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UW–Madison Data Science Institute @uwdsi.bsky.social · May 23

The Data Science Institute looks forward to joining the School of Computer, Data, & Information Sciences in Morgridge Hall later this summer. captimes.com/news/educati...

UW-Madison computer science prepares to relocate, meet ‘AI moment’

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau leads the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences, which is growing and moving into a new building on University Avenue.

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sending over a couple of things to my nice that just was born few months ago

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NeurIPS Conference @neuripsconf.bsky.social · 8d

Registrations are now open to attend NeurIPS in Mexico City! neurips.cc/Register/vie...

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · 10d

Mi niece sent me over some jewelry

Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · 11d

That is, with AI we will have the possibility of awakening human potential on a global scale.

Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · 11d

Imagine a 10-year-old girl, anywhere in the world, without access to the best mathematicians… using these tools every day, learning, asking questions, understanding. If she keeps her curiosity alive, she could reach a PhD-level understanding in just a few years.

Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · 11d

Several reports have come out from brilliant mathematicians describing how GPT-5 has managed to solve problems that were once considered almost impossible — with just a bit of human guidance and context.

That fills me with excitement.

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Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 New paper accepted at #NeurIPS2025 #ML4Phys!

We propose Meta-Learning Fourier Neural Operators to approximate inverse Hessians for variational data assimilation.

Meta-Learning Fourier Neural Operators for Hessian Inversion and Enhanced Variational Data Assimilation

Data assimilation (DA) is crucial for enhancing solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs), such as those in numerical weather prediction, by optimizing initial conditions using observational ...

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NeurIPS Conference @neuripsconf.bsky.social · 16d

Authors with accepted papers are encouraged to indicate if they prefer to present these papers in Mexico City. We now have 187 papers confirmed to be presented at Mexico, with new sign-ups daily. As our cap is 300 papers, first-come-first-serve, we encourage authors to secure their slot now.

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Matthew Feickert @matthewfeickert.com · 19d

I noticed today that PyPI now (not sure for how long) has a filtering option when you look at the distributions of packages. That's a nice quality of life improvement.

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UW–Madison Data Science Institute @uwdsi.bsky.social · 29d

The Open Source Program Office at the Data Science Institute welcomes its fall 2025 interns. These undergrad students are working on open-source software and hardware projects across campus. ospo.wisc.edu/activities/i...

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UW–Madison Data Science Institute @uwdsi.bsky.social · Sep 16

The Data Science Institute is assuming responsibility for a new, campus-wide effort—the RISE-AI Collaboration HQ—which will catalyze research communities centered on innovative focus areas and build connections among @uwmadison.bsky.social's AI community. news.wisc.edu/rise-ai-coll...

RISE AI Collaboration HQ to build connections and advance research, teaching and engagement

The group will catalyze research communities centered on innovative focus areas and build connections among UW–Madison’s AI community, which includes the more than 35 new RISE-AI hires and current fac...

news.wisc.edu

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 16

Along the way, I was fortunate to find mentors including my thesis advisor Dr Carlos Valero and Dra Berta Gamboa, among many people. They didn’t just guide my professional background- they believed in me, mentored me, and pushed me to pursue excellence.

Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 16

going with my mom to sell cheese cake at school to cover additional expenses in colleague during my studies.Other days, we were harvesting corn and selling it To local stores that made tortillas. I majored in mathematics in one of the best centers of math research in Latin America. I had the support

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 16

2/4 Few years ago, my husband and I came to the US to work. We didnt speak perfect English, but we believed in the promise of the American dream that with hard work and love for this country, we could build great things. Some of my earliest memories when doing my studies in Mexico are

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Gary Shiu @garyshiu.bsky.social · Dec 6

For Spanish readers interested in Particle Physics from String Theory, check this out: francis.naukas.com/2024/07/24/e... Read more about the subject here: arxiv.org/abs/2401.01939

El modelo estándar en la teoría de cuerdas - La Ciencia de la Mula Francis

La gran crítica a la teoría de cuerdas es que no es una teoría predictiva. Nuestro universo no contiene cuerdas, luego está en un estado de vacío para la teoría […]

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 14

Back to 2015, I was on my way to become a theoretical physicist.

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · Sep 11

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 11

So then I am happy to have G Box quote back

Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 11

The first time I encountered G Box’s timeless words was during my best friend Vero’s dissertation in statistics to major in Math at CIMAT.
I remember it with a smile—she presented her model with elegance, and in closing, citing G Box, saying that her creation was wrong (as all models) but useful.

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 9

Quarto (R) from my collague @ibaumann.bsky.social uw-madison-dsi.github.io/open_source_...

Home – 2024 Open Source Survey Results

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 8

Quarto site from my colleague @ibaumann.bsky.social uw-madison-dsi.github.io/open_source_...

Home – 2024 Open Source Survey Results

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 8

Quarto (R): uw-madison-dsi.github.io/open_source_... from my colleague @ibaumann.bsky.social

Perceptions — Open Source Survey Results

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 8

This site is a companion to the excellent work of my colleague @ibaumann, who developed the Quarto (R) version of our Open Source Survey results. Building on that effort, we now also provide a MyST (Python) version. Together, we make the survey results accessible to both R and Python communities.

Perceptions — Open Source Survey Results

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Maria Jaen @mariaoros.bsky.social · Sep 8

Honored to have participated in this amazing event and meet great people and their work in the data science field.

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