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Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz
Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

Morning kayaking on the Humber River. We saw ducks, swans, cormorants, painted turtles, dragonflies, butterflies, fish and a deer.

#SilentSunday #Kayaking #Outdoors #Nature #River #Toronto #HumberRiver #Waterlilies #Marsh

A shallow, small lake-like body of water along the Humber river. Part of the water is covered in water lilies, and we see multiple trees and bushes with purple flowers in the background. In the foreground is a hand holding a red kayaking paddle. A deer along the river, grazing on some bushes with purple flowers, next to the trunk of a dead tree, with more trees and bushes in the background. A painted turtle chilling on a log in a marsh. Reeds to the left, water lilies, more reeds and trees in the background. Two double-crested cormorants perched on the branches of a dead tree that has fallen over into the water. The shore with grassy meadow and some low bushes is in the background.
Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

@freezr@friendica.myportal.social But also: the nasi lemak, the laksa, the prata, the long-tailed macaques that would mess with my laundry on the balcony, the monitor lizards that would swim in the sungei ulu pandan, the terrapins swimming around the Ganesha sculpture that somehow ended up in the quarry lake of Bukit Batok Nature Park, the views of MBS and the Singapore Flyer that you get when you walk around Marina Bay, the cat that lived at Lor Kilat and who would always crawl out from their basket or under a car to receive my pets, the massive thunderstorms, the monsoon rains, the kopi-c kosing made by Bro on campus, the teh tarik from Bhai Sarbat, the rava dosa from Madras New Woodlands restaurant, the queues in front of Komala Vilas, the beautiful graves at Bukit Brown Cemetery, the boardwalks around MacRitchie Reservoir, the snakes, crabs and alligators at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, the "already have" and the "can lah", the bandung, the apam balik, the mynah birds, the hornbills, the orchid factory at Botanic Gardens, kayaking from Changi to Pulua Ubin, paddle-boarding at Lazarus Island, the lone grave on Bukit Timah, ... so much!

#Homesick #Singapore

Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

Happy 60th to my second home: Singapore! 🇸🇬🇸🇬

PS: you can't see it, but I'm wearing ✨✨ in my ears.

#Singapore #NDP #NDP2025 #NDP25 #Singapore60 #Celebration #HappyBirthday #NationalDay2025 #Homesick #Home #HereWeAre

Picture of me in a red shirt and a white skirt, sitting on a rock, making a heart out of my hands and smiling at the camera. I am sitting in a park with a lot of greenery in the background, and I'm wearing my long blonde hair down.
Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

I'm very honoured to be among this year's NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni research grant recipients, for my proposal "Finding Variables that Matter"!

I cannot quite believe it, but I'm excited to get started on the actual research.

Many congratulations to all of my colleagues who received their Veni grants. Over the last few months, I was lucky enough to get to know them and their research, and I can't wait to see what they do with the funds.

I'm grateful to Delft University of Technology and all my colleagues and trainers for their support and trust. The Veni application process was part of my life for almost a year. Could not have done it without their encouragement and wisdom. Many thanks also to NWO and all reviewers and committee members!

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tu-delft/record-number-veni-grants-for-leading-tu-delft-researchers

#AcademicMastodon #AcademicLife #NWO #Veni #ResearchFunding #AI #AcademicChatter #TUDelft #Research #Grateful #GoodNews

Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

Hi everyone,

I feel like a re-introduction is long overdue!

My name is Anna, and I'm an assistant professor of Algorithmics at the Delft University of Technology, specialising in combinatorial optimisation, symbolic AI, constraint programming, propositional model counting, operations research and reasoning under uncertainty.

I'm a nerd, a feminist and a traveller, not always in that order.

In my spare time I like to hike and go geocaching. I try to go swing dancing a few times a week. I am a Trekkie. I want to learn how to draw. I am an Indomie and Obsidian enthusiast. Based in the Netherlands, I miss Belgium, Canada and Singapore.

Since a job in academia somehow always is personal, I have chosen to mix professional interactions with the more personal ones on this platform. At least for now. Obviously, my opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer yadiyadiyada.

Hope to keep interacting with you all!

#Introduction #AcademicMastodon #Algorithmics #SymbolicAI #CombinatorialOptimisation #ConstraintProgramming #ModelCounting #OperationsResearch #ProbabilisticInference #Geocaching #LindyHop #Jazz #SwingDancing #Hiking #Obsidian #StarTrek #Travel #TUDelft #MastoMiGoreng #Indomie #GNUTerryPratchett #Catstodon #Mastocats #Caturday #ExpatLife #MakanApaToda

Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

I am hiring!

I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).

Application deadline: 31 August 2025

https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-PhD-Position-Symbolic-AI-and-Reasoning-Under-Uncertainty-2628-CD/824585702/

#AcademicJobs #AcademicMastodon #GetFediHired #AcademicJob #SymbolicAI #Statistics #AI #ConstraintProgramming #CombinatorialOptimisation #SensitivityAnalysis #FormalMethods #CombinatorialOptimization #Delft #TUDelft #AcademicChatter

Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

Okay, I feel like I just unlocked a new level of academia?

I was reading a paper, and came across an interesting claim, so I checked the bibliography for the cited work, so I could read it.

Dear reader, the cited work was my own paper 😅😅

Guess the good news is that now I'll have one less paper to put on my "to read" list.

#AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #AcademicReading

Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

Reunited with cat (and dog!) after my trip!

#CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon #EveryDayIsCaturday #Cats #Dogs

Me (young blonde woman) sitting on a chair holding a young black cat in my arms, while a border collie is trying to stealthily drop his toy on my lap because he wants to play.
Dr. Anna Latour
@anna@mathstodon.xyz

Going on a trip and leaving heartbroken because of this. 😭😭💔💔 #CatsOfMastodon #AcademicCats #MastoCats #EveryDayIsCaturday #Travel

Grey suitcase with on top of it a black young cat who looks at the camera, all cute with his little face twisted to the side as if asking to come along.