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HCI Assistant Professor at UMich researching accessibility, audio AI, sound interaction, XR, and health. Director, Soundability Lab. Previously, Google, Apple, Microsoft, UW, and MIT Media Lab. https://dhruv-jain.com

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DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · Nov 25

📢📢 Fresh in ‼️ We at the Soundability Lab are recruiting postdoctoral fellows in HCI & accessibility area.
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

We’re also recruiting upto 3 PhD students in various areas.
accessibility.eecs.umich.edu#apply

See the postings for our projects of interest & how to apply.

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · Jul 8

#bluesky needs a happy baby elephant having bath time... ❤️

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Dr Abi Roper @abracabadger.com · Feb 7

The #BASConf25 abstract submission portal is open!

Submit your abstracts for presentations, panels, lightning talks, or posters here:
blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/subm...

• Submission Deadline: 17 Mar 2025, 9AM UK
• Notification of Acceptance: 2 May 2025
• Conference: 18-20 August 2025

#aphasia

Submit an Abstract | British Aphasiology Society International Conference 2025

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DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · Jan 16

Reiterating that we have an open postdoc position in the area of HCI and accessibility in our lab. Please apply using this link: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Dec 27

Charles Darwin weighing the pros and cons of marriage, 1838

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · Dec 18

All I want for Christmas is for recommendation letters to be ABOLISHED.

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Crystal Lee @crystaljjlee.com · Dec 18

I have given up on all sorts of ~cool~ word processing approaches for writing my book (Zettlr, Ulysses, Scrivener, etc) and am going to do it all in Google Docs because of citation support and the instant sync / sharing options.

Honestly feels heretical.

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · Nov 25

What is $131,742? Answer: this is how much it costs me to fund a PhD student per year for a full RAship in CS at UW (including 100% during the summer). PhD funding can be a confusing topic at US universities. Want to learn more? Take a look at our lab handbook: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Makeability Lab Handbook

Makeability Lab Handbook By Professor Jon Froehlich and lab membersAllen School of Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Washington Welcome to the Makeability Lab! 👋 We are so happfy that y...

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Dec 16

Phase Transition xkcd.com/3025

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Jennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · Dec 16

Just be excellent to each other. 😊🤞🦋

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · Dec 16

America almost died from food poisoning, and now that she's feeling a little better... she's eating the leftovers.

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Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · Dec 11

I always forget just how unpleasant a 15 hour flight is

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Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com · Dec 10

some OpenAI guy says that o1 is better at most humans at most tasks

o1, make me a coffee? fail.
o1, brush my teeth? fail.
o1, drive me to work? fail.
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o1 can do literally none of the things I do within the first hour of waking up. but, sure. you're great. never change 😀

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DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · Dec 9

Presenting at a conference: 10% the actual talk, 90% figuring out how to say 'next slide' without sounding awkward.

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Crystal Lee @crystaljjlee.com · Dec 9

I’ve been watching (and sobbing) along to “A Daily Dose of Sunshine” and dear lord is it amazing

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Jeremy Hunsinger @buridan.bsky.social · Dec 9

Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm -- C Wright Mills 1951

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Adam Perer @perer.org · Dec 6

Undergraduates: come spend your summer with us as a paid researcher at CMU! I plan to mentor students interested in data visualization and/or human-AI decision-making in healthcare.

CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute @hcii.cmu.edu · Dec 2

Our CMU HCII Summer 2025 undergraduate research program application is open until January 17, 2025.

Students can choose from 25 research projects when applying to this paid, 10-week HCI REU program.

🔗 hcii.cmu.edu/news/hcii-se...

HCII Seeks Applicants for 2025 Summer Research Program | Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Application available until mid-JanuaryThe Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) Summer Undergraduate Research program is an opportunity for students to spend a summer with us at Carnegie Mellon...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Dec 3

This is an interesting observation. AI facilitates the creation and reinforcement of a fascist aesthetic, where everyone can appear to be “perfect” (youthful, conforming, masculine men and feminine women).

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · Dec 3

Just occurred to me - and someone probably already said this - that one reason right-wing spaces online use AI images so much is b/c they can make themselves look better. Fitter, taller, more conventionally attractive, whiter. It's like a funhouse mirror to flatter themselves and distort the Other

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Michael Bernstein @mbernst.bsky.social · Dec 8

A great class concept with a website so funky that the Fresh Prince himself would probably enroll

Ken Holstein @kenholstein.bsky.social · Dec 6

Wrapped up the first offering of a new course @cmuhcii.bsky.social this week: Augmenting Intelligence coaugmentation.com

This was *such* a blast to teach! At our course exhibition on Wednesday, students presented posters, interactive demos, and art pieces around cognitive augmentation for...

Augmenting Intelligence

Augmenting Intelligence @ CMU HCII

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DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · Dec 8

Seems like a very interesting course, Ken! The materials are so fun.

DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · Dec 5

Academia is where you work 60 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Dec 4

Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Dec 4

HCI friends! Come work with me! My team is hiring HCI Scientists/Researchers at all levels, including interns! DMs open if you have any questions 🙂

Positions are hybrid in our amazing office in Cambridge, MA!

cra.com/job-listings/

Current Job Openings at Charles River Analytics

We take great pride in our success by attracting and retaining the most talented and creative problem-solvers in the field.

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Catherine Breslin @catherinebreslin.bsky.social · Dec 4

Amazon’s Nova foundation models just launched www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...

Amazon announces its own set of Nova AI models

Nova is here.

www.theverge.com

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DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · Dec 3

@anhongguo.bsky.social and I are featured in CSE’s annual report article, showcasing our latest work, other accessibility research at UMich, and our vision for the future of accessibility. 🚀

A good read if you’re passionate about AI and accessibility!

cse-report.engin.umich.edu/2024/10/25/a...

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