Dallas Card
@dallascard.bsky.social
Assistant professor at https://si.umich.edu/ working in computational social science, machine learning, and NLP | https://dallascard.github.io
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Dallas Card
@dallascard.bsky.social
· Jul 29
I am delighted to share our new #PNAS paper, with @grvkamath.bsky.social @msonderegger.bsky.social and @sivareddyg.bsky.social, on whether age matters for the adoption of new meanings. That is, as words change meaning, does the rate of adoption vary across generations? www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Loved the latest episode of Jesse Johnston's podcast -- on extracting audio from obsolete media, and the legal battle over the Internet Archive's Great 78 digitization project: www.recordingpreservation.org/features/202...
The Great 78 Project Battles to Save Historic Sounds
Ready to step back in time? This episode explores The Great 78 Project, an initiative by the Internet Archive and George Blood Audio to preserve old records as digital treasures.
www.recordingpreservation.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Loved the latest episode of Jesse Johnston's podcast -- on extracting audio from obsolete media, and the legal battle over the Internet Archive's Great 78 digitization project: www.recordingpreservation.org/features/202...
See also @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social's post on this same topic: doomscrollingbabel.manoel.xyz/p/labeling-d...
Labeling Data with Language Models: Trick or Treat?
Large language models are now labeling data for us.
doomscrollingbabel.manoel.xyz
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
See also @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social's post on this same topic: doomscrollingbabel.manoel.xyz/p/labeling-d...
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📢 The #CHR2025 proceedings are out!
97 papers, ~1600 pages of computational humanities 🔥 Now published via the new Anthology of Computers and the Humanities, with DOIs for every paper.
🔗 anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
And don’t forget: registration closes tomorrow (20 Nov)!
97 papers, ~1600 pages of computational humanities 🔥 Now published via the new Anthology of Computers and the Humanities, with DOIs for every paper.
🔗 anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
And don’t forget: registration closes tomorrow (20 Nov)!
Edited by Taylor Arnold, Margherita Fantoli, and Ruben Ros
anthology.ach.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📢 The #CHR2025 proceedings are out!
97 papers, ~1600 pages of computational humanities 🔥 Now published via the new Anthology of Computers and the Humanities, with DOIs for every paper.
🔗 anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
And don’t forget: registration closes tomorrow (20 Nov)!
97 papers, ~1600 pages of computational humanities 🔥 Now published via the new Anthology of Computers and the Humanities, with DOIs for every paper.
🔗 anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
And don’t forget: registration closes tomorrow (20 Nov)!
Ah yes, good point! That's a careless misuse of language on my part. What I meant is that I think the resulting estimate should be correct in expectation (with respect to the sample of labeled/unlabeled data), regardless of the amount of labeled data, but with lower variance for larger samples.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ah yes, good point! That's a careless misuse of language on my part. What I meant is that I think the resulting estimate should be correct in expectation (with respect to the sample of labeled/unlabeled data), regardless of the amount of labeled data, but with lower variance for larger samples.
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📣 Postdocs at Yale FDS! 📣 Tremendous freedom to work on data science problems with faculty across campus, multi-year, great salary. Deadline 12/15. Spread the word! Application: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31114 More about Yale FDS: fds.yale.edu
Yale University, Institute for the Foundations of Data Science
Job #AJO31114, Postdoc in Foundations of Data Science, Institute for the Foundations of Data Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, US
academicjobsonline.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
📣 Postdocs at Yale FDS! 📣 Tremendous freedom to work on data science problems with faculty across campus, multi-year, great salary. Deadline 12/15. Spread the word! Application: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31114 More about Yale FDS: fds.yale.edu
Trying an experiment in good old-fashioned blogging about papers: dallascard.github.io/granular-mat...
Language Model Hacking - Granular Material
dallascard.github.io
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Trying an experiment in good old-fashioned blogging about papers: dallascard.github.io/granular-mat...
I think you're right, although I also cynically expect that a unique first author requirement would lead to a lot of fake first authors (depending on the venue) 😅
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I think you're right, although I also cynically expect that a unique first author requirement would lead to a lot of fake first authors (depending on the venue) 😅
I'll also selfishly highlight my own earlier work on quality filtering: aclanthology.org/2022.emnlp-m...
Whose Language Counts as High Quality? Measuring Language Ideologies in Text Data Selection
Suchin Gururangan, Dallas Card, Sarah Dreier, Emily Gade, Leroy Wang, Zeyu Wang, Luke Zettlemoyer, Noah A. Smith. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing...
aclanthology.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'll also selfishly highlight my own earlier work on quality filtering: aclanthology.org/2022.emnlp-m...
Excellent thread! This also reminds me of David Bamman's work on films as data, which, if I understand correctly, you *are* legally allowed to use for research, as long as you own and retain a physical copy, and as long as you don't enjoy watching it : )
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Measuring diversity in Hollywood through the large-scale computational analysis of film | PNAS
Movies are a massively popular and influential form of media, but their computational
study at scale has largely been off-limits to researchers in ...
www.pnas.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Excellent thread! This also reminds me of David Bamman's work on films as data, which, if I understand correctly, you *are* legally allowed to use for research, as long as you own and retain a physical copy, and as long as you don't enjoy watching it : )
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me...
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me...
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
I wonder what would happen if a major conference made a rule that each author is only allowed to submit one paper per cycle? Obviously total submissions would be much smaller, and many papers would be redirected elsewhere, but could they convince people to only send their best work?
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I wonder what would happen if a major conference made a rule that each author is only allowed to submit one paper per cycle? Obviously total submissions would be much smaller, and many papers would be redirected elsewhere, but could they convince people to only send their best work?
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It's the season for PhD apps!! 🥧 🦃 ☃️ ❄️
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It's the season for PhD apps!! 🥧 🦃 ☃️ ❄️
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
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Congratulations to my amazing friend Amelia Acker for her new book. This book is going to be such an important contribution. Cannot wait to read it!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255324...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255324...
Archiving Machines
Archiving Machines advances our understanding of memory, information, and data by charting the struggle between the computing technologies that archive data ...
mitpress.mit.edu
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Congratulations to my amazing friend Amelia Acker for her new book. This book is going to be such an important contribution. Cannot wait to read it!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255324...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255324...
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🎉 Congratulations to all #EMNLP2025 award winners 🎉
Starting with the ✨Best Paper award ✨:
"Infini-gram mini: Exact n-gram Search at the Internet Scale with FM-Index"
by Hao Xu, Jiacheng Liu, Yejin Choi, Noah A. Smith, and Hannaneh Hajishirzi
aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-m...
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Starting with the ✨Best Paper award ✨:
"Infini-gram mini: Exact n-gram Search at the Internet Scale with FM-Index"
by Hao Xu, Jiacheng Liu, Yejin Choi, Noah A. Smith, and Hannaneh Hajishirzi
aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-m...
1/n
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🎉 Congratulations to all #EMNLP2025 award winners 🎉
Starting with the ✨Best Paper award ✨:
"Infini-gram mini: Exact n-gram Search at the Internet Scale with FM-Index"
by Hao Xu, Jiacheng Liu, Yejin Choi, Noah A. Smith, and Hannaneh Hajishirzi
aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-m...
1/n
Starting with the ✨Best Paper award ✨:
"Infini-gram mini: Exact n-gram Search at the Internet Scale with FM-Index"
by Hao Xu, Jiacheng Liu, Yejin Choi, Noah A. Smith, and Hannaneh Hajishirzi
aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-m...
1/n
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No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...
📢 I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!
If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
📢 I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!
If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...
📢 I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!
If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
📢 I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!
If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
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I'm recruiting multiple PhD students for Fall 2026 in Computer Science at @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social 🍂
Apply to work on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs for real-world applied domains you're passionate about!
Learn more at kristinagligoric.com & help spread the word!
Apply to work on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs for real-world applied domains you're passionate about!
Learn more at kristinagligoric.com & help spread the word!
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm recruiting multiple PhD students for Fall 2026 in Computer Science at @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social 🍂
Apply to work on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs for real-world applied domains you're passionate about!
Learn more at kristinagligoric.com & help spread the word!
Apply to work on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs for real-world applied domains you're passionate about!
Learn more at kristinagligoric.com & help spread the word!
I somehow missed that all of Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, and Nvidia donated to the new ballroom (apparently along with Greg Brockman from OpenAI): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I somehow missed that all of Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, and Nvidia donated to the new ballroom (apparently along with Greg Brockman from OpenAI): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
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📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
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AI as governance -- @himself.bsky.social on how AI reshapes markets, bureaucracy, democracy...and culture. Very happy ot see this getting the mainstream social science treatment.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... I can't believe I missed this paper coming out!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... I can't believe I missed this paper coming out!
AI as Governance
Political scientists have had remarkably little to say about artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps because they are dissuaded by its technical complexity and by current debates about whether AI might ...
www.annualreviews.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
AI as governance -- @himself.bsky.social on how AI reshapes markets, bureaucracy, democracy...and culture. Very happy ot see this getting the mainstream social science treatment.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... I can't believe I missed this paper coming out!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... I can't believe I missed this paper coming out!
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Cornell (NYC and Ithaca) is recruiting AI postdocs, apply by Nov 20, 2025! If you're interested in working with me on technical approaches to responsible AI (e.g., personalization, fairness), please email me.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
Cornell University, Empire AI Fellows Program
Job #AJO30971, Postdoctoral Fellow, Empire AI Fellows Program, Cornell University, New York, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cornell (NYC and Ithaca) is recruiting AI postdocs, apply by Nov 20, 2025! If you're interested in working with me on technical approaches to responsible AI (e.g., personalization, fairness), please email me.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
This game from UChicago is incredible! It might be a bit painful to play, especially for those of us who already spend too much time on email, but the concept and execution are brilliant!
HR Simulator™: a game where you gaslight, deflect, and “let’s circle back” your way to victory.
Every email a boss fight, every “per my last message” a critical hit… or maybe you just overplayed your hand 🫠
Can you earn Enlightened Bureaucrat status?
(link below!)
Every email a boss fight, every “per my last message” a critical hit… or maybe you just overplayed your hand 🫠
Can you earn Enlightened Bureaucrat status?
(link below!)
October 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This game from UChicago is incredible! It might be a bit painful to play, especially for those of us who already spend too much time on email, but the concept and execution are brilliant!
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Very excited that my paper with @katakeith.bsky.social is now out in @polanalysis.bsky.social. We investigate whether LLMs actually follow the instructions/definitions provided in codebooks, propose some diagnostics, and release a new evaluation dataset.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Codebook LLMs: Evaluating LLMs as Measurement Tools for Political Science Concepts | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core
Codebook LLMs: Evaluating LLMs as Measurement Tools for Political Science Concepts
www.cambridge.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very excited that my paper with @katakeith.bsky.social is now out in @polanalysis.bsky.social. We investigate whether LLMs actually follow the instructions/definitions provided in codebooks, propose some diagnostics, and release a new evaluation dataset.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
UMSI is running multiple searches this year, starting with the John Derby Evans Professor in Information, at the Assistant or Associate level!
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
John Derby Evans Professorship in Information (Assistant or Associate Professor) | umsi
The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position focusing on technology and society.
www.si.umich.edu
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
UMSI is running multiple searches this year, starting with the John Derby Evans Professor in Information, at the Assistant or Associate level!
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
So happy that bookmarks have finally been added!
September 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
So happy that bookmarks have finally been added!