RLC 2026 Call for Workshop is live on OpenReview!
Submission deadline: Mar 12 (AoE).
Full details here: rl-conference.cc/call_for_wor...
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It's been such a pleasure working with @caroline-wang.bsky.social the last few months. She is a fantastic researcher, engineer, & person, and I really hope we can work together again.
Check out the paper that came out of her time with us, comparing strategic behavior of humans and LLMs!👇🏽
This is something I talk about in my paper, where I suggest being explicit about {\gamma}_train (some methods use multiple gammas during training) and \gamma_eval.
One of my students is empirically investigating this and, as one would expect, it can have a huge impact.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.16175
Today's wordle spoke volumes.
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P.S. here's a selfie of my x-country ski commute this morning 😃🎿
Today's wordle energized me
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How I started 2026, hoping to keep this spirit up throughout the year!
Happy new year!
Another one of my favorite spots in Ecuador: El Pailón del Diablo 🇪🇨
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29.12.2025 22:23 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Quito, Ecuador
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Will never tire of this view ❤️🇪🇨
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Hi RL Enthusiasts!
RLC is coming to Montreal, Quebec, in the summer: Aug 16–19, 2026!
Call for Papers is up now:
Abstract: Mar 1 (AOE)
Submission: Mar 5 (AOE)
Excited to see what you’ve been up to - Submit your best work!
rl-conference.cc/callforpaper...
Please share widely!
Today's wordle made me feel warm.
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Despite some of its flaws, OpenReview has had a tremendously positive impact on our research community.
This is a great initiative! Join me, and many others, in donating to ensure OpenReview not only remains a positive force, but is able to improve.
It was really great to chat with so many friends that I don't always get a chance to see, and to meet new ones, especially during our morning runs.
I really enjoyed this #NeurIPS2025 , but am also exhausted 🥰
Until next time!
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Finally, on Saturday I gave a talk at the Embodied World Models for Decision Making workshop on our recent paper on using foundation models to automatically design Reward Machines for improved RL training:
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2510.14176
Post:
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On Friday afternoon Eduardo Pignatelli and I *should have* presented our paper on NAVIX: Jax-based MiniGrid for super speedy experiments! 🚀
Due to our miscommunication our poster was MIA 😅
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Also on Friday morning, Jiashun and @johanobandoc.bsky.social presented our Measure Gradients, not Activations paper: moving from ReDo to ReGraMa to improve learning performance of RL agents!
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On Friday morning @roger-creus.bsky.social @johanobandoc.bsky.social @glenberseth.bsky.social and I presented our (spotlight) Stable Gradients paper: scaling depth and width of RL networks by avoiding vanishing gradients!
(Also presented this at LXAI workshop)
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On Thursday Ghada Sokar and I presented our Mind The Gap paper: better understanding of (and simplifying) how to scale RL networks!
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On Wednesday Reggie and Evangelos presented our MetaWorld+ paper: Multi-task continuous control done right!
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This #NeurIPS2025 was tiring, but it was fantastic to connect with so many friends and colleagues!
I was so busy I didn't get a chance to tweemote our papers at the conference, so I'll remedy that with this post-hoc thread: 👇🏾
Sixth, and last, #runconference at #NeurIPS2025 had the best turnout yet!
Thanks to everyone who came out, until the next conference!
The second picture is of those who stayed until the end 😅🏅
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Fifth #runconference at #NeurIPS2025 , good turnout again!
Tomorrow is the last run (at least with me), so if you've had FOMO this week, you have one more chance!
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Fourth #runconference at #NeurIPS2025 had the best turnout yet!
Help us beat it tomorrow, same place, same time (follow tweet thread for details)!
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Third #runconference at #NeurIPS2025 was great, including special guest @JeffDean !
Same place, same time, tomorrow morning if you want to join!
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(I forgot to post yesterday's pic, so including it here)
. @roger-creus.bsky.social and @johanobandoc.bsky.social did an awesome job presenting our paper at the LatinX in AI workshop at #NeurIPS .
If you missed it, come to our poster #310 on Friday 11am, exhibit hall C,D,E.
Join us tomorrow at #runconference for #NeurIPS2015, same time, same place (see quoted thread for details)!
It was three of us this morning but I forgot to take a picture before we separated, so here's a selfie to prove we actually went out 🤭
Hope to see more of you tomorrow!
Just landed in San Diego for #NeurIPS2025 !
If anyone wants to join me for #runconference tomorrow, meet me at the pin at 7:00am. We'll play distance and pace by ear, based on who shows up
See you then!
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Today's wordle was received as a gift.
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My lab is looking for new students who are very passionate about foundational models and planning/RL/robotics. Apply via Mila. I will also be at #NeurIPS to discuss research ideas and opportunities. See notes below for application advice.
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