Tim G. J. Rudner
@timrudner.bsky.social
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
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
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...
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.
nyudatascience.medium.com
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!
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!
📢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#...
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#...
October 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📢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#...
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#...
📢 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...
@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)....
cset.georgetown.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📢 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...
@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...
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“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
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“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
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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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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October 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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.
It was a pleasure speaking at @yaleisp.bsky.social yesterday!
This week’s surprise Ideas Lunch examined “formal guarantees” and artificial intelligence. Thank you to @timrudner.bsky.social for a magnificent presentation!
September 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It was a pleasure speaking at @yaleisp.bsky.social yesterday!
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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!
We’re excited to host @timrudner.bsky.social (U. Toronto & Vector Institute). He’ll speak on “formal guarantees” in AI + key AI safety concepts!
September 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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!
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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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)
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)
September 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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)
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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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?
August 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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?
I'm thrilled to join the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society as a Faculty Affiliate!
🚀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
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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August 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm thrilled to join the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society as a Faculty Affiliate!
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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!
August 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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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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.
The symposium explored connections between probabilistic machine learning and AI safety, NLP, RL, and AI for science.
July 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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.
The symposium explored connections between probabilistic machine learning and AI safety, NLP, RL, and AI for science.
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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...
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.
nyudatascience.medium.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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...
Read our post on their policy brief: nyudatascience.medium.com/ai-in-milita...
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
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
May 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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
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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#1: Can Transformers Learn Full Bayesian Inference In Context? with @arikreuter.bsky.social @timrudner.bsky.social @vincefort.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#1: Can Transformers Learn Full Bayesian Inference In Context? with @arikreuter.bsky.social @timrudner.bsky.social @vincefort.bsky.social
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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 🤖🧠
#ML #SDE #Diffusion #GenAI 🤖🧠
Congratulations to the #AABI2025 Workshop Track Outstanding Paper Award recipients!
April 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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 🤖🧠
#ML #SDE #Diffusion #GenAI 🤖🧠
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!
**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!
April 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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!
**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!
April 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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!
**Bayesian Inference for Invariant Feature Discovery from Multi-Environment Data**
Watch it on our livestream: timrudner.com/aabi2025!
April 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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!
**Bayesian Inference for Invariant Feature Discovery from Multi-Environment Data**
Watch it on our livestream: timrudner.com/aabi2025!
We just kicked off #AABI2025 at NTU in Singapore!
We're livestreaming the talks here: timrudner.com/aabi2025!
Schedule: approximateinference.org/schedule/
#ICLR2025 #ProbabilisticML
We're livestreaming the talks here: timrudner.com/aabi2025!
Schedule: approximateinference.org/schedule/
#ICLR2025 #ProbabilisticML
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We just kicked off #AABI2025 at NTU in Singapore!
We're livestreaming the talks here: timrudner.com/aabi2025!
Schedule: approximateinference.org/schedule/
#ICLR2025 #ProbabilisticML
We're livestreaming the talks here: timrudner.com/aabi2025!
Schedule: approximateinference.org/schedule/
#ICLR2025 #ProbabilisticML
Make sure to get your tickets to #AABI2025 if you are in Singapore on April 29 (just after #ICLR2025) and interested in probabilistic ML, inference, and decision-making!
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#ProbabilisticML #Bayes #UQ #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#ProbabilisticML #Bayes #UQ #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
AABI 2025 · Luma
7th Symposium on Advances of Approximate Bayesian Inference (AABI)
https://approximateinference.org/schedule
lu.ma
April 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Make sure to get your tickets to #AABI2025 if you are in Singapore on April 29 (just after #ICLR2025) and interested in probabilistic ML, inference, and decision-making!
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#ProbabilisticML #Bayes #UQ #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#ProbabilisticML #Bayes #UQ #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
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Make sure to get your tickets to AABI if you are in Singapore on April 29 (just after #ICLR2025) and interested in probabilistic modeling, inference, and decision-making!
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#Bayes #MachineLearning #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#Bayes #MachineLearning #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
April 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Make sure to get your tickets to AABI if you are in Singapore on April 29 (just after #ICLR2025) and interested in probabilistic modeling, inference, and decision-making!
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#Bayes #MachineLearning #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
Tickets (free but limited!): lu.ma/5syzr79m
More info: approximateinference.org
#Bayes #MachineLearning #ICLR2025 #AABI2025
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CDS Faculty Fellow @timrudner.bsky.social, with @minanrn.bsky.social & Christian Schoeberl, analyzed AI explainability evals, finding a focus on system correctness over real-world effectiveness. They call for the creation of standards for AI safety evaluations.
cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...
cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...
Putting Explainable AI to the Test: A Critical Look at AI Evaluation Approaches | Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Explainability and interpretability are often cited as key characteristics of trustworthy AI systems, but it is unclear how they are evaluated in practice. This report examines how researchers evaluat...
cset.georgetown.edu
April 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
CDS Faculty Fellow @timrudner.bsky.social, with @minanrn.bsky.social & Christian Schoeberl, analyzed AI explainability evals, finding a focus on system correctness over real-world effectiveness. They call for the creation of standards for AI safety evaluations.
cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...
cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...