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Ingmar Weber
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Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI and Chair for Societal Computing at Saarland University. Co-Director at https://i2sc.net.

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Ingmar Weber is a German computer scientist known for his research on Computational Social Science in which he uses online data to study population behavior. He was the Research Director for Social Computing at the Qatar Computing Research Institute, and is a Professor at Saarland University. He serves as editor-in-chief for EPJ Data Science. Previously, he served as editor-in-chief for the International Conference on Web and Social Media. Weber is also an ACM Distinguished Member, as well as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Weber's research has been widely covered in the media. .. more

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 22
If you're @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 and are looking for a faculty position, get in touch. @uni-saarland.de is hiring.
Right now, there's an open call in Computer Science @saarland-informatics-campus.de: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...
Soon, there'll be open calls in the Social Sciences.
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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 7d
📢 We're hiring a Doctoral Student in Research Software Engineering for Digital Behavioral Data!
Work at the intersection of computer science and social science, develop innovative tools, and pursue your doctoral degree with us.

👉 Apply here: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
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Noora Al-Emadi @nalemadi.bsky.social · 8d
Now out in Communications of #ACM #CACM "AI-Driven Disaster Response and Displacement Monitoring"
w/ @ingmarweber.de @ferdaofli.com & others
The article features 2 case studies from #ArabWorld highlighting the potential of #AI in #DisasterResponse & #DisplacementMonitoring
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AI-Driven Disaster Response and Displacement Monitoring | Communications of the ACM
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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · 17d
The SICSS Saarbrücken 2025 has officially come to an end. We are grateful to all participants and speakers who made this event such a success, and we look forward to seeing how the conversations and collaborations will continue beyond these two weeks! @uni-saarland.de @i2sc.net @ingmarweber.de
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · 23d
One of the perks of attending #HLF @hlforum.bsky.social is that I got to meet one of my favorite Youtube personalities in person @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · 23d
Always a pleasure to attend the Heidelberg Laureate Forum #HLF @hlforum.bsky.social & meet smart people. Catch me today (Tue) if you'd like to learn about our work at @i2sc.net. And be sure talk to Manon if you'd like to learn about her work about better AI safety evaluations.
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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · 29d
The first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) at Saarbrücken has officially begun at @i2sc.net. The program runs from 8 - 19 September.

@uni-saarland.de @ingmarweber.de @brahmaninutakki.bsky.social @jianlongzhu.bsky.social
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Universität des Saarlandes @uni-saarland.de · Sep 3
29 Mio. Euro Förderung für das Kompetenzzentrum SOUNDS:
Ziel der Forschungsstelle ist es, Informatik und Sozialwissenschaften zusammenzubringen, um gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen datenbasiert zu analysieren.

Mehr dazu: www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/gese...

© UdS / Thorsten Mohr
Millionenförderung des Landes: Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft mit neuen Datenquellen analysieren
Satellitenbilder, soziale Medien oder Barcode-Scanner in Geschäften bieten einen reichen Datenschatz, der bisher in den Sozialwissenschaften noch wenig genutzt wird. Neue KI-gestützte Methoden helfen ...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Aug 28
🚨Open Positions!🚨
Postdoc/Research Scientist Positions
Migration | Population Dynamics | Computational Demography
Application Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
See job description here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#Postdoc #Jobs
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Aug 1
Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships: Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.
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Mariana Macedo @marianagmmacedo.bsky.social · Jul 31
We are seeking speaker nominations for the Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar series.

Let’s amplify diverse voices and break out of our usual bubbles.
Nominate someone inspiring today!

#WiNS #NetworkScience #WomenInScience
Nominate a speaker for WiNS Seminar
The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women and nonbinary researchers in network science. Attendance is open to e...
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 24
Jianlong presented "Learn, Explore and Reflect by Chatting: Understanding the Value of an LLM-Based Voting Advice Application Chatbot" (dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...)
Joint work w/ Manon, Vikram, @alexhartland.bsky.social, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social, @giucarny.bsky.social & @politicsunisaar.bsky.social
Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 24
Ethel is presenting "Ethnic Diversity and Spatial Dynamics in Google Maps Reviews: Insights from a German Border City" (ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...).
Joint work with Vikram Cannanure.
Ethnic Diversity and Spatial Dynamics in Google Maps Reviews: Insights from a German Border City | Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 24
Brahmani is presenting "Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era" (journalqd.org/article/view...).
Joint work with @rosanavarrete.bsky.social and @giucarny.bsky.social
Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 24
Last day at @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 and time for an @i2sc.net group photo with @brahmaninutakki.bsky.social, @ethel-mensah.bsky.social and @jianlongzhu.bsky.social.

Find Brahmani and Ethel at posters #21 and #93 today. Jianlong presented yesterday.
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 23
Now with sweets
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 23
In today's @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 poster session::
"Studying Behavioral Addiction by Combining Surveys and Digital Traces: A Case Study of TikTok"
Joint work with Cai Yang, Sepehr Mousavi, @adash93.bsky.social and Krishna Gummadi.
Find me at poster #37.
Full paper: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
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Jianlong Zhu @jianlongzhu.bsky.social · Jul 22
🤔 How can we design AI tools to enhance democratic participation?

🗣️ At @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 Norrköping, I will give a parallel talk (Wednesday 2:30pm, Vingen 8) to discuss insights from a user study on an LLM-based voting advice application chatbot for the 2024 European Parliament election.
Learn, Explore and Reflect by Chatting: Understanding the Value of an LLM-Based Voting Advice Application Chatbot | Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces
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Ethel Mensah @ethel-mensah.bsky.social · Jul 22
Hello everyone!
I’ll be presenting my work this Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 13:30 (Poster ID: 93) during the poster session at IC2S2’25 (@ic2s2.bsky.social) in Norrköping, Sweden.

📄 Check out the paper: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

#IC2S2 #ComputationalSocialScience #SocialData
Ethnic Diversity and Spatial Dynamics in Google Maps Reviews: Insights from a German Border City | Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 22
This is part of a bigger initiative, led by me and Daniela Braun, on using new data sources to study societal processes. Stay tuned for the official press release on that.
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 18
Please reshare!

Details: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...

Application via: www.uni-saarland.de/verwaltung/b...
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 18
The successful candidate will be expected to actively contribute to departmental research and teaching. We therefore expect both experience in and an aptitude for academic teaching and some experience in acquiring external research funding. The language of instruction is English.
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 18
The successful candidate will have a clearly articulated and innovative research vision, a commitment to excellence in teaching and the capacity to contribute to and collaborate within Saarland University’s internationally recognized computer science ecosystem.
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 18
* Computational Social Science
* AI-supported decisions, collaborative work, markets & media
* Novel applications of data science for good
* Governance and regulation of emerging/AI technologies
* Human-AI alignment and interaction
* Explainability of AI systems
* Privacy and security of AI systems
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 18
🚨Job Alert
W2 (TT W3) Professorship in Computer Science "AI for People & Society"
@saarland-informatics-campus.de/@uni-saarland.de is looking to appoint an outstanding individual in the field of AI for people and society who has made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas:
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Divya Mani Adhikari @divyamani.bsky.social · Jul 9
I am happy to share that our work titled "Exploring LLMs for Automated Generation and Adaptation of Questionnaires" has been accepted to the ACM Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) Conference 2025.

Check our work: doi.org/10.1145/3719...

@cui.acm.org #CUI2025 #ACM
Exploring LLMs for Automated Generation and Adaptation of Questionnaires | Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces
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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 27
🏆 The Adamic-Glance winner of this year is @kous2v.bsky.social, for foundational work in using social media and multimodal sensing data #icwsm
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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jun 26
I could not find Kokil Jaidka, Lydia Manikonda, Aek Palakorn, or Wei Ai on Bluesky. Please tag them if they are here.

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jun 26
#ICWSM @icwsm.bsky.social would be nothing without its community. Here are some of the heroes who work hard to guarantee that authors receive useful reviews: @aldayelabeer.bsky.social @chibold.bsky.social @lespin.bsky.social @elaragon.bsky.social @shrutiphadke.bsky.social @tiziano.bsky.social
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