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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · 11h

If you are at #COLM2025, come by the Workshop on the Application of LLM Explainability to Reasoning and Planning TODAY at 2:40 ET to see my talk on challenges in human-agent communication and how the interpretability community can help address them!

xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io

XLLM-Reason-Plan

Website for the Workshop on the Application of LLM Explainability to Reasoning and Planning at COLM 2025

xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · 28d

I’ve been lucky to get the chance to work with some incredibly creative and talented undergrad researchers through this program! Help us spread the word to students who might be interested!

Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 28d

The Microsoft Research Undergraduate Internship Program offers 12-week internships in our Redmond, NYC, or New England labs for rising juniors and seniors who are passionate about technology. Apply by October 6: msft.it/6015scgSJ

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Aug 14

Rare and exciting opportunity to join a team of world-class social scientists to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. MSR New England (our sister lab!) is an interdisciplinary environment with endless possibility for real-world impact. 👇👇

Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · Jul 28

We may have the chance to hire an outstanding researcher 3+ years post PhD to join Tarleton Gillespie, Mary Gray and me in Cambridge MA bringing critical sociotechnical perspectives to bear on new technologies.

jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

Search Jobs | Microsoft Careers

https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1849026/Principal-Researcher-–-Sociotechnical-Systems-–-Microsoft-Research

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A. Feder Cooper @afedercooper.bsky.social · Jul 15

Feeling so excited + grateful to be representing this paper at #ICML! Please stop by to talk about how to do more valid measurement for evaling gen AI systems!

Work led by the incomparable @hannawallach.bsky.social and @azjacobs.bsky.social as a part of Microsoft’s AI and Society initiative!!

Hanna Wallach @hannawallach.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you're at @icmlconf.bsky.social this week, come check out our poster on "Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement Challenge" presented by the amazing @afedercooper.bsky.social from 11:30am--1:30pm PDT on Weds!!! icml.cc/virtual/2025...

ICML Poster Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement ChallengeICML 2025

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Hanna Wallach @hannawallach.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you're at @icmlconf.bsky.social this week, come check out our poster on "Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement Challenge" presented by the amazing @afedercooper.bsky.social from 11:30am--1:30pm PDT on Weds!!! icml.cc/virtual/2025...

ICML Poster Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement ChallengeICML 2025

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · Jul 4

Someone asked me today how to get better at scientific writing. I'm not the best person to ask because I find my own writing very inadequate! But the tips I thought of were:

1. Practice, and practice with co-authors who are better writers than you. Observe how they make edits and copy them.

(1/n)

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NeurIPS Conference @neuripsconf.bsky.social · Jul 2

NeurIPS is seeking additional ethics reviewers this year. If you are able and willing to participate in the review process, please sign up at the form in the link:
neurips.cc/Conferences/...
Please share this call with your colleagues!

2025 Call For Ethics Reviewers

If you are able and willing to participate in the review process, please sign up at this form. Feel free to share this call with your colleagues.

neurips.cc

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 30

We're happy to officially announce the location of #FAccT2026!

Next year's conference will be held in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦

Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair 🎉

(thanks to MindView for the photo!)

Photo of the Town Hall meeting at last week's conference. The audience watches as Su Lin Blodgett announces the location of next year's conference. Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair.

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ohhhh Molly Crockett‘s @mjcrockett.bsky.social keynote talk at #FAccT2025 was soo good 🔥🔥🔥

She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Jun 27

I could not agree with this more. The positive energy and support we give each other keeps us going. #FAccT2025

Maria De-Arteaga @mariadearteaga.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ensuring our mode of conversations and engagement is directed towards community building and strengthening is so crucial at a time when many in power will be rooting against us.

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Jun 26

THANK YOU, Maria! For what it’s worth, I lost count of how many people mentioned that they missed you this week and were grateful for what you’ve done.

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Jun 26

As #FAccT2025 comes to a close, we've been reflecting on our year as Program Chairs, the review process, and our recommendations for future conference organizers.

Take a look at our new post on the FAccT blog, or join today's town hall at 4:45.

ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today is our last day at the #FAccT2025 conference 💔

As our time in Athens draws to a close, this year's program chairs would like to share some reflections on the FAccT 2025 review process in a new blog post.

facct-blog.github.io/2025-06-26/r...

Reflections on the FAccT 2025 Review Process

We are here in Athens this week for the 8th annual ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. As we enjoy the presentations, we want to take a moment to reflect on our year as Progr...

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Jun 26

I love FAccT because of the people. This community is friendly, fun, and passionate about the work they do.

I'm so proud and honored to have gotten to work with these particular amazing people on the #FAccT2025 program. Talia, Sina, and @shakirm.bsky.social are THE BEST.

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Jun 25

Grab some coffee and join us bright and early Thursday morning! 👇👇👇

Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Jun 23

At #FAccT2025? Want to learn about modern synthetic data usage and its implications?

Come see @shivanikapania.bsky.social present "Examining the Expanding Role of Synthetic Data Throughout the AI Development Pipeline" Thursday at 9am in AI Design & Development.

programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/p...

Conference Programs

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our #FAccT2025 proceedings are out!! 🎉

Read all of the published papers here: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...

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Nathalie A. Smuha @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social · Jun 23

I’m truly honored give a keynote speech at the @facct.bsky.social conference this year in Athens, on Tue 24 June. My talk will focus on the lessons we can learn from emerging AI laws, and the road and challenges ahead.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Schedule: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · Jun 23

At #FAccT2025? Want to learn about modern synthetic data usage and its implications?

Come see @shivanikapania.bsky.social present "Examining the Expanding Role of Synthetic Data Throughout the AI Development Pipeline" Thursday at 9am in AI Design & Development.

programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/p...

Conference Programs

programs.sigchi.org

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 21

Looking for posts about #FAccT2025? Check out our 🦋 custom feed 🦋 which is already lively and full of papers, events, and attendees for this year's conference in Athens!

Click the pin 📌 in the upper right hand corner to keep this feed quickly accessible.

bsky.app/profile/mari...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 20

🏆 Announcing the #FAccT2025 best paper awards! 🏆

Congratulations to all the authors of the three best papers and three honorable mention papers.

Be sure to check out their presentations at the conference next week!

facct-blog.github.io/2025-06-20/b...

Announcing Best Paper Awards

The Best Paper Award Committee was chaired this year by Alex Chouldechova and included six Area Chairs. The committee selected three papers for the Best Paper Award and recognized three additional pap...

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Zana Buçinca @zbucinca.bsky.social · May 31

Thrilled to share that I’ve successfully defended my PhD dissertation and I will be joining MIT as an Assistant Professor starting Fall 2026, with a shared appointment between Sloan and EECS!

I will be recruiting 1-2 PhD students this upcoming cycle. Consider applying to MIT EECS!

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NeurIPS Conference @neuripsconf.bsky.social · May 21

The NeurIPS Position Track is seeking additional reviewers this year. If you'd like to serve or nominate a colleague, please complete our nomination form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NeurIPS 2025 Position Paper Track Reviewer Nomination Form

Does this form look suspicious? Report

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · May 20

Please help us spread the word! 📣

FATE is hiring a pre-doc research assistant! We're looking for candidates who will have completed their bachelor's degree (or equivalent) by summer 2025 and want to advance their research skills before applying to PhD programs.

Hanna Wallach @hannawallach.bsky.social · May 20

Exciting news: The Fairness, Accountability, Transparency and Ethics (FATE) group at Microsoft Research NYC is hiring a predoctoral fellow!!! 🎉

www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

FATE Research Assistant (“Pre-doc”) - Microsoft Research

The Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) Research group at Microsoft Research New York City (MSR NYC) is looking for a pre-doctoral research assistant (pre-doc) to start August 20...

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · May 22

Wow! The imposter account was removed within about 24 hours of me reporting it. So lovely (and surprising!) when things work.

Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · May 20

Hey folks! Someone has apparently created a bluesky account impersonating me — same name, same photo, similar bio. Why? I have absolutely no idea! I've reported it, but while I wait to see if the account is taken down, please be aware that it is not me.

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · May 20

My bluesky account is listed on my website, which is presumably why the impersonator removed that link from the bio: www.jennwv.com

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Jenn Wortman Vaughan @jennwv.bsky.social · May 20

Hey folks! Someone has apparently created a bluesky account impersonating me — same name, same photo, similar bio. Why? I have absolutely no idea! I've reported it, but while I wait to see if the account is taken down, please be aware that it is not me.

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