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Tim G. J. Rudner

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Assistant Professor, University of Toronto. Junior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge. AI Fellow, Georgetown University. Probabilistic Machine Learning, AI Safety & AI Governance. Prev: Oxford, Yale, UC Berkeley, NYU. https://timrudner.com

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Jan 17

I was honored to be named a Rising Star in Generative AI by @umassamherst.bsky.social!

The goal of my research is to create robust and transparent machine learning models, and

**I'm on the faculty job market.**

Thank you to @nyudatascience.bsky.social for the great article!

NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · Jan 16

CDS faculty member @timrudner.bsky.social was recently named a “Rising Star in Generative AI” by @umassamherst.bsky.social, won a Notable Paper at AISTATS 2024 with @kempelab.bsky.social & @andrewgwils.bsky.social, and earned a NeurIPS Spotlight.

Details: nyudatascience.medium.com/making-ai-wo...

Making AI Work Reliably for Everyone: Tim G. J. Rudner’s Research Earns Multiple Honors

Tim Rudner’s recent honors from UMass Amherst, AISTATS, and NeurIPS highlight his work in AI robustness and robotics.

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · 7h

📢The Information Society Project (@yaleisp.bsky.social) at Yale Law School is recruiting a new batch of *Resident Fellows*!

It's a great community and a good opportunity for anyone interested in the intersection of *AI governance and the law*.

Deadline: Dec 31
Apply: law.yale.edu/isp/join-us#...

Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · 7h

📢 Exciting opportunity:

@csetgeorgetown.bsky.social is hiring a Research or Senior Fellow to help lead their **frontier AI policy research efforts**.

I've been working with CSET since 2019 and continue to be impressed by the quality and impact of CSET's work!

cset.georgetown.edu/job/research...

[Research or Senior] Fellow - Frontier AI | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) is currently seeking candidates to lead our Frontier AI research efforts, either as a Research Fellow or Senior Fellow (depending on experience)....

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 14d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 15d

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode, produced with @utexaslaw.bsky.social, where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @gushurwitz.bsky.social and @neilchilson.bsky.social about how academics can overcome positively contribute to the work associated with AI governance.

The Ivory Tower and AI (Live from IHS's Technology, Liberalism, and Abundance Conference)

YouTube video by Lawfare

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · 15d

Beautiful paper!

Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · 20d

It was a pleasure speaking at @yaleisp.bsky.social yesterday!

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 21d

This week’s surprise Ideas Lunch examined “formal guarantees” and artificial intelligence. Thank you to @timrudner.bsky.social for a magnificent presentation!

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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 21d

Tomorrow’s ISP Ideas Lunch update:

We’re excited to host @timrudner.bsky.social (U. Toronto & Vector Institute). He’ll speak on “formal guarantees” in AI + key AI safety concepts!

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Brenden Lake @brendenlake.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our new lab for Human & Machine Intelligence is officially open at Princeton University!

Consider applying for a PhD or Postdoc position, either through Computer Science or Psychology. You can register interest on our new website lake-lab.github.io (1/2)

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Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social · Aug 25

Democracy rewired is a 5-part series exploring how AI is reshaping democratic values — from individual agency to global sovereignty. The big question: can AI strengthen democracy?

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm thrilled to join the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society as a Faculty Affiliate!

Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚀Exciting news — SRI welcomes 24 new faculty affiliates for 2025–26, our largest cohort yet!

They bring expertise in AI safety, digital culture, health innovation, & sustainability — all dedicated to shaping tech for the public good.

Meet them: tinyurl.com/ydpe99a3

Schwartz Reisman Institute welcomes 24 new faculty affiliates for 2025–26 — Schwartz Reisman Institute

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of 24 new faculty affiliates for the 2025–26 academic year—its largest incoming cohort to date. R...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congrats! CDS PhD Student Vlad Sobal, Courant PhD Student Kevin Zhang, CDS Faculty Fellow timrudner.bsky.social, CDS Profs @kyunghyuncho.bsky.social and @yann-lecun.bsky.social, and Brown's Randall Balestriero won the Best Paper Award at ICML's 'Building Physically Plausible World Models' Workshop!

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · Jul 17

CDS Faculty Fellow @timrudner.bsky.social served as general chair for the 7th Symposium on Advances in Approximate Bayesian Inference, held April alongside ICLR 2025.

The symposium explored connections between probabilistic machine learning and AI safety, NLP, RL, and AI for science.

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations again!

Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations Umang!

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · May 14

CDS Faculty Fellow Tim G. J. Rudner (@timrudner.bsky.social) and colleagues at CSET — @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, @hlntnr.bsky.social, and Matthew Burtell — examine responsible AI deployment in military decision-making.

Read our post on their policy brief: nyudatascience.medium.com/ai-in-milita...

AI in Military Decision Support: Balancing Capabilities with Risk

CDS Faculty Fellow Tim G. J. Rudner and colleagues at CSET outline responsible practices for deploying AI in military decision-making.

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · May 7

The result in this paper I'm most excited about:

We showed that planning in world model latent space allows successful zero-shot generalization to *new* tasks!

Project website: latent-planning.github.io

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2502.14819

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David Rügamer @davidruegamer.bsky.social · May 1

#1: Can Transformers Learn Full Bayesian Inference In Context? with @arikreuter.bsky.social @timrudner.bsky.social @vincefort.bsky.social

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Christian A. Naesseth @canaesseth.bsky.social · Apr 30

Very excited that our work (together with my PhD student @gbarto.bsky.social and our collaborator Dmitry Vetrov) was recognized with a Best Paper Award at #AABI2025!

#ML #SDE #Diffusion #GenAI 🤖🧠

Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congratulations to the #AABI2025 Workshop Track Outstanding Paper Award recipients!

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congratulations to the #AABI2025 Proceedings Track Best Paper Award recipients!

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congratulations to the #AABI2025 Workshop Track Outstanding Paper Award recipients!

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

We concluded #AABI2025 with a panel discussion on

**The Role of Probabilistic Machine Learning in the Age of Foundation Models and Agentic AI**

Thanks to Emtiyaz Khan, Luhuan Wu, and @jamesrequeima.bsky.social for participating!

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

[email protected] gave the third invited talk of the day at #AABI2025!

**LLM Processes**

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

Luhuan Wu is giving the second invited talk of the day at #AABI2025!

**Bayesian Inference for Invariant Feature Discovery from Multi-Environment Data**

Watch it on our livestream: timrudner.com/aabi2025!

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

Emtiyaz Khan is giving the first invited talk of the day at #AABI2025!

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Tim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · Apr 29

We just kicked off #AABI2025 at NTU in Singapore!

We're livestreaming the talks here: timrudner.com/aabi2025!

Schedule: approximateinference.org/schedule/

#ICLR2025 #ProbabilisticML

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