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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Mar 27

Great time in Barcelona for EDBT/ICDT 2025 with my amazing people from Tampere University! Excited that next year, we’ll be bringing this conference to Tampere! Looking forward to welcoming everyone in 2026!

@edbticdt.bsky.social

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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Feb 28

Exciting research to share? A compelling tutorial topic? Don't miss your chance to contribute to #ADBIS2025! 📚💡

📝 Research Papers - adbis2025.github.io/Calls/resear...
🎓 Tutorials - adbis2025.github.io/Calls/tutori...

Join us in advancing the field of #datamanagement and #informationsystems! 🌍✨

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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Feb 8

We’re Hiring!
Tampere University, together with @ellisfinland.bsky.social is looking for tenure-track professors (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) in #AI and #MachineLearning within the ITC Faculty.
www.tuni.fi/en/news/tamp...
Deadline: March 9

Tampere University and ELLIS Institute Finland: Call for Professors in AI research in computing, media and communications, and health | Tampere universi...

Tampere University, together with ELLIS Institute Finland, is seeking several top researchers for tenure track positions in Artificial Intelligence research and its applications. The application de...

www.tuni.fi

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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Jan 30

We couldn’t be more thrilled to share this! 🚀
Yannis Ioannidis—President of ACM, Professor at the University of Athens, and a leading voice in data management—will be the keynote speaker at TPDL 2025!

Tampere University will host the event in September 2025!
tpdl2025.github.io/Calls/resear...

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edbticdt.bsky.social @edbticdt.bsky.social · Jan 29

🗓️ 1 week left to finalize your EDBT Round 1 submissions ☀️

Join us in Tampere in March 2026! 🇫🇮

👉 edbticdt2026.github.io?contents=imp...

General Chairs :
Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social
& Zheying Zhang

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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Jan 14

Follow us @edbticdt.bsky.social

Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Jan 14

Exciting News! 🎉
#Tampere will host EDBT/ICDT 2026! ✨
Even before the 2025 edition, the important dates are already out:
📅 Round 1 starts on:
February 5 for EDBT Papers
March 13 for ICDT Papers
edbticdt2026.github.io

We can’t wait to see your great submissions and welcome you to Tampere! 🙌

EDBT/ICDT 2026 Joint Conference - 24th March - 27th March, 2026 - Tampere, Finland

edbticdt2026.github.io

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edbticdt.bsky.social @edbticdt.bsky.social · Jan 8

⏰ < 1 month until the 1st Round Research Papers deadline for EDBT 2026!

February 5: Paper submission
March 27: Notification
April 29: Revised paper submission
May 25: Notification for revised submission
June 9: Camera-Ready

🌏 AoE deadlines

👉 edbticdt2026.github.io?contents=imp...

EDBT/ICDT 2026 Joint Conference - 24th March - 27th March, 2026 - Tampere, Finland

edbticdt2026.github.io

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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Jan 8

🌍 Breaking news: My double life as a fairness advocate in AI has been uncovered! Who knew championing transparency in algorithms could be this cool? (Still holding out hope for my Nobel Prize in Data Management... someday! 🏆😂)

www.tuni.fi/en/news/prof...
#AI #fairness #Transparency #nobiasallowed

Professor Konstantinos Stefanidis champions fairness and transparency in AI | Tampere universities

Professor of Data Science Konstantinos Stefanidis is committed to advancing fairness in artificial intelligence (AI). He leads the Data Science Research Centre and the Recommender Systems Research ...

www.tuni.fi

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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Dec 9

Follow us and stay connected!

Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Dec 9

EDBT/ICDT now also has a BlueSky account: @edbticdt.bsky.social Preparations are well underway for the 2026 edition is Tampere, Finland 🇫🇮

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Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Dec 6

Can technical challenges and ethical concerns be tackled together? 🤔
TREATS proves it’s possible! Fairness-aware Entity Resolution for streaming data.
✨ #JustAccepted at Information Systems!
Congratulations Tiago Brasileiro!
Joint work with V. Efthymiou, V. Christophides, E. Pitoura

Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social · Nov 20

My very first post here, and I’m excited to announce that Evaggelia Pitoura is our first confirmed keynote speaker for ADBIS 2025 in Tampere!

A huge thanks to our highly active PC chairs, Kjetil Nørvåg and Panos K. Chrysanthis, for getting the call for papers live! adbis2025.github.io
#adbis2025

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