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thermans.bsky.social
Professor of Computing, I do research on robotics and AI. I also ski. https://robot-learning.cs.utah.edu/thermans
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Saw a flyer for this on campus today! @standupforscience.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Just got word from a colleague that he's been fired from NSF. It sounds like all at-will and probationary employees were let go, repeating what happened at NIH last week.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Norman's work influenced my thinking about affordnaces for robot learning in my dissertation. I'm excited for this!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

So nice to see an organization I’m a member of, AAUP, actually doing something to fight back against the attack on science! ✊

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

NSF is still freezing grant payments because of Trump's executive orders targeting DEI, despite NSF's congressional mandate to weigh how grants will expand participation in science. What that means for scientists/science (with more detail than yesterday's radio story) www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

I just now got an official email from NSF about the freezing of new and existing grants, the relevant highlight: "Therefore, all review panels, new awards, and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis."

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Our paper Points2Plans was accepted to ICRA. Dope. sites.google.com/stanford.edu...

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

If you're a scientist that serves on an NSF panel that got cancelled today, I'd love to talk to you about it for an NPR story. DM, email or reach out on signal.

submitted 37 days ago • 12 comments

When I posted about my class I thought I'd give a thought about class each day, that's too much for me right now. Instead I'll say we are covering ensembles this week and it's been fun!

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

I'm teaching a new class this semester called "Probabilistic Deep Learning." I've organized the topics roughly around different probabilistic neural network tools we've used in my group. I'm very excited to be teaching a class that doesn't require students to install simulators or use robots!

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments