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I am happy to announce that for the first time my group is participating in the MIT-UF-NEU 2026 Joint Summer Research Camp. Applications are open until April 17. More info in thread and here: www.wucathy.com/prospective/

If pure AI or pure search isn't working for you, consider learning-guided optimization! This approach combines the best of both worlds; our most recent work demonstrates this for coordinating agents in warehouse robotics.

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What's an energy-efficient way to shovel snow? Introducing eco-shoveling*, a two-stage technique to handle snow accumulation, while conserving energy in preparation for more shoveling later... Built to withstand three winter storms.

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Did something happen to the “my bangers” feed of your top bluesky posts? Is there an alternative?

Have you noticed how navigation apps include walking & waiting for public transit, but excludes parking & walking for driving? After being late a few times 😅, we finally did. We got curious: what if these apps account for parking?

📣 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽! I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including: 🤖 Deep reinforcement learning 🚦 Traffic modeling & control 🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization

We should be asking ourselves more what research should be done vs what research can be done

🔥 New workshop at @neuripsconf.bsky.social! DiffCoALG bridges the gap between classic algorithms & differentiable learning. Think: LLM reasoning, routing, SAT, MIP — neurally optimized. 📌 Submit by Aug 22! 🤖🧠 🔗 sites.google.com/view/diffcoa... #NeurIPS2025

DiffCoALG@NeurIPS 2025About this Workshop Combinatorial algorithms are fundamental across a wide range of domains, owing to their ability to model optimization and decision-making tasks under complex constraints. These alg...sites.google.com

This project was 4 years in the making and it's finally out! We found that controlling vehicle speeds to mitigate traffic across a city can cut carbon emissions between 11 and 22 percent. To do this, we used deep reinforcement learning to optimize one million eco-driving scenarios. 🚗🤖🧠

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We’ve got an awesome workshop tomorrow at RLC on real-world RL! Also, I’m moderating the panel, so let me know if you have questions about applying RL. 🤖🧠🤖

This is soooooo fun and so blazingly fast.

Feeling like a fish learning about water. Insightful thread

I’m incredibly happy to have found metascience bluesky. Science is messy and beautiful, and there is a group of people thinking hard about how and why.

I’m pretty shocked. I was just appointed to a serve on a standing committee in April. TRB has definitely helped me find my footing in the field.

Science is a journey not a destination.

This is the way to cross a freeway. 😍 Breathtaking walkway across SR-520 in Redmond, WA at Microsoft Campus🚶‍♀️🚲🛣️

Great advice in here. “Aim to have such a high growth rate that you cringe looking back at yourself a year ago.”

This will mean 75% fewer NSF grants to award…