Graph of decision quality among professional Go players. A sudden increase after AlphaGo. It is not only because they are learning from the AI. Players are suddenly inventing new moves at a faster rate too!

If this isn’t cultural appropriation, I don’t know what is.

TCS for All Graduating bits at #FOCS was great! My postdoc Tomasz Kociumaka will be on the faculty job market. If your department is hiring in Algorithms, it will be hard to find anyone stronger.

My best ML theory paper so far ❤️

The heuristic Bagging is an optimal PAC learner! Finding such an algorithm was a big open problem for >30 years until Hanneke's breakthrough in 2016. Bagging pre-dates Hanneke's algorithm by 20 years!

Accepted COLT'23: arxiv.org/abs/2212.02264

Etymology of the day: the 'desert' in 'just deserts' (not 'just desserts') is an old past tense of the French 'deservir', to 'deserve'.

Someone's just deserts are their 'comeuppance', which rests on the idea of 'coming up' before a judge.

Happy birthday Emmy Noether!

Today marks the anniversary of Emmy Noether's birth. She was a German mathematician best known for her important contributions to abstract algebra. Noether's First and Second Theorems are still fundamental to mathematical physics nowadays.

Yes they can!
Tara, Freya, and Esther take Redmaids' High into the NATIONAL Final on 23rd April after winning again! 🥳
Their topic 'Authentic Casting is Necessary in the Acting Community' thrilled the audience once more - a tremendous achievement against tough competition! 👏

Our ENTDE bilingual, locally-relevant Holocaust educational resources have now all been uploaded to our website. In her blog, Emelye Clifford, our Education Officer, explains what drew her to the project and why she feels it is so important. jhasw.com/post/european-…

HIGNFY producers hoping BBC don’t find out that Ian Hislop also edits a satirical magazine occasionally critical of government policy.

Anyone know what's happening with the contraflow #cycling (and walking) facilities on Nelson Street? It's been a while now.

Genius.

#HolocaustMemorialDay

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Today we're at University of South Wales Newport Campus with trainee teachers, presenting the first three of our multiplier events, sharing the digital educational resources from our ENTDE project Erasmus+ European Commission You can read more about the project at jhasw.com/entde

Academic job seekers often think that because they didn't get a job one year, or didn't get a particular job, there's something they should change in their application. That's often a mistake. Here are some reasons you maybe didn't get the job that are beyond your control(thread)

Today between 12.30 - 2.30pm we’re offering free packed lunches for those who need it🙏

Visit our city centre restaurant & we will provide free lunches, no questions asked.

Lunch will include: a chicken tikka masala or veggie curry, rice, chocolate, crisps & a drink.

OK, maybe we have gone a bit too far with the whole WFH thingy.

BREAKING NEWS: We've just launched our petition calling on Bristol City Council to take action for safer cycling. If everyone who attended yesterday signs, we'll be a good way towards the 3500 needed to trigger a council debate!
Get signing and spread the word!
bit.ly/bristolcycling…

A new wave is upon us. Having just been part of this wave - and completely flattened by it - I recommend you get your booster.

Seen in the Math Department lounge