Join us! We're excited to announce our fantastic roaster list. Hope to see you in Gothenburg!

Rocío Mercado Oropeza@rociomer.bsky.social · last wk.

Don't miss your chance to register for the Structured Learning Workshop, to be held October 27-28 in Gothenburg, Sweden. 🇸🇪 Amazing line-up of speakers, super excited to be hosting this event now for the 4th year here at Chalmers! Registration link and more info: chalmers.ungapped.io/Events/5f087...

Two Analytical Connectionism-related updates: 1. ⏰ 1 week left to apply! Interested in language + AI & cognition? Don’t miss it: www.analytical-connectionism.net/school/2026/ 2. 📜 Lecture notes from the first two editions are finally out: proceedings.mlr.press/v320/

Stefano Sarao Mannelli@stefsm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 We’re now accepting applications for the 2026 School on Analytical Connectionism dedicated this year to Language Acquisition. 📍 Gothenburg, Sweden 🗓️ August 17–28, 2026 ☠️ Apply by April 17! 🔗 analytical-connectionism.net/school/2026/ 👇 Meet the experts joining us this summer!

Deadline is on April 17th! Apply before it's too late ⏰

Andrew Saxe@saxelab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Very excited by this year's Analytical Connectionism Summer School! A dream lineup of speakers on the topic of language acquisition in minds and machines Bursaries available to cover costs Aug 17 – Aug 28, 2026 Gothenburg Details: www.analytical-connectionism.net//school/2026/

Postdoc opening! Come work with us on deep learning theory relevant to AI safety Deadline: 7 Apr 2026 Details and application: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

​⏰ Only three weeks left to apply! ​This year the school focuses on one of the most active frontiers at the intersection of AI and CogSci: Language Acquisition. ​Join our incredible lineup of speakers and start new interdisciplinary collaborations 👇 www.analytical-connectionism.net/school/2026/

Stefano Sarao Mannelli@stefsm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 We’re now accepting applications for the 2026 School on Analytical Connectionism dedicated this year to Language Acquisition. 📍 Gothenburg, Sweden 🗓️ August 17–28, 2026 ☠️ Apply by April 17! 🔗 analytical-connectionism.net/school/2026/ 👇 Meet the experts joining us this summer!

Want to build the future of trustworthy AI? ​If you have a strong quantitative background and care deeply about AI Safety, we want you on our team. ​⏰ Less than two weeks left to apply! Come join the lab 👇

Stefano Sarao Mannelli@stefsm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hiring 2 Postdocs to work on Theoretical Foundations of AI Safety at Chalmers in Gothenburg 🌲🌊 If you have a background in Physics, Math, or ML and want to tackle AI alignment at a fundamental level alongside UCL, apply below! 🔗 Apply: www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha... 🔬 Lab: stefsmlab.github.io

Join us! We are opening many postdoc positions both in London and in Gothenburg! London 🔗https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GTt33CasvWjxxazJw/hiring-principia-research-fellows 📅 deadline: March 26th Gothenburg 🔗 www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha... 📅 deadline: April 1st

Vacancies

Phone +46-317721000Mail addressChalmers University of Technology412 96 GothenburgE-mail and more contact informationOrganisation number 556479-5598

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Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit@gatsbyucl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 Job alert - Deep Learning Theory & AI Safety Applications open for a postdoc fellow (@saxelab.bsky.social lab) to study artificial deep networks using techniques from applied maths & stat physics. ⏰ Deadline: 26 Mar 2026 🤝 In collaboration with @stefsm.bsky.social ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

📢 We’re now accepting applications for the 2026 School on Analytical Connectionism dedicated this year to Language Acquisition. 📍 Gothenburg, Sweden 🗓️ August 17–28, 2026 ☠️ Apply by April 17! 🔗 analytical-connectionism.net/school/2026/ 👇 Meet the experts joining us this summer!

Hiring 2 Postdocs to work on Theoretical Foundations of AI Safety at Chalmers in Gothenburg 🌲🌊 If you have a background in Physics, Math, or ML and want to tackle AI alignment at a fundamental level alongside UCL, apply below! 🔗 Apply: www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha... 🔬 Lab: stefsmlab.github.io

🚨 #CCN2026 Proceedings submissions are open! CCN 2026 again features an 8-page Proceedings track (alongside extended abstracts). Accepted papers will appear in CCN-Proceedings (CCN‑P) with DOIs on OpenReview.

It is a great pleasure to host the Workshop in Advancements in High-Dimensional Methods for Machine Learning next week at Chalmers/GU! We have a great set of speakers, and I look forward to the talks and discussions! 🔗 chalmers.se/en/current/c...

Our paper just came out in PRX! Congrats to Nishil Patel and the rest of the team* TL;DR: We analyse policy learning through the lens of statphys, revealing distinct scaling regimes with sharp transitions. 🔗 journals.aps.org/prx/abstract... *Seb Lee @sebgoldt.bsky.social @saxelab.bsky.social

RL Perceptron: Generalization Dynamics of Policy Learning in High Dimensions

A solvable model for reinforcement learning, the RL perceptron, provides a mathematical framework to analyze learning dynamics, revealing key efficiency factors and a speed-accuracy trade-off that can...

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Here at #ICLR2025 and it's going to be a busy week! 1. Today at 10am, Optimal Protocols for Continual Learning via Statistical Physics and Control Theory, Poster #342 2. Tomorrow at 10am, A Theory of Initialisation's Impact on Specialisation Poster, #342 3. Speaking at the SCSLWorkshop on Monday.

Less than 10 days to apply to the last edition of the Analytical Connectionism summer school! Deadline: April 18th 🚨 Apply here www.analytical-connectionism.net/school/2025/ Where? London, UK. When? Aug 25-Sep 5.

Stefano Sarao Mannelli@stefsm.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy to announce that the Analytical Connectionism summer school is back! This year we'll dive into "bias" across ML, Neuroscience, and Psychology. 📆 Aug 25-Sep 5 🗺️ London, UK 🌐 www.analytical-connectionism.net/school/2025/ Applications are open!

I really enjoyed working on this. What started as a reproducibility issue ended up revealing a more complex picture of mean-field dynamics than I originally thought, making me rethink the specialisation phenomenon. Soon at @iclr-conf.bsky.social! 🔗 openreview.net/forum?id=RQz...

A Theory of Initialisation's Impact on Specialisation

Prior work has demonstrated a consistent tendency in neural networks engaged in continual learning tasks, wherein intermediate task similarity results in the highest levels of catastrophic...

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Clementine Domine 🍊 @CCN@clementinedomine.bsky.social · last yr.

Our paper, “A Theory of Initialization’s Impact on Specialization,” has been accepted to ICLR 2025! openreview.net/forum?id=RQz... We shows how neural network can build specialized and shared representation depending on initialization, this has consequences in continual learning. (1/8)

Excited to meet for the first time and exchange ideas with fellow Nordic statistical physicists next week @NorditaSweden Workshop on StatPhys! I'll be presenting our research on ML bias through the lens of disordered systems. 🌐 indico.fysik.su.se/event/8942/

14th Nordic Workshop on Statistical Physics: Biological, Complex and Non-Equilibrium Systems

Venue Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden Scope This workshop series provides a “forum” where scientists in the Nordic countries working in the area of Statistical Physics can meet regularly. The meeting bring...

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Happy to announce that the Analytical Connectionism summer school is back! This year we'll dive into "bias" across ML, Neuroscience, and Psychology. 📆 Aug 25-Sep 5 🗺️ London, UK 🌐 www.analytical-connectionism.net/school/2025/ Applications are open!

Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit@gatsbyucl.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Applications are open for 2025 Analytical Connectionism! Topical focus: bias in learning Learn key connectionist models & analytical tools for neural-network analysis, and work on novel projects with faculty & postdoc mentors ⏰ Apply by 18 April ℹ️ www.analytical-connectionism.net/school/2025

ML methods are an asset in analysing numerically glassy dynamics - a notoriously difficult physics problem. If you want to know more on recent results and future directions, check out our "Roadmap on machine learning glassy dynamics", just appeared on Nature Reviews www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Looking for a PhD in Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience or related in Germany? One week left to apply for the Max Planck School of Cognition: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application #PsychSciSky #compneurosky #neuroskyence #NeuroAI #Neuroimaging

First post on 🦋! Next week, I’ll speak about Curriculum Learning at the workshop "At the Crossroads of AI and Cognitive Science". Join me if you are in the area! 🔗 www.chalmers.se/en/current/c...