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Jeff Linderoth @jefflinderoth.bsky.social · 9d

We are hiring two faculty positions in ISyE at UW-Madison
Please come and join us!

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Industrial & Systems Engineering (RISE AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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John D. Cook @johndcook.bsky.social · 22d

@christosargyrop.bsky.social

Kale sales and autism

www.wmbriggs.com/post/58413/

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · Aug 18

I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...

I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.

The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Ben Recht @beenwrekt.bsky.social · Aug 4

I’m excited to announce that my new book, _The Irrational Decision_, is now available for pre-order from Princeton University Press.

The Irrational Decision

How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment

press.princeton.edu

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Austin Buchanan @austinlbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 14

Timo Berthold has a post called “FICO Xpress Optimization Surpasses AlphaEvolve’s Achievements” www.fico.com/blogs/best-g... #orms

FICO Xpress Optimization Surpasses AlphaEvolve’s Achievements

FICO’s global optimization solver outperforms Gemini AI-powered AlphaEvolve coding agent by improving solutions for complex, constrained math problems

www.fico.com

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Jeff Linderoth @jefflinderoth.bsky.social · Jun 5

Weeping with joy.✌️

Jim Luedtke @optimizer.bsky.social · Jun 4

Mixed integer programming workshop, keeping the tradition alive for @jefflinderoth.bsky.social

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · May 22

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

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Jeff Linderoth @jefflinderoth.bsky.social · May 22

Please erase!!!

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · May 19

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Apr 24

This is a great thread on a great blog post.

Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · Apr 23

This blog post makes so many great points.

I want to highlight the point about industry benefiting from not having to pay for the cost of trainings their scientists.

It’s why AI Industry labs are so productive. They’re staffed with fully trained phds with 5-10 years of experience. It’s amazing…

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Apr 23

The trope that universities are "dependent" on the federal government fundamentally misunderstands how vital this partnership has been for the US. The private sector can't replace it. If we kill it, we're all worse off. From @donmoyn.bsky.social and me: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · Apr 16

“I can…assure you that were this a Republican president…targeting Democrats, I at least would speak out just as vigorously against it because if we are going to respect rule of law, the apparatus of the federal government cannot and should not be used as a partisan tool to bludgeon your enemies."

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Jeri Ryan (official account) @jerilryan.bsky.social · Mar 24

Oh.

Jesper H 🇩🇰 @hjelms.bsky.social · Mar 24

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Jeff Linderoth @jefflinderoth.bsky.social · Mar 18

Everything is AI. And AI is everything.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Mar 17

The @nytimes.com just discovered parallel computing.

NY Times graphic.

Conventional computer: One task starts after another completes

AI computing: tasks are divided into small parts and happen at the same time.

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Jeff Linderoth @jefflinderoth.bsky.social · Feb 7

Now we just need to get him on BlueSky.

INFORMS @informs.bsky.social · Feb 7

This is great!

Solver Max @solvermax.com · Feb 6

New item in our list of #orms resources:

Collection of videos from Associate Professor Alberto Del Pia, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
There are around 100 videos, collated into playlists relating to specific optimization papers taught at the university.
www.solvermax.com/resources/li...

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Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · Feb 5

Stirring words in my inbox forwarded from a USAID staffer

"This Order is Unlawful, and We Must Refuse to Comply"

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Jeff Linderoth @jefflinderoth.bsky.social · Jan 30

If only it were funny. 😢

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · Jan 29

Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · Jan 22

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.

Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions