Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick. (Published February)

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

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I feel like I'll be coming back to this a lot...

The Least Agentic People Alive

The arms race of deferring agency and the dark acquiescence to robotic bureaucracy.

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I understand that funding bodies want to go all in on AI as the shiny new innovation thing. But if all the grants start going to AI at the expense of everything else then the research sector is going to end up looking like a farm with dozens of threshers hacking away in a field with no wheat.

"Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town" www.wired.com/story/predic...

Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town

Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson.

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Today is the first day of early, in-person absentee voting in Wisconsin for the Aug. 11 partisan primary. The big race is the Democratic primary for governor, but there are many more up and down the ballot where you may have an important choice to make. Be prepared: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Whats-...

Longterm, meticulous science 1970s mutation identified 2000s lentiviral vectors made reliable 2012 CRISPR makes editing feasible 2017 first durable lentiviral cures 2020 first CRISPR‑edited SCD patients 2023–24 first approved gene‑addition & CRISPR cures pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What is it that has happened to cause the enormous number of amazing "we've managed to cure this for the first time" stories I've seen lately? Is it just random? Did research methods that we began during the pandemic suddenly start paying off? Is it AI? I really want expert knowledge, not guesses.

We're hiring! Now seeking teaching faculty/professor candidates for fall 2026. Spread the word or apply now! go.wisc.edu/936yf2

Jobs - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison

UW-Madison College of Engineering: Outstanding research, education and service to society.

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📢 Travel discount for #ISMP2027 participants Benefit from a 10% discount on Air France and KLM flights: ismp2027.mathopt.nl/img/travel/f... ✈️ Reservations: July 25, 2026 – July 30, 2027 ✈️ Departures: July 18–30, 2027 ✈️ Returns: July 25, 2027 – August 6, 2027 🔗 ismp2027.mathopt.nl #MOS

A legend, an icon and a trailblazer.

I'm excited to share some joint work done with TaeHo Yoon. We considered algorithm design for fixed-point problems. This area models gradient descent, minimax optimization, and more. Below, I give the wild ride of this paper. Mathematically, it is gorgeous.

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

Can machine learning improve discrete optimization algorithms without sacrificing theoretical guarantees? This was the central question of the talk I gave this spring at a few schools (UCSD, UIC, Yale, Penn): Machine Learning for Discrete Optimization: Theoretical Foundations. (🧵 1/7)

Mathematical Optimization, Full Professorship (W2) @rwth.bsky.social areas: continuous, stochastic, discrete optimization, convex/non-convex analysis, variational methods, non-smooth/set-valued analysis, optimal control, and/or inverse problems #orms berufungsportal.rwth-aachen.de

Attention all PhD students and postdocs approaching the academic job market, and especially those not in business analytics departments: the application deadline for the FutureBAProf is April 30! tippie.uiowa.edu/news-events/...

PUB. DAY! Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia is officially out today. Available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... #legalhistory Outfit: red for bloodstain testing+flowered shirt for botanical poisons+poisoner's ring (for show only)

REMINDER: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or recently moved or anything like that, you can register at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote.

The recording of my talk at University of Wisconsin-Madison is now online: m.youtube.com/watch?v=zL3n... Thanks again @optimizer.bsky.social, @jefflinderoth.bsky.social, @lauraalbertphd.bsky.social, @madsjw.bsky.social, and all other Badgers!

Thiago Serra - Optimization over Trained Neural Networks: Going Large with Gradient-Based Algorithms

YouTube video by UWMadison SILO Seminar

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📢 Semi-Plenary Speakers for #ISMP2027! We are pleased to announce the semi-plenaries for the 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming. Join them to explore advances, challenges, and opportunities in mathematical optimization. 🗓️ July 25–30, 2027 📍Amsterdam 🔗 ismp2027.mathopt.nl #MOS

I am happy to share my latest work ``Folding Mixed-Integer Linear Programs and Reflection Symmetries'', where I formulate two new presolving techniques for handling symmetries in linear programs and mixed-integer linear programs. Check out the preprint here: lnkd.in/efgYeVSJ lnkd.in/eGpim7U9

Thanks for all the OptiBeer @optimizer.bsky.social @jefflinderoth.bsky.social and for the OptiWine @lauraalbertphd.bsky.social Heading back to Corn Land from Dairy Land after a day packed with very interesting research discussions

It’s an incredible honor to be a plenary speaker at #ISMP2027 alongside these amazing optimizers. I look forward to seeing all my optimization friends in Amsterdam!

ISMP 2027 – Amsterdam@ismp2027.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 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

There are many things about preparing and presenting slides that I keep repeating to students, so I figured that I should put them down in writing. I do think that they help a lot. (And if I am doing it, why not share it more broadly?) thiagoserra.com/2026/03/03/m...

My presentation philosophy

There are many things about preparing and presenting slides that I keep repeating to students, so I figured that I should put them down in writing. I do think that they help a lot. (And if I am doi…

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Saving peer review from AI slop requires getting rid of anonymous submissions and reviews togelius.blogspot.com/2026/03/savi...

Come see me speak about the new era of simplex method theory. Wednesday!

TCS+@tcsplus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

And... we are back on 🎉! The first talk of the season will be delivered by Sophie Huiberts (CNRS, @sophie.huiberts.me), on ⏰ March 4 (10am PT, 1pm ET, 19:00 CET): "Analyzing the Simplex Method by the Book" RSVP to receive the link (one day before the talk): forms.gle/aD621bCwswjB...

Mark your calendars and start optimizing your resources and schedules: the 2027 International Symposium on Mathematical Programming will be held from July 25 to to 30 in beautiful Amsterdam! Neil Yorke-Smith and I will organize the stream Discrete Optimization with Machine Learning. #ismp2027

📢 #ISMP2027 comes to Amsterdam! The 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming will be held July 25–30, 2027. Join researchers from around the world to discuss advances, challenges, and opportunities in the theory and practice of mathematical optimization. 🔗 ismp2027.mathopt.nl #MOS

And... we are back on 🎉! The first talk of the season will be delivered by Sophie Huiberts (CNRS, @sophie.huiberts.me), on ⏰ March 4 (10am PT, 1pm ET, 19:00 CET): "Analyzing the Simplex Method by the Book" RSVP to receive the link (one day before the talk): forms.gle/aD621bCwswjB...

TCS+ RSVP: Sophie Huiberts (2026/03/04)

Title: Analyzing the Simplex Method by the Book

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Have you noticed how navigation apps include walking & waiting for public transit, but excludes parking & walking for driving? After being late a few times 😅, we finally did. We got curious: what if these apps account for parking?

Question for #orms people: do you know any problem-specific cutting planes that are not too hard to explain and separate and would improve performance compared to a baseline MIP solver (e.g. SCIP, Gurobi)? Asking because its more fun for students if they implement something and it helps performance

our #openaccess book on "branch-and-price" is finally published; you can download it here link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #orms @springernature.com