Is that unfortunate? I feel like it sets the incentives as they should be: to try to make deep contributions rather than spamming papers.
@thegautamkamath
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AI Transparency: Validating and Disclosing AI-Generated Content
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My new policy: if someone asks me to read something, I ask them how they used AI in creating it, and what validation/processing they applied to the AI outputs. (I disclose the same.) Been burned by giving too much attention to (undisclosed) slop folks have sent me…
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Q&A with UW Cheriton CS colleague on algorithms
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A Q&A with my new @UWCheritonCS colleague @Santho_Velusamy
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Learning Theorist Awarded Recognition for Research Contributions
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Thanks to all my collaborators, my group @TheSalonML
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Gautam Kamath Receives EATCS Presburger Award 2026
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Laudatio: https://
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onent/content/article/1-news/3034-presburger-award-2026-laudatio
… Article by our amazing comms guy @UWCheritonCS
, Joe Petrik: https://
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/gautam-ka
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… Before anyone says it, yes, I forgot to mention in the pic the estimator is computationally efficient. That's kinda the point! CYA at ICALP in London! 7/7 -
Joining NYU’s Leading AI Theory Research Group This Fall
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The same will be true of NYU, when I join this Fall, as Aaron Bernstein also received it in 2023. In case you haven't been paying attention, NYU's theory group has become incredibly stacked the last couple years, and I am comparably intimidated and inspired by folks there. 4/7
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Algorithmic Foundations of Robust Private Statistics and ML
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This award is in recognition of our work "algorithmic foundations of robust and private statistics and machine learning". You can read more about my personal perspective on some of this in my survey article that was just published in IEEE BITS Magazine 5/7
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Waterloo CS Theorists Win Second Award in Two Years
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This is the second award given in two years to theorists from @UWCheritonCS
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Presburger Award Winners Inspire Next Generation Theorists
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Past winners of Presburger are basically a who's who of the most brilliant young theorists of the last 15 years, including many of my idols. I find this intimidating but it also inspires me to try to live up to the example they've set. 2/7
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Researcher Honored with 2026 Presburger Award
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I am honoured (and still a bit stunned) to receive the 2026 Presburger Award from @eatcs_secretary
. This recognizes 1 or 2 young scientists for outstanding contributions in theoretical CS This honour is shared w my collaborators, students, institutions, & research community 1/7