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In computer science, the “list labeling” problem seeks the best way to store items in a system, like books on a book shelf, in some kind of sorted order that minimizes how long it takes to store a new item. Researchers have come close to an optimal answer. quantamagazine.org/new-book-sorti…

Congratulations to Lerrel Pinto (Lerrel Pinto), Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who has been awarded a research fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Sloan Foundation)! Read more here: cims.nyu.edu/dynamic/news/1…

Congratulations to all of this years Sloan Foundation Research Fellows, especially Courant Professors Chao Li and Lerrel Pinto! 👏

CDS Assistant Professor He He (He He) received Samsung's AI Researcher of the Year Award for 2024, which comes with a $30k prize. She presented her research at Samsung's AI Forum in Korea, where she met with Samsung researchers and students.

In 1917, mathematician Sōichi Kakeya posed a deceptively simple question. Over a century later, the answer has come to light. quantamagazine.org/once-in-a-cent…

Incredibly bad (changes to N.S.F. funding for math):

Siva Athreya, Jaikumar Radhakrishnan and Ashoke Sen, three senior faculty members at ICTS, have been awarded the prestigious 2025 INSA Distinguished Lecture Fellowship. More details on the INSA website: insaindia.res.in/scroll_news_pd…

Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, long-term STCS faculty at TIFR Mumbai, who recently moved to ICTS, was recognized for his outstanding work in complexity theory, communication complexity, and quantum computation.

Congratulations to Tracy Kimbrel, winner of the 2025 SIGACT DIstinguished Service Award! sigact.org/prizes/service…

The United States has had a tremendous advantage in science and technology because it has been the consensus gathering point: the best students worldwide want to study and work in the US because that is where the best students are studying and working. 1/

Congratulations to NYU! And very proud of you and your work Ainesh Bakshi. NYU theory should make the short list of top schools for prospective theory graduate students.

This fall, I’ll be joining NYU as an assistant professor of computer science. The department is betting big on quantum computing, and I’m thrilled to be part of it. Come visit me in NYC!

You don't _need_ a PhD (or any qualification) to do almost anything. A PhD is a rare opportunity to grow as an independent thinker in an academic environment, rather than immediately becoming a gear in a corporate agenda. It's definitely not for everyone!

To be clear, academia is not inherently "better" or "worse" than industry. In fact, I believe there are amazing opportunities in industry! But, despite its many imperfections, it's hard to find a better option than academia for open-ended curiosity-driven research.