Assistant Professor @UWaterlooMath Stats and Act Sci. Formerly Postdoc @DSI_UChicago, PhD from @UofTStatSci.
Ontario, Canada
Joined January 2017
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Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
New preprint!
This is a hardcore technical paper on Thompson sampling - as a strategy for the so-called online learning game.
I think it's one of the most long-term important things I have ever worked on due to what it makes possible.
But that needs explaining - thread below!
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
I’m excited to announce that in July 2025 I will be joining @UWaterloo as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science! Until then, I will continue at Princeton as a DataX Postdoc Fellow, working with Boris Hanin.
I have many exciting projects lined up to study the scaling limits of neural networks and their training dynamics, with some important practical implications on the horizon. Stay tuned!
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
Congratulations to Dr @HaghifamMahdi on a successful thesis defense at U of T!
🌟🔥🎉👏🔥🌟🎉
Next stop: Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at @NorthEastern.
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
3.5 years after we started this project while visiting @the_IAS, it’s been accepted to the Annals of Statistics.
I won’t be at #JSM2023 but make sure to stop by Jeff’s session to hear about our work!
Super excited that this work has been accepted for publication in AoS.
For those at #JSM2023, I'll be speaking about it in the session on Advances in Statistical Machine Learning, scheduled for Sunday 8/6/2023 2:00:00 PM.
I'm speaking first so don't be late 😉.
Super excited that this work has been accepted for publication in AoS.
For those at #JSM2023, I'll be speaking about it in the session on Advances in Statistical Machine Learning, scheduled for Sunday 8/6/2023 2:00:00 PM.
I'm speaking first so don't be late 😉.
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
I'm _incredibly_ excited about this paper.
Deep insights for prompting, and for how models represent latent knowledge about the world. See the paper and check out @wzihao12's thread!
Some extra (more speculative) nuggets below:
Prompt engineering is a dark art. To understand limitations, we formalize "what the user intended" through latent concepts. Then we show direct model controls by algebraic operations on suitably chosen representations!github.com/zihao12/concept-a… w @ybnbxb @jeffNegrea @victorveitch
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
Prompt engineering is a dark art. To understand limitations, we formalize "what the user intended" through latent concepts. Then we show direct model controls by algebraic operations on suitably chosen representations!github.com/zihao12/concept-a… w @ybnbxb @jeffNegrea @victorveitch
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Negrea (@jeffNegrea) on the successful defense of his dissertation! No corrections. Superb job.
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
Looks like a cool event on the intersection of inference and bandit problems. Some great speakers scheduled!
How to design and analyze data from adaptive experiments based on bandit problems?
Save the date for this webinar: May 11th! 👇
Register here👉youngstats.github.io/post/20…
#DataScience
#RStats
#Causality
#Stats
#Adaptivedesigns
#Bandit
@StatFen @BernoulliSoc @InstMathStat
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
On May 11th, One🌎YoungStatS will discuss 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀.
Registrations are possible👉youngstats.github.io/post/20…
#DataScience #RStats #Causality
@StatFen @BernoulliSoc @InstMathStat
Would you like to know more about #bandit #algorithms for adaptive experimental #designs?
This webinar organised by @YoungStatS2, with a panel of 4 outstanding members from Stanford, Columbia, CMU, may provide you useful insights!
Info & Register: 👇👇👇
#Stats
#DataScience
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
How to design and analyze data from adaptive experiments based on bandit problems?
Save the date for this webinar: May 11th! 👇
Register here👉youngstats.github.io/post/20…
#DataScience
#RStats
#Causality
#Stats
#Adaptivedesigns
#Bandit
@StatFen @BernoulliSoc @InstMathStat
On May 11th, One🌎YoungStatS will discuss 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀.
Registrations are possible👉youngstats.github.io/post/20…
#DataScience #RStats #Causality
@StatFen @BernoulliSoc @InstMathStat
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
The @NSERC_CRSNG Banting Postdoc is the most prestigious postdoc in all of Canada.
Timeline is a bit odd, with the first (internal) deadline at Waterloo in June 2022, for start in 2023. Get in touch if you're interested in working with me!
uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studie…
I think that reviewing 6 papers for a ML conference is too much!
My opinion: in order to submit to an ML conference one should "owe"
ceiling( 3 * (sum_{author's submissions} 1/(# of authors on submission) ))
reviews
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
I'm proud of you friend! They are lucky to have you.
I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted a faculty pos'n in the dept. of statistics and actuarial science at my alma mater, @WaterlooMath, and a faculty affiliate pos'n @VectorInst, starting summer 2023! Meanwhile, I will be a postdoc @DSI_UChicago, starting September!
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
I have had the pleasure of working with Jeff on a couple of projects. Very creative researcher with an impressive breadth of knowledge. Very Well-deserved and Congratulations (most notably to @WaterlooMath!)
I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted a faculty pos'n in the dept. of statistics and actuarial science at my alma mater, @WaterlooMath, and a faculty affiliate pos'n @VectorInst, starting summer 2023! Meanwhile, I will be a postdoc @DSI_UChicago, starting September!
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
Congrats Jeff! Extremely well deserved. A fantastic scientist and a great friend, I’m excited to see you continue to excel in these positions.
I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted a faculty pos'n in the dept. of statistics and actuarial science at my alma mater, @WaterlooMath, and a faculty affiliate pos'n @VectorInst, starting summer 2023! Meanwhile, I will be a postdoc @DSI_UChicago, starting September!
Jeffrey Negrea retweeted
Congratulations Jeff! Very well deserved and I’m so happy for you!
I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted a faculty pos'n in the dept. of statistics and actuarial science at my alma mater, @WaterlooMath, and a faculty affiliate pos'n @VectorInst, starting summer 2023! Meanwhile, I will be a postdoc @DSI_UChicago, starting September!