Radu Craiu
@rvcraiu
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Professor of Statistics @UofTStatSci
Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2016
The road to hell is paved with ‘rejection, with possibility of revision’-type of papers.
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Are you curious about what makes some Markov chain Monte Carlo samplers run fast? Then perhaps you will consider joining us in Toronto, Sept 25-27 for the "Fast and Curious 2: MCMC in action" conference. Registration information is available at:
raducraiu.com
September 25-27, Toronto, Canada Aims: Recent strides in Bayesian inference applied to intricate complex-structured datasets offer a unique opportunity to bring together disparate research communit…
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I hadn't realized this but Romania's next president was 1st in the world in the International Maths Olympiad 2 years in a row with maximum score
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Philosopher Jason Stanley is moving from Yale to Toronto. He says, “the decision was entirely because of the political climate in the United States.” He wants to “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
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Happy to announce a new paper with Roberto Casarin and Qing Wang (from Ca’Foscari Venice) on Dynamic Tensor Regression (to appear in a special issue of JMVA) https://t.co/1QsYZ7K0t6
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Go Canada!
BREAKING: Amii Chief Scientific Advisor, Richard S. Sutton, has been awarded the A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, alongside Andrew Barto! Read the official @TheOfficialACM announcement: https://t.co/JXDhdEsQv7
#TuringAward #AI #ReinforcementLearning
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Love this quote from Sir Michael Atiyah: "Algebra is the offer made by the devil to a mathematician. The devil says, 'I will give you this powerful machine...all you need to do is give up your soul: give up geometry...' The danger to our soul is there... when you pass into
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Are you a Canadian citizen or PR? 3rd or 4th year in undergrad? Available June 2-13 for a fully funded summer school in statistics? Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/zBfdor6DEa Yours truly will be teaching you some online learning theory.
statistics.utoronto.ca
The Statistical Sciences Research Program (UTSSRP) invites Canada’s top undergraduates in statistics, data sciences, and mathematics.
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Time and wine. What more does one need? :)
Read the latest news from the IMS in the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of the IMS Bulletin, available as a free PDF at https://t.co/qOmNH8cajV or via https://t.co/LFKx0yId0F The next deadline is February 1, 2025 (then March 15). Share your news: email the editor at bulletin@imstat.org.
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One #postdoc position is still available at the National University of Singapore @NUSingapore to work on sampling, high-dimensional data-assimilation, and diffusion/flow models. Applications are open until the end of January. Details: https://t.co/yMILtiJTz6
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The European football community mourns the loss of Helmuth Duckadam at the age of 65. The legendary goalkeeper won the European Cup with Steaua Bucharest in 1986, saving all four penalties in the shoot-out. Rest in peace, Helmuth.
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The proposed initial officers are @AdrianRaftery1 @NialFriel @monjalexander @EJWagenmakers @RobinJRyder Here's the link to the petition again:
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Petition to form a Bayesian Social Sciences section at ISBA The following members of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) wish to petition the ISBA board to be recognized as the...
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Come to Canada and apply for your “green card” in 18 months, citizenship 5 years later and then walk into US like you own the place.
Guide to starting a US company as an international founder. Here are ALL your options: —O-1A /EB-1A visa —International Entrepreneur Rule —H-4, dependent on your spouse —US citizen cofounder with transition timeline —E-2 Treaty investor (not Indian / Chinese) —EB-5 investor 1/9
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Exciting development!
Bayesians! Are you a member of @ISBA_events? Are you into applications in the Social Sciences? We are starting a new ISBA section on Bayesian Social Sciences. This requires a petition, signed by at least 30 ISBA members. You can add your name here: https://t.co/OopTTfFvk9
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If you’re a graduate student in stats or ML you could a lot worse than becoming an IMS member (free to students, AFAIK).
Catch up with news from the IMS in the latest issue of the IMS Bulletin: https://t.co/AqTBcYX6dd or https://t.co/LFKx0yId0F The next deadline is December 1. Send us your news!
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Tweedie IMS New Researcher Award Deadline for Nominations: December 1 The 2025 Tweedie IMS New Researcher Invited Lecture will be delivered at the 2025 IMS New Researchers Conference immediately before JSM in Nashville. https://t.co/e0Xl5L0tBT
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A bag full of goodies
Catch up with news from the IMS in the latest issue of the IMS Bulletin: https://t.co/AqTBcYX6dd or https://t.co/LFKx0yId0F The next deadline is December 1. Send us your news!
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Deadline next week!
Postdoc position based in Newcastle to work with me,Cristiano and Kevin. A prerequisite is to have a PhD. It is desirable a candidate with a good knowledge of Bayesian Statistics from a Statistical/Foundational Perspective (rather than ML)
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"...mathematics, physics, basic computer science, applied mathematics. Those are things that would be necessary to understand and develop the next generation of AI system" Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @UCDMathStat @UCD_Research
Advice to students: study fundamental topics that have a long shelf life.
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More than 40% of Harvard graduates end up working in consulting or finance. What a waste of young talent for society. We do not talk nearly enough about this and the broader implications.
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We are excited to announce this year's Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award winners! They are: **UTC+0 to UTC+13** Giovanni Rebaudo @RebaudoG Tommaso Rigon @RigonTommaso Francesca Romana Crucinio **UTC-12 to UTC-1** Fan Bu @FannyBu214 Raaz Dwivedi @raazdwivedi Qian Qin
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