Cindy Rush

AI is getting great at math, but how good is it at solving real research problems in areas outside of those covered by Erdős problems? Towards gauging this, I have started putting together a list of unsolved research problems in mathematical statistics and machine learning, sourced from recent papers in a leading statistics journal, the Annals of Statistics (with some bonus COLT open problems: solveall.org. Currently >100 problems. In my view, much of the value of AI for researchers in the mathematical sciences stems from helping with their own research problems. These are problems without known solutions. There are many math benchmarks, but few with the following properties: (1) of a realistic research-level, so that solving them can potentially lead to a publication in a top journal (problems discussed in papers already, not contest math, not Millenium problems, not problems created for a benchmark, not problems that have a known solution); I'd say Erdős problems are the best example of this. (2) cover problems outside of the usual focus (combinatorics, number theory, ... ) of Erdős problems. Especially under-represented are domains of applied math, along with statistics, operations research, etc. I'm interested in statistics and ML, so that's where I started, but this could grow over time. Hope this can grow into something useful to the community! Happy to hear your thoughts...

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🚀 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Frontiers in Statistical Learning: Data, Networks, and Knowledge Transfer Journal: Statistical Learning and Data Science (SLADS) 📅 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2026 👨‍🎓 Guest Editors: Yang Feng, Guangming Pan, Jiaming Xu, Emma Zhang

I'm hiring a Student Researcher to work on scaling laws at Google DeepMind! Project is for 16 weeks, starting spring/summer '26, in-person in SF (pic from the amazing office). If you're interested, fill out this form: forms.gle/MsgPfJumTLLobN…

I am recruiting PhD students at @NYU_Courant to conduct research in learning theory, algorithmic statistics, and trustworthy machine learning, starting Fall 2026. Please share widely! Deadline to apply is December 12, 2025.

ITA 2026 workshop is Feb 8-13.

UC Berkeley Department of Statistics is hiring! We’re seeking applicants for up to three approved tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level in Statistics, Probability and AI. Details & apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05139 #AI #Statistics #Probability #UCBerkeley

Our team at FAIR is hiring PhD research interns for 2026 on the topics of multimodal multi-agent learning. If you are interested, feel free to DM me or directly apply using the link below! metacareers.com/jobs/182171308…

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Our team at FAIR is looking to hire interns in 2026 to help us advance the foundations of generative modelling! metacareers.com/jobs/441969828…

Microsoft Research New York City is seeking applicants for multiple Postdoctoral Researcher positions in ML/AI! These are positions for up to 2 years, starting in July 2026. Application deadline: October 22, 2025

Given the recent loss of its $25 million NSF grant (amongst all UCLA grants), the Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics is now fundraising. Donation link here: giving.ucla.edu/Campaign/Donat…

@bayesianboy What periods do you think of as the other AI winters?

I wish that everyone in the machine learning community understood that investing in, diverting their attention to, and parroting the hype on LLMs is the best possible way to ensure another AI winter and the complete and total irrelevance of their work in 5 years.

@cremieuxrecueil @mansizzzzle The results in the table you presented are on studies of roughly 4000 undergraduate students, which probably isn’t representative enough to say anything “generally” regarding m vs f here. What are the actual numbers presented in the table? I can’t access the article…

I haven't seen survey results for longevity biotech specifically, but men are generally much more supportive of indefinite life extension. econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.102… Women are also less supportive of AI for mental health: mental.jmir.org/2024/1/e58462 The others are vaguer.

What's a category of technology that isn't women's health or fertility related, that women are more excited about than men?

Will be in this charming workshop for the next two days.

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🤖🚀 Announcing 🚀🤖 2025 Princeton ML Theory Summer School August 12-21, 2025 (in person) Lecturers: @KrzakalaF (EPFL) Jianfeng Lu (Duke) @TheodorMisiakie (Yale) Yue Lu (Harvard) Yuri Polanskiy (MIT) Apply by March 31 mlschool.princeton.edu

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