papers (in AI and robotics) now treat the "Related Work" section as optional and often relegate it to an appendix (or omit it!). RW is part of the story: what gap is your work filling, and how does it build upon existing stuff. #AcademicWriting

If you're on the faculty job market this year, consider applying to our CS department's searches on AI, with particular attention to candidates on GenAI for programming, AI for science, and trustworthy AI. Job ad: apply.interfolio.com/175012. #AcademicJobMarket

Lots of great intuition in this thread about LLM RL.

James MacGlashan@jmac-ai.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I'd say that's because it's not sparse reward in a meaningful way, in the same way Go in self-play is not sparse in a meaningful way. That is, in Go, your reward is 0 for most time steps and only +1/-1 at end. That sound's sparse, but not from an algorithmic perspective.

Can Large Language Models solve complex robotics problems with intricate geometric constraints? 🤖 Excited to share our preprint, "A Systematic Study of Large Language Models for Task and Motion Planning With PDDLStream"! 16 LLM planners using Gemini, 4950 TAMP problems. 🧵👇

I will be at @rl-conference.bsky.social this week. If you're around and would like to chat about lifelong learning, robotics, or abstractions, say hi!

I am looking forward to @collasconf.bsky.social next week, where I will be presenting my work and vision for lifelong robot learning through modularity.

@collasconf.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Announcing the winners of the #CoLLAs2025 Early-Career Spotlight Program! These rising stars are pushing the boundaries of lifelong & continual learning, adaptation, and embodied AI. 👇 A thread introducing their work & talks. #AI #MachineLearning #ContinualLearning #LifelongLearning

Looking forward to seeing folks at @collasconf.bsky.social in Philly in a couple of weeks!

@collasconf.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 2 weeks until #CoLLAs2025! Here’s what you need to make the most of it 🗓 Program: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... ✅ Papers: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... 📍 Venue: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... 🔗 Info & registration: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... #AI #ML #ContinualLearning #LifelongLearning

📢 2 weeks until #CoLLAs2025! Here’s what you need to make the most of it 🗓 Program: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... ✅ Papers: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... 📍 Venue: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... 🔗 Info & registration: lifelong-ml.cc/Conferences/... #AI #ML #ContinualLearning #LifelongLearning

Submit your tutorial proposal or topic/presenter suggestions to tutorials@lifelong-ml.cc by April 30!

@collasconf.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Extended Deadline for Tutorials 📢 You now have until April 30, 2025 (AoE) to submit your tutorial proposals on continual learning, LLMs, neuroscience-inspired AI & more. 🔗 lifelong-ml.cc 💡 Suggest a topic: tutorials@lifelong-ml.cc #AI #MachineLearning #ContinualLearning #CallForTutorials

I'll be at @neuripsconf.bsky.social #NeurIPS2024 next week for workshops and am looking to recruit PhD students for Fall '25. I'm generally interested in lifelong learning, robotics, and RL. If you'll be around and are interested in working with me, please send a note in Whova to meet up!

The call for papers for RLC is now up! Abstract deadline of 2/14, submission deadline of 2/21! Please help us spread the word. rl-conference.cc/callforpaper...

I'm wrapping up my Deep Learning course this Thursday with a lecture titled "The future of deep learning". What topics should make it in there? (I want to do very little of "the state-of-the-art of deep learning" and much more "things that don't yet work but some believe will be game-changing".)

📢 Exciting News! The Fourth Conference on Lifelong Learning Agents (CoLLAs 2025) will be held at the University of Pennsylvania (@Penn) in Philadelphia, USA 🇺🇸 🗓️ Important Dates: Abstract Deadline: Feb 21, 2025 Submission Deadline: Feb 26, 2025 Conference Dates: Aug 11 - Aug 14, 2025 1/

I did a starter pack of people in New York (City) working on ML/AI. Please distribute and feel free to self nominate! go.bsky.app/BoEtagz

New feed on continual learning, lifelong learning, and related ML topics: bsky.app/profile/did:... I hope you find it useful. Please let me know if you notice it is missing any posts, so that I can adjust the regular expression.

It's almost time for #NeurIPS2024! I'll be there for workshops (and I'll be giving a talk at the Scalable Continual Learning workshop: sites.google.com/view/continu...). If you'll be around and want to chat, please reach out!

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I created a starter pack of folks working on lifelong or continual learning. It's quite sparse, so if you know anybody else who's around (or want to be added yourself) please reply below. go.bsky.app/QXGY1iT

Time to explore a new social media site! Follow along for updates about RLC 2025

As a new assistant professor, I have a nearly empty bookshelf in my office. What are must-have textbooks I should have there? Especially in AI, robotics, ML...

I'm teaching "AI for robotics" next semester. What should I cover? I'd love to hear from industry practitioners / faculty / students...

Exciting time to join here! I'm a new faculty at Stony Brook, and I'm on a mission to transform robots into lifelong learners. 🤖