Taylor W. Killian

@tw_killian

Assistant Professor @BYUCS | Principal Scientist, AI Research @LilaSciences, interested in RL, Decision Making under Uncertainty & Generalization

Bay Area, CA

twkillian.github.io

Joined September 2015

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Taylor W. Killian
@tw_killian
Aug 3
Today is my first day @BYU! As promised in the 👇 thread (a few weeks late, c'mon I had to move while continuing to work, etc ;) ), I've written a post explaining my decision to return to academia _and_ my home town: twkillian.github.io/returning-to-a… I'm excited for the journey ahead!
Taylor W. Killian
@tw_killian
May 14
📣 There's never a "best" time to share important updates, especially after sitting on this for so long... I'm joining the faculty @BYU + @BYUCS this Summer as an Assistant Professor in preparation for the upcoming school year. Lots of excitement and a fair bit of nerves. 🧵
Taylor W. Killian
@tw_killian
Aug 15
Standing room only at several points of our workshops today @RL_Conference. RL is not having a moment, it’s a full on movement (has been and will continue to be). Here, pictured, are two (among _many_) great talks by @sirbayes and @dabelcs #RLC2026
Taylor W. Killian
@tw_killian
Aug 15
Today is workshop day @RL_Conference! Workshops at RLC have always been a distinct highlight of the conference. Today’s slate is no different. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Taylor W. Killian
@tw_killian
Aug 15
I found myself nodding along to everything Thomas said throughout this episode. The conversation that @TalkRLPodcast promotes here about using RL in Healthcare is a great introduction into the challenges -and- opportunities for working in this space.
TalkRL Podcast
@TalkRLPodcast
Aug 14
E74: Thomas Frost on Clinical RL Emergency physician & @ucl PhD candidate Thomas Frost on optimizing insulin infusions for survival instead of blood sugar, why binned data breaks offline RL, semi-MDPs and the no-op problem, why sepsis is the last problem we should tackle, and
Taylor W. Killian
@tw_killian
Jul 22
Another great set of announcements today from @LilaSciences (more coming soon!) in partnership with the DOE's Genesis Mission. We're accelerating on our way toward Scientific SuperIntelligence (as discussed in the QT'd Latent Space podcast): Announcement: lila.ai/news/powering-…
Lila Sciences
@LilaSciences
Jul 16
The internet was AI's fossil fuel and “we've fracked it.” So, what's the next internet-scale dataset? Science. Our CTO @AndrewLBeam & CSO of Physical Sciences Rafa Gomez Bombarelli on the new @latentspacepod with hosts @honicky and Brandon Anderson : latent.space/p/the-lab-of-t…