Roland Goecke
@rolaustral.bsky.social
Professor of Affective Computing at UNSW Canberra, Human-Centred Technology Research, Interests in Affective Computing/AI/ML/HCI - I also like elephants, mammoths, etc. - Views are my own
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#OAweek Support diamond #openaccess scholar-controlled journals, such as those listed at freejournals.org.
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
#OAweek Support diamond #openaccess scholar-controlled journals, such as those listed at freejournals.org.
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COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?
While SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t cause HIV/AIDS, its immune dysfunction, T cell depletion, vulnerability to infections, accelerated aging, and systemic damage echo AIDS-like effects in a broader sense.
While SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t cause HIV/AIDS, its immune dysfunction, T cell depletion, vulnerability to infections, accelerated aging, and systemic damage echo AIDS-like effects in a broader sense.
COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?
COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal
and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due
to the immune dysfunction caused ...
www.ajpmfocus.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?
While SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t cause HIV/AIDS, its immune dysfunction, T cell depletion, vulnerability to infections, accelerated aging, and systemic damage echo AIDS-like effects in a broader sense.
While SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t cause HIV/AIDS, its immune dysfunction, T cell depletion, vulnerability to infections, accelerated aging, and systemic damage echo AIDS-like effects in a broader sense.
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📢 Call for Participation: ACII 2025 🌏
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
ACII 2025 – Canberra, Australia, 8-11 Oct 2025
acii-conf.net
September 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📢 Call for Participation: ACII 2025 🌏
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
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"In fact, impunity reigns now, right? You have Putin, Netanyahu, you have all of the violence in in Africa. You have Myanmar in my part of the world, and many more. You have the threat that China will follow, and their tactics are the same tactics used by" tech CEOs"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Journalist who won the prize Trump wants says US democracy 'on the edge of a cliff'
Intentionally attacking civilians like aid and rescue workers, and journalists, is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime.
www.abc.net.au
August 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"In fact, impunity reigns now, right? You have Putin, Netanyahu, you have all of the violence in in Africa. You have Myanmar in my part of the world, and many more. You have the threat that China will follow, and their tactics are the same tactics used by" tech CEOs"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Silent Invasion: COVID-19’s Hidden Damage to Human Organs.
Posted: 01 July 2025
"COVID-19 cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more systemic disease that leaves long-term effects"
Source: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
Posted: 01 July 2025
"COVID-19 cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more systemic disease that leaves long-term effects"
Source: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
July 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Silent Invasion: COVID-19’s Hidden Damage to Human Organs.
Posted: 01 July 2025
"COVID-19 cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more systemic disease that leaves long-term effects"
Source: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
Posted: 01 July 2025
"COVID-19 cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more systemic disease that leaves long-term effects"
Source: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
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Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
July 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
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If you are a PhD student working in Affective Computing, or related areas, the Doctoral Consortium at ACII 2025 is a fantastic opportunity.
Important Dates:
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Submission deadline: 30 June 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
Contact: [email protected]
Important Dates:
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Submission deadline: 30 June 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
Contact: [email protected]
June 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
If you are a PhD student working in Affective Computing, or related areas, the Doctoral Consortium at ACII 2025 is a fantastic opportunity.
Important Dates:
==============
Submission deadline: 30 June 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
Contact: [email protected]
Important Dates:
==============
Submission deadline: 30 June 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
Contact: [email protected]
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🎤 Call for Demos – #ACII2025
📍 Canberra | 🗓️ 8–11 Oct | Co-located w/ ICMI
Got a system, prototype, or product in affective computing or intelligent interaction? Show it live!
📝 2-page abstract (in proceedings)
📹 Short demo video
📅 Submit by 15 July 2025
🔗 EasyChair | ❓ [email protected]
📍 Canberra | 🗓️ 8–11 Oct | Co-located w/ ICMI
Got a system, prototype, or product in affective computing or intelligent interaction? Show it live!
📝 2-page abstract (in proceedings)
📹 Short demo video
📅 Submit by 15 July 2025
🔗 EasyChair | ❓ [email protected]
June 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🎤 Call for Demos – #ACII2025
📍 Canberra | 🗓️ 8–11 Oct | Co-located w/ ICMI
Got a system, prototype, or product in affective computing or intelligent interaction? Show it live!
📝 2-page abstract (in proceedings)
📹 Short demo video
📅 Submit by 15 July 2025
🔗 EasyChair | ❓ [email protected]
📍 Canberra | 🗓️ 8–11 Oct | Co-located w/ ICMI
Got a system, prototype, or product in affective computing or intelligent interaction? Show it live!
📝 2-page abstract (in proceedings)
📹 Short demo video
📅 Submit by 15 July 2025
🔗 EasyChair | ❓ [email protected]
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Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
May 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
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Go on, apply for this two-year post-doc in Oxford working (with e.g. me and Robert Trager) on Causal Systems Modeling for AI Governance! Please share this ad with anyone who might interested!
Job Details
my.corehr.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Go on, apply for this two-year post-doc in Oxford working (with e.g. me and Robert Trager) on Causal Systems Modeling for AI Governance! Please share this ad with anyone who might interested!
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In case you missed our landmark Delphi Consensus
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Please read and share🙏🏻
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Please read and share🙏🏻
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Global Experts Reach Urgent Consensus on Long COVID: A Wake-Up Call for Governments and Health Systems - WHN
A landmark international study has confirmed what millions of patients and advocates have been saying for years: Long COVID is real, it is debilitating, and the global response must be drastically sca...
whn.global
May 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In case you missed our landmark Delphi Consensus
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Please read and share🙏🏻
whn.global/global-exper...
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Please read and share🙏🏻
whn.global/global-exper...
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Would you present your next NeurIPS paper in Europe instead of traveling to San Diego (US) if this was an option? Søren Hauberg (DTU) and I would love to hear the answer through this poll: (1/6)
NeurIPS participation in Europe
We seek to understand if there is interest in being able to attend NeurIPS in Europe, i.e. without travelling to San Diego, US. In the following, assume that it is possible to present accepted papers ...
docs.google.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Would you present your next NeurIPS paper in Europe instead of traveling to San Diego (US) if this was an option? Søren Hauberg (DTU) and I would love to hear the answer through this poll: (1/6)
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Deadline extended for #ACII2025!
Main track full paper submission deadline: 9 April 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
============
Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
Main track full paper submission deadline: 9 April 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
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Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
Call for Papers – ACII 2025
acii-conf.net
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Deadline extended for #ACII2025!
Main track full paper submission deadline: 9 April 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
============
Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
Main track full paper submission deadline: 9 April 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
============
Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
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Final call for paper for #ACII2025!
Main track full paper submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
============
Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
Main track full paper submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
============
Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
Gentle reminder for call for papers!
Call for paper for #ACII2025 is up!
The paper submission deadline for 13th edition of the #ACII 2025 is 31 March 2025.
The theme for #ACII2025 is Socially Responsible Affective Computing.
For more details, please visit our website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
The paper submission deadline for 13th edition of the #ACII 2025 is 31 March 2025.
The theme for #ACII2025 is Socially Responsible Affective Computing.
For more details, please visit our website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
March 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Final call for paper for #ACII2025!
Main track full paper submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
============
Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
Main track full paper submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Website: acii-conf.net/2025/call-fo...
General Chairs
============
Roland Goecke ( @rolaustral.bsky.social )
Guoying Zhao
Björn Schuller
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“We are losing sight of the academic mission: to think, to enquire, to design and perform new research, to innovate, to teach and communicate our findings for the purpose of societal improvement”
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
academic.oup.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“We are losing sight of the academic mission: to think, to enquire, to design and perform new research, to innovate, to teach and communicate our findings for the purpose of societal improvement”
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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If you’re interested in a crash course from the beginning in chronic issues with COVID I recommend this excellent interview with David Putrino. Perhaps the least well understood consequence is the damage every infection likely causes everyone, symptomatic or not.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long term organ damage
It’s now been five years since the COVID pandemic stopped the world in its tracks. The virus is still with us, and continues to make people sick. As many as 1 in 5 Canadians have experienced symptoms ...
www.cbc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you’re interested in a crash course from the beginning in chronic issues with COVID I recommend this excellent interview with David Putrino. Perhaps the least well understood consequence is the damage every infection likely causes everyone, symptomatic or not.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
James Harrison, whose rare blood helped save millions of babies, dies at 88
By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease
www.independent.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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This is what you need to know:
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/everything...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/everything...
Everything You Need to Know About H5N1 Bird Flu
An article with ongoing updates.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is what you need to know:
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/everything...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/everything...
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Both mild and severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are linked to changes in brain biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
But let’s keep getting it over and over right ?
www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...
But let’s keep getting it over and over right ?
www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...
Does COVID increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease?
COVID-19, even in mild cases, is linked to changes in Alzheimer’s disease-related brain biomarkers comparable to four years of aging. This study raises concerns about long-term neurological risks and ...
www.news-medical.net
February 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Both mild and severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are linked to changes in brain biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
But let’s keep getting it over and over right ?
www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...
But let’s keep getting it over and over right ?
www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...
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We are thrilled to welcome you in-person in Canberra, Australia.
The 13th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2025) will be held in Canberra, Australia on 8-11 Oct 2025.
Please visit our official website for more details: acii-conf.net/2025/
The 13th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2025) will be held in Canberra, Australia on 8-11 Oct 2025.
Please visit our official website for more details: acii-conf.net/2025/
ACII 2025 – Canberra, Australia, 8-11 Oct 2025
acii-conf.net
February 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
We are thrilled to welcome you in-person in Canberra, Australia.
The 13th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2025) will be held in Canberra, Australia on 8-11 Oct 2025.
Please visit our official website for more details: acii-conf.net/2025/
The 13th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2025) will be held in Canberra, Australia on 8-11 Oct 2025.
Please visit our official website for more details: acii-conf.net/2025/
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Our social media channels are up!
Bluesky: @acii2025official.bsky.social
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/groups/14586...
Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/15dF...
Bluesky: @acii2025official.bsky.social
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/groups/14586...
Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/15dF...
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Our social media channels are up!
Bluesky: @acii2025official.bsky.social
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/groups/14586...
Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/15dF...
Bluesky: @acii2025official.bsky.social
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/groups/14586...
Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/15dF...
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This is the longer version on YouTube where I talk about. An incredible tribute from people around the world. Hard to process…
youtu.be/FUCmDZaCeP0?...
youtu.be/FUCmDZaCeP0?...
Dog's Unite At Sunrise For Alba The Thai Street Dog
YouTube video by Happy Doggo
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is the longer version on YouTube where I talk about. An incredible tribute from people around the world. Hard to process…
youtu.be/FUCmDZaCeP0?...
youtu.be/FUCmDZaCeP0?...
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“Last year, the bill for sick leave in Sweden came to 92 billion kronor …
That's just over 14 billion kronor more than the year before …
But Social Insurance Minister Anna Tenje cannot explain why.”
FAFO in action.
www.tn.se/arbetsmarkna...
That's just over 14 billion kronor more than the year before …
But Social Insurance Minister Anna Tenje cannot explain why.”
FAFO in action.
www.tn.se/arbetsmarkna...
Ministern om varför sjukskrivningarna skenar: ”Har inte svaren”
Förra året landade notan för sjukskrivningar i Sverige på 92 miljarder kronor, enligt en rapport från försäkringsbolaget Skandia. Det är drygt 14 miljarder mer än året innan. Särskilt ökar sjukskrivni...
www.tn.se
January 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Last year, the bill for sick leave in Sweden came to 92 billion kronor …
That's just over 14 billion kronor more than the year before …
But Social Insurance Minister Anna Tenje cannot explain why.”
FAFO in action.
www.tn.se/arbetsmarkna...
That's just over 14 billion kronor more than the year before …
But Social Insurance Minister Anna Tenje cannot explain why.”
FAFO in action.
www.tn.se/arbetsmarkna...
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Do Europeans still get to set the rules for their own elections? Or does Elon Musk decide?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Do Europeans still get to set the rules for their own elections? Or does Elon Musk decide?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...