National Basketball Association

Amen, Ausar Thompson twins go back-to-back at 4th & 5th in 2023 Draft

Amen and Ausar Thompson become the 1st twins in league history to both be selected top 5 in the NBA Draft. Associated Press Taylor Rooks interviews asks No. 4 overall pick Amen Thompson after being ...
IEEE

Distributed Thompson Sampling Under Constrained Communication

Abstract: In Bayesian optimization, a black-box function is maximized via the use of a surrogate model. We apply distributed Thompson sampling, using a Gaussian process as a surrogate model, to ...
IEEE

Optimistic Thompson Sampling for No-Regret Learning in Unknown Games

Abstract: We study the problem of learning to play a repeated multi-player game with an unknown reward function and bandit feedback. The central challenge arises from the need to balance exploration ...
Golf Digest

Lexi Thompson is missing her first U.S. Women’s Open in nearly two decades. Here’s what she had to say about it

For the first time in 19 years, Lexi Thompson won’t be playing in the U.S. Women’s Open. The 11-time LPGA Tour winner qualified for her first U.S. Women’s Open in 2007 as a 12-year-old amateur and has ...