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Join us for a public talk by Dr. Vera (Qingzi) Liao from Microsoft Research on "Human-centered explainable AI.” Friday, Oct 21st, 9am Central Time, on Zoom: bit.ly/3eF1Arx . Full schedule of "Responsible Data Science & AI" series iSchool at Illinois at bit.ly/3DBNXki .

Join our tutorial today at CIKM 2022 on "Information extraction from social media: A hands-on tutorial on tasks, data, and open source tools" with . Get hands on session with Social Media IE, and other Social Media NLP tools. Details: socialmediaie.github.io/tutorials/CIKM… #CIKM2022

🚨RT appreciated!🚨 I am looking for Ph.D. students to join my lab Drexel College of Computing & Informatics in Fall 2023. Areas of interest include computational social science, NLP, human-centered data science, and more. #NLProc Email/DM your questions! More about me and my lab: shadirezapour.com

Join us for a talk by Ágnes Horvát from Northwestern on "Science on the Web: How networks bias academic communication online”, Friday, Oct 28, 9am CT, on Zoom (bit.ly/3VYdbm8). Schedule of "Responsible Data Science & AI" series iSchool at Illinois at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Public talk by Manish Raghavan (winner of 2021 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award) from MIT Sloan School of Management: "Challenge of Understanding What Users Want: Inconsistent Preferences and Engagement Optimization.” Fri Nov 4, 9 am CT, Zoom (bit.ly/3sHzy1W). More at bit.ly/3DBNXki

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Join us for a public talk by Fariba Karimi from Central European University and Complexity Science Hub about "Minorities in networks and algorithms.” Friday, Nov 11, 9-10 am Central Time, on Zoom (bit.ly/3hfK6Tt). More about "Responsible Data Science & AI" series iSchool at Illinois at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Everyone is welcome to join us for a talk by Anissa Tanweer from University of Washington on "Data science ethics: An ethnographic perspective.” Fri, Nov 18, 9 am CT, Zoom bit.ly/3UOlIGU. Abstract & details on "Responsible Data Science & AI" series iSchool at Illinois at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Last "Responsible AI" talk, by Dr. Anikó Hannák from University of Zurich: "New Faces of Bias in Online Platforms.” Fri, Dec 2, 9-10am CT, Zoom bit.ly/3UeXBkg. We continue in 2023 with a series on "Knowledge graphs and semantic computing" iSchool at Illinois, more at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Introducing PyTAIL tool and benchmark paper from my PhD thesis done in collaboration with my advisor Jana Diesner at InterNLP and HiLL NeurIPS Conference workshops. PyTAIL aims to merge active learning, online learning, and human in the loop interface. github.com/socialmediaie/…

Are you a social scientist interested in studying science of science in astrophysics/ big science astrophysics collaborations? Consider applying for the LSSTC Catalyst postdoc fellowship (bit.ly/lsstsocsci) by Jan 15, 2023. NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory

Join us for a public talk by Peter Gloor Peter Gloor: Happimetrics: Leveraging AI to Untangle the Surprising Link Between Ethics, Happiness and Business Success. Fri 1/20, 9-10am, Zoom bit.ly/3IV51Hd. Schedule of Semantic Computing series iSchool at Illinois: bit.ly/3DBNXki

Join us for a public talk by Dr. Jennifer D’Souza, TIB ▪ @[email protected], on: "Semantic Publishing of Scientific Contributions in the Open Research Knowledge Graph.” Friday, Jan 10, 9 - 10am Central Time, Zoom bit.ly/3RxK07X. iSchool at Illinois

Join us for a talk by Dr. Erin Leahey, co-author of nature.com/articles/s4158…, on "Papers and Patents are Becoming Less Disruptive over Time". Fri, Feb 17, 9-10am CT, Zoom: bit.ly/3IleRRX. More on knowldge graphs and semantics series iSchool at Illinois at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Join us for a public talk by Keith Hunter from University of San Francisco: "Differences in network perceptions within and across groups”. Fri Apr 28, 9-10am CT, on Zoom bit.ly/441tG5g. More on "Knowledge graphs and semantic computing" series iSchool at Illinois at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Congrats to my amazing former student Ly Dinh , now assistant professor University of South Florida, and Jessica Yi-Yun Cheng (advised by Bertram Ludäscher), now assistant professor Rutgers School of Communication and Information, who both won the Berner-Nash Memorial Award from iSchool at Illinois for their outstanding doctoral dissertations!

I’m looking for grad students! Deadline June 30 for Sept 2023 start. You need 2 or 4 page research proposal. Are you interested in studying people & sky knowledge, astrophysicists, observatories consider Edinburgh STIS Edinburgh! sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospect… EASST Black In Astro ™ @sacnas

Exciting to see iSchool at Illinois PhD students Chieh-Li "Julian" Chin, Kanyao Han, HaeJin Lee, and Apratim Mishra each presenting their research on science of science ICSSI Kellogg School

Congrats to iSchool at Illinois PhD student Sullam Jeoung for winning the best paper award trustnlp ACL 2025 for "Causal Impact of First Names on Language Models" arXiv:2306.01117! Takeaway: "To ensure model robustness, augment datasets with diverse first names during configuration".

We Zoe LeBlanc @[email protected] Jana Diesner @tedunderwood.me (is at 🦋, not here) @gworthey J. Stephen Downie are happy to share our latest journal article “Complexities of leveraging user-generated book reviews for scholarly research: transiency, power dynamics, and cultural dependency” on International Journal on Digital Libraries: rdcu.be/didW4.