Lucy Li
@lucy3.bsky.social
Postdoc at UW NLP 🏔️. #NLProc, computational social science, cultural analytics, responsible AI. she/her. Previously at Berkeley, Ai2, MSR, Stanford. Incoming assistant prof at Wisconsin CS. lucy3.github.io
I couldn't figure out eloquent language to describe digital agents that assist with web navigation tasks, so I just wrote "click click" and if I keep this up maybe I will start referring to language generation as "word word"
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I couldn't figure out eloquent language to describe digital agents that assist with web navigation tasks, so I just wrote "click click" and if I keep this up maybe I will start referring to language generation as "word word"
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Calling all graduate students! The #FAccT2026 call is out for our Doctoral Colloquium.
Join us for connections, support, mentorship, etc.
Apply by February 24!
facctconference.org/2026/callfor...
Join us for connections, support, mentorship, etc.
Apply by February 24!
facctconference.org/2026/callfor...
ACM FAccT 2026 Doctoral Colloquium Call for Applications
facctconference.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Calling all graduate students! The #FAccT2026 call is out for our Doctoral Colloquium.
Join us for connections, support, mentorship, etc.
Apply by February 24!
facctconference.org/2026/callfor...
Join us for connections, support, mentorship, etc.
Apply by February 24!
facctconference.org/2026/callfor...
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NeurIPS reviewers typically review 6+ papers, each with 100 or so citations. The reviewers can't possibly check that every citation is real. But why don't we have an automated way to do this checking (and desk-rejecting if fake citations found) *before* the papers are sent to reviewers?
NEW: NeurIPS,one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
NeurIPS papers contained 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims | Fortune
An analysis of NeurIPS 2025 papers by startup GPTZero reveals how AI-generated citations are slipping into elite academic research.
fortune.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:49 PM
NeurIPS reviewers typically review 6+ papers, each with 100 or so citations. The reviewers can't possibly check that every citation is real. But why don't we have an automated way to do this checking (and desk-rejecting if fake citations found) *before* the papers are sent to reviewers?
interesting food for thought, about extracting implicit inferences LMs may make about users during interaction transluce.org/user-modeling
Scalably Extracting Latent Representations of Users<!-- --> | Transluce AI
transluce.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:29 PM
interesting food for thought, about extracting implicit inferences LMs may make about users during interaction transluce.org/user-modeling
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I've often joked that as faculty I program in a high-level language called "graduate student". Having tried out Claude Code this morning, I (i) feel extremely at home, (ii) am realizing that research-by-graduate-student is perhaps the original vibe-coding. 1/2
January 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I've often joked that as faculty I program in a high-level language called "graduate student". Having tried out Claude Code this morning, I (i) feel extremely at home, (ii) am realizing that research-by-graduate-student is perhaps the original vibe-coding. 1/2
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In June 2024, X made its likes private. You can still like, authors can still see—but everyone else can’t.
So… does hiding likes change what people are willing to endorse?
Our new paper led by @yuweichuai.bsky.social: not very much!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.11140
So… does hiding likes change what people are willing to endorse?
Our new paper led by @yuweichuai.bsky.social: not very much!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.11140
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
In June 2024, X made its likes private. You can still like, authors can still see—but everyone else can’t.
So… does hiding likes change what people are willing to endorse?
Our new paper led by @yuweichuai.bsky.social: not very much!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.11140
So… does hiding likes change what people are willing to endorse?
Our new paper led by @yuweichuai.bsky.social: not very much!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.11140
ty claude code for helping annotators f̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ look at data ... I'm planning to throw this up on github once i test it thoroughly and write artisanal docs for it
January 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
ty claude code for helping annotators f̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ look at data ... I'm planning to throw this up on github once i test it thoroughly and write artisanal docs for it
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Excited to teach two new courses this fall. The first is an upper-div undergrad course in the School of Information on Applied GenAI. Here, we're thinking about what we can do/build/analyze/design if we treat LLMs like a powerful black box library. jurgens.people.si.umich.edu/SI405/
SI 405: Applied Generative AI - Winter 2026
jurgens.people.si.umich.edu
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Excited to teach two new courses this fall. The first is an upper-div undergrad course in the School of Information on Applied GenAI. Here, we're thinking about what we can do/build/analyze/design if we treat LLMs like a powerful black box library. jurgens.people.si.umich.edu/SI405/
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Internship opportunity! Please share!
📣 I'm looking to hire an intern in human-centered NLP for the agents team at Together AI. Come work on frontier AI systems that tackle complex agentic tasks!
Research direction is open and looking to publish in NLP and HCI venues!
📣 I'm looking to hire an intern in human-centered NLP for the agents team at Together AI. Come work on frontier AI systems that tackle complex agentic tasks!
Research direction is open and looking to publish in NLP and HCI venues!
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Internship opportunity! Please share!
📣 I'm looking to hire an intern in human-centered NLP for the agents team at Together AI. Come work on frontier AI systems that tackle complex agentic tasks!
Research direction is open and looking to publish in NLP and HCI venues!
📣 I'm looking to hire an intern in human-centered NLP for the agents team at Together AI. Come work on frontier AI systems that tackle complex agentic tasks!
Research direction is open and looking to publish in NLP and HCI venues!
I got upgraded to Senior Area Chair and I am SO EXCITED
When I was asked to be a reviewer for the first time, I was SO EXCITED. Then after a few years of that 😵💫...
Recently I got upgrade to Area Chair and once again I am SO EXCITED. The joy of novelty 😆
Recently I got upgrade to Area Chair and once again I am SO EXCITED. The joy of novelty 😆
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I got upgraded to Senior Area Chair and I am SO EXCITED
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If you want to research or even just learn for yourself about "Social Media, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, WhatsApp, or Twitter," then yes, unfortunately, it's almost impossible to do that research externally. This is a big reason why Bluesky's open ecosystem is so exciting to me!
Ever wonder what proportion of high profile social media research is tied to the tech industry?
New from me, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com.
Thread tomorrow.
arxiv.org/abs/2601.11507
New from me, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com.
Thread tomorrow.
arxiv.org/abs/2601.11507
Industry Influence in High-Profile Social Media Research
To what extent is social media research independent from industry influence? Leveraging openly available data, we show that half of the research published in top journals has disclosable ties to indus...
arxiv.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:07 AM
If you want to research or even just learn for yourself about "Social Media, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, WhatsApp, or Twitter," then yes, unfortunately, it's almost impossible to do that research externally. This is a big reason why Bluesky's open ecosystem is so exciting to me!
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We are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
We are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...
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Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences: Natural Language Processing (RISE-AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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We are recruiting translators (any language/domain) for an interview study about translation technologies here!
We will be grateful for all input!
1. Interviews will be on Zoom.
2. Participants will be given a $40 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱!
We will be grateful for all input!
1. Interviews will be on Zoom.
2. Participants will be given a $40 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱!
Translator perspectives of translation technology tools
We are researchers at Carnegie Mellon University interested in studying professional translator perspectives of translation technologies, specifically computer-aided translation (CAT) or machine trans...
forms.gle
January 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
We are recruiting translators (any language/domain) for an interview study about translation technologies here!
We will be grateful for all input!
1. Interviews will be on Zoom.
2. Participants will be given a $40 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱!
We will be grateful for all input!
1. Interviews will be on Zoom.
2. Participants will be given a $40 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱!
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We have an important #FAccT2026 update! Our new dates are June 25-June 28 and our new location is Le Centre Sheraton Montréal. We’re so sorry for any inconvenience caused by this change!
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January 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We have an important #FAccT2026 update! Our new dates are June 25-June 28 and our new location is Le Centre Sheraton Montréal. We’re so sorry for any inconvenience caused by this change!
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Please welcome Google's Open Source efforts to Blue Sky at @opensource.google!
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Please welcome Google's Open Source efforts to Blue Sky at @opensource.google!
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Excited about this Duke AI conference + stoked to present new work on cultural AI. Grateful this high profile conference will include humanistic perspectives. Meaning, history, aesthetics, narrative etc are a part of the society centered AI question. Glad the humanities will be a part of the convo.
Join us for the 2nd annual Conference on Society-Centered AI at Duke University (Feb 12-14th). Last year’s event drew over 700 people from 50+ companies and 20 universities to discuss topics ranging from AI safety to alignment to the impact of AI systems. Register here: sites.duke.edu/scai/
Main - #SCAI2026
Conference on Society Centered AI February 12 -14, 2026 Duke University, Durham, NC https://youtu.be/m9CGFovLZGQ The #SCAI2026: Conference on Society-Centered AI (previously Responsible AI…
sites.duke.edu
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Excited about this Duke AI conference + stoked to present new work on cultural AI. Grateful this high profile conference will include humanistic perspectives. Meaning, history, aesthetics, narrative etc are a part of the society centered AI question. Glad the humanities will be a part of the convo.
I play valorant with another professor so that if we talk about grant writing during gaming sessions it can count as work
January 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I play valorant with another professor so that if we talk about grant writing during gaming sessions it can count as work
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Today I made a small but momentous start to work in 2026 by changing a single number.
I renamed the file “Papers to write and submit in 2025” to “Papers to write and submit in 2026”.
Stay tuned for more file updates on 1st January 2027.
I renamed the file “Papers to write and submit in 2025” to “Papers to write and submit in 2026”.
Stay tuned for more file updates on 1st January 2027.
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Today I made a small but momentous start to work in 2026 by changing a single number.
I renamed the file “Papers to write and submit in 2025” to “Papers to write and submit in 2026”.
Stay tuned for more file updates on 1st January 2027.
I renamed the file “Papers to write and submit in 2025” to “Papers to write and submit in 2026”.
Stay tuned for more file updates on 1st January 2027.
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what if all the discussions about a research paper were centralized on a single paper page? let us know what you think!
new year and @mariaa.bsky.social and I have some fun new things cooking for the atproto ecosystem...
January 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
what if all the discussions about a research paper were centralized on a single paper page? let us know what you think!
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Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now!
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now!
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
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An absolute must read if you’re working on AI and storytelling. @tuhinchakr.bsky.social is doing important work and blowing up many common assumptions about generated writing, while coming from a principled POV.
People often dismiss A.I.-generated literature because they read books to access someone else’s consciousness. But what if they can’t tell the difference? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/GVKI7f
What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?
If economic and technological transformations have changed our relationship with literature before, they could do so again.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
An absolute must read if you’re working on AI and storytelling. @tuhinchakr.bsky.social is doing important work and blowing up many common assumptions about generated writing, while coming from a principled POV.
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I'm excited to share a complete draft syllabus for my new special topics class at CU Boulder, INFO 4871 Design for Accessibility.
data-and-design.org/classes/4871/
data-and-design.org/classes/4871/
INFO 4871: Design for Accessibility
We are an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Colorado Boulder that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems.
data-and-design.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm excited to share a complete draft syllabus for my new special topics class at CU Boulder, INFO 4871 Design for Accessibility.
data-and-design.org/classes/4871/
data-and-design.org/classes/4871/
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Many think LLM-simulated participants can transform behavioral science. But there's been a lack of accessible discussion of what it means to validate LLMs for behavioral scientists. Under what conditions can we trust LLMs to learn about human parameters? Our paper maps the validation landscape.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Many think LLM-simulated participants can transform behavioral science. But there's been a lack of accessible discussion of what it means to validate LLMs for behavioral scientists. Under what conditions can we trust LLMs to learn about human parameters? Our paper maps the validation landscape.
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Consider submitting to the NLP+CSS workshop, and please share the call for papers with people who might be interested!
#PolCom #CompSocSci #ComputationalSocialScience #NLP #NLProc #langsky #polisky
#PolCom #CompSocSci #ComputationalSocialScience #NLP #NLProc #langsky #polisky
✨The NLP+CSS workshop is returning to ACL 2026!✨
And this year, we have a new shared task with prizes!
Website/CfP: sites.google.com/site/nlpandc...
Deadlines: March 5 (direct), March 24 (pre-reviewed ARR)
#NLProc #CompSocialSci #ComputationalSocialScience #ACL2026NLP
@aclmeeting.bsky.social
And this year, we have a new shared task with prizes!
Website/CfP: sites.google.com/site/nlpandc...
Deadlines: March 5 (direct), March 24 (pre-reviewed ARR)
#NLProc #CompSocialSci #ComputationalSocialScience #ACL2026NLP
@aclmeeting.bsky.social
NLP+CSS Workshops
https://www.pexels.com/photo/group-hand-fist-bump-1068523/
sites.google.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Consider submitting to the NLP+CSS workshop, and please share the call for papers with people who might be interested!
#PolCom #CompSocSci #ComputationalSocialScience #NLP #NLProc #langsky #polisky
#PolCom #CompSocSci #ComputationalSocialScience #NLP #NLProc #langsky #polisky