Sarah Sachs

Vacancy — PhD Position on Mathematical Foundations for Explainable AI Are you highly motivated to do PhD research in mathematical machine learning, with special emphasis on mathematical foundations for explainable AI? If yes, the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathemat...

I have 2 open PhD positions on Mathematical Foundations for Explainable AI:

Position 1: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... (apply by October 13, 2025)

Position 2: applications via the Ellis PhD Program: ellis.eu/news/ellis-p... by Oct. 31.

Both positions are equivalent (except for starting dates)

Some fun news: We're hiring!

Lectureship (analogous to Assistant Prof.) in Statistical Science and AI, in the School of Mathematics, University of Bristol.

Closing date 13 October 2025; link below!

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Also found accommodation: An immaculately presented, charming tree house. Situated in the highly sought-after neighborhood of Leigh Woods. EPC: G, Council tax: Ask Agent.

I’m really excited to be joining the University of Bristol. After a busy first week, I finally had the chance to start exploring the city.

The Netherlands now also has a call out to poach top international (non-EU) researchers whose academic freedom is threatened. Possibility to apply for 1M euro; need to be nominated by a Dutch research institution, which requires a recognizable strong profile. www.nwo.nl/en/calls/tulip-fund

ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.

“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”

This will kill people.

I love the #eurips initiative! But to live up to its potential, it should be accepted an official #neurips conference location (similar to Mexico City) and not just an addon! Then we would save C02, rather than adding to it!!! What can we do to achieve this?

Towards decentralized ML conferences Towards decentralized ML conferences Pierre Marion July 2025 Abstract: Large ML conferences play a central role in our community, by providing a rigorous review process and a venue for meaningful di...

🌍 Would be better if authors were allowed to present at officially endorsed hubs or online instead — ensuring fair and equitable participation, and ultimately creating a better NeurIPS for everyone.

Interesting in knowing more: read our full opinion piece ⬇️. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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✨Thrilled to see EurIPS launch — the first officially endorsed European NeurIPS presentation venue!

👀 But NeurIPS now requires at least one author to attend in San Diego or Mexico (and not just virtually as before). This is detrimental to many. Why not allow presenting at EurIPS or online?
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A meme featuring Gru who wonders about NeurIPS’s plan to allow a satellite event in Europe but also force presentation in the US

EurIPS is coming! 📣 Mark your calendar for Dec. 2-7, 2025 in Copenhagen 📅

EurIPS is a community-organized conference where you can present accepted NeurIPS 2025 papers, endorsed by @neuripsconf.bsky.social and @nordicair.bsky.social and is co-developed by @ellis.eu

eurips.cc

I highly recommend applying. Tim is a great supervisor!

As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.

YouTube video by Stand-up Maths Explaining the Trump Tariff Equation

I still find it hard to believe that an international trade war was started based on such amateurish ‘mathematical’ modeling. On the positive side, Trump and his team provided great material for a very entertaining video by Matt Parker.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04I...

Now open: vacancies for a PhD or Postdoc position to develop "Mathematical Foundations for Explainable AI" with me.

This is a new research direction that I am very excited about, and which will really start to take off over the next few years.

Come join my group: www.timvanerven.nl#open-phd-and...

NeurIPS participation in Europe We seek to understand if there is interest in being able to attend NeurIPS in Europe, i.e. without travelling to San Diego, US. In the following, assume that it is possible to present accepted papers ...

Would you present your next NeurIPS paper in Europe instead of traveling to San Diego (US) if this was an option? Søren Hauberg (DTU) and I would love to hear the answer through this poll: (1/6)

Two PhD positions on Flexible and User-adaptive statistical inference - Looking for a job that matters? You will develop a mathematical framework for multiple testing, enabling flexibility in study design, analysis, and model choice while retaining strong error guarantees. This means that researchers ca...

Jelle Goeman (Leiden University Medical Center) and I (University of Twente) have two PhD positions on e-values and multiple testing. The students will be co-supervised by both of us. A strong theoretical mathematical background is required.

utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies...

Congratulations Tim!
And -to all future PostDocs- I can highly recommend applying for these positions. Having Tim as an advisor is amazing!

NWO Vici grants awarded to six UvA/AMC researchers Six UvA and AMC academics have been awarded Vici grants worth up to €1.5 million by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), to pursue research into topics ranging from black holes to combatting obesity. The...

Hooray, I received a Vici grant from the Dutch science foundation!

Heads up for current PhD students in learning theory: I will have two postdoc positions available in Amsterdam on "learning theory for interpretable/explainable AI" in the coming years.

www.uva.nl/shared-conte...

it's my pleasure to welcome my esteemed colleague Tim van Erven (@timvanerven.nl) to the club of millionaires.

congrats on your new NWO grant, Tim!!

I am so sorry! And I hope you will not leave math. Science needs people like you.
Since you mentioned that you are also considering Europe, check out the MSCA postdoc fellowship: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

Happening today (Tuesday): feature attribution methods through the lens of statistics!

The word "inequality" is now blacklisted by the NSF. Mathematicians in shambles.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

What the NSF is doing this week is damaging *generations* of scientific researchers and American investments in science. Billions of US tax payer dollars in investment, being thrown away, because of a fucking fishing expedition that is intended to terrorize and set the stage for a real witch hunt.

Am 29. Januar wurde eine historische Grenze überschritten: Erstmals seit 1945 haben Abgeordnete im Bundestag gemeinsame Mehrheiten mit Rechtsextremen gebildet – nur Stunden nach dem Gedenken an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus.

speaking of: Nneka is currently on the job market for a postdoc position in north america, preferably canada. do reach out to her (or me) if you know of anything or are looking for someone to do cool work on RL (theory)

French movement asks X users to leave platform on US inauguration day The French Human Rights League (LDH) is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X, formerly Twitter, on January 20.

"The French Human Rights League (LDH) is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X, formerly Twitter, on January 20."

#eXit

www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...

The theory of interpretable AI seminar is back after the holiday season! 🎅🤶

Our next talk is next Thursday by Yishay Mansour who will talk about interpretable approximations

💻 Website: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
⏰Date: 16 Jan

Over 60 German universities and research institutions announced their departure from X today.