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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 2d

The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring #Education focused academics (Sydney Horizon Educators)! Applications are welcome for levels B, C, and D.

Details and how to apply below. ⏰ Deadline: December 1, Sydney time.
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Education Focused Academics (Sydney Horizon Educators) Faculty of Engineering

Full time and Part-time continuing academic Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (Education Focused) positions at The University of Sydney Opportunity for the best and brightest talented educa...

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 2d

Co-author: Sampson Wong (University of Copenhagen)

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 2d

🎉 Joachim Gudmundsson's paper "A well-separated pair decomposition for low density graphs" has been accepted at #SODA2026!

📝 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2411.08204
🔗 More about SODA'26: www.siam.org/conferences-...

#Algorithms #TCSSky #ComputationalGeometry #SIAMDA26

A well-separated pair decomposition for low density graphs

Low density graphs are considered to be a realistic graph class for modelling road networks. It has advantages over other popular graph classes for road networks, such as planar graphs, bounded highwa...

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 7d

The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.

Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

The School of Computer Science at The University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia) invites applications for several academic positions at all levels with demonstrable strong research experience in, but not limited to, the following areas, with particular focus on science, medical and societal applications:

- Computer Systems and Computing Infrastructures
- Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Digital Systems
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics and Autonomous Systems

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 7d

The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.

Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 9d

📢 Come be my colleague: the School of Computer Science at 🇦🇺 #USyd is hiring!

Multiple tenure-track-equivalent positions across the board (including theory!), but with a specific focus on Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Digital Systems, and ML/AI.

⏰ Dec 1
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Multiple Continuing (Tenure-Track) Academic Positions, School of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney

Join a thriving Faculty of Engineering at a University ranked amongst the world’s best teaching and research institutions Located in the heart of Sydney’s bustling inner west quarter, close to beaches...

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 13d

Our Senior Lecturer, Dr. Elliot Varoy says that "Talking to a rubber duck might unlock the solution" when we are stuck on a problem. Read his message at The Conversation theconversation.com/stuck-on-a-p... #USyd #SolvingProblems

Stuck on a problem? Talking to a rubber duck might unlock the solution

Talking to a human can come with certain limits.

theconversation.com

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 16d

Dr. Zhanna Sarsenbayeva was interviewed on her research in #HCI and Human-Centered Computing in the age of #AI and AI assistants:
www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/...

The goal? "Placing humans at the forefront of technological development, ultimately resulting in devices that work better for us" #USyd

Bringing the human touch to computer science

The concept of ‘emotionally intelligent’ technological devices might sound like an oxymoron, but Dr Zhanna Sarsenbayeva says this quality is critical to creating tools that genuinely enhance our lives...

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 22d

Co-author: Benjamin Tag (University of New South Wales)

School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · 22d

🎉 Shakyani Jayasiriwardene (PhD student), Anusha Withana, & Zhanna Sarsenbayeva's paper "More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation" has been accepted at IMWUT (UbiComp)!

🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI

More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation | Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies

The influence of voice assistants' inherent characteristics and personality cues on human empathy remains an underexplored research area. This study investigates how manipulating voice assistants' per...

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · Sep 2

If you want to hear about #ComputerScience academics in Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿, I am maintaining a starter pack just for this! Follow all these accounts at once, or browse the list to discover new names!
go.bsky.app/N5x6GLQ

(And if you're not there but should be, let me know—I'll add you!)

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎉 André van Renssen and Shuei Sakaguchi (PhD student)'s paper "Local Routing on Ordered Θ-graphs" has been accepted at #ISAAC2025!
🔗 More about ISAAC'25: isaac2025.csie.ncku.edu.tw

#Algorithms, #ComputationalGeometry

isaac2025.csie.ncku.edu.tw

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨🚨🚨@ccanonne.github.io and André van Renssen
from our school are organising the workshop "A Celebration of TCS" before #FOCS on 11/12/2025 at #USyd
@sydney.edu.au

Open to (Post)graduate students and all researchers

Attendance is free but registration required: sites.google.com/view/celebra...

FOCS 2025 Satellite Event: Celebration of TCS

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Jiangshan Yu @jiangshanyu.github.io · Aug 27

It was a great pleasure to host Prof. Bart Preneel (KU Leuven) and to see his talk on “Post-Quantum Cryptography: The Road Ahead” so well received.
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

Co-authors: Shubham Pandey; Independent Researcher, Austin, Texas, USA. Joshua Goldstein; Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. Akon Dey; Predictable Labs, Inc., Foster City, California, USA

School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

🎉 Danushka Liyanage, Michael Cahill, Alan Fekete, Uwe Röhm's paper "A Benchmark for Databases with Varying Value Lengths" was accepted at #TPCTC2025!

🔗More about TPCTC: www.tpc.org/tpctc/tpctc2...

#Database #DatabaseBenchmarking
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07551

A Benchmark for Databases with Varying Value Lengths

The performance of database management systems (DBMS) is traditionally evaluated using benchmarks that focus on workloads with (almost) fixed record lengths. However, some real-world workloads in key/...

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

🎉 Danushka Liyanage, Nelum Attanayake, Zijian Luo, Rahul Gopinath's paper "Assessing Reliability of Statistical Maximum Coverage Estimators in Fuzzing" was accepted at #ICSME2025!

🔗 conf.researchr.org/home/icsme-2...
@rahul.gopinath.org

#SoftwareTesting #Fuzzing
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.17093

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

🚨 @jkkummerfeld.bsky.social from our school is organising "The 23rd Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association" to be held between 26/11/2025 - 28/11/2025 at #USyd @sydney.edu.au

Open to Students, academics, and industry working on NLP

To register: alta2025.alta.asn.au

The 23rd Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association

SydneyNovember 26 - 28, 2025

alta2025.alta.asn.au

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

Co-authors include Wichayaporn Wongkamjan (UMD), Yanze Wang (USC), Feng Gu (UMD), Denis Peskoff (Princeton), Jonathan May (USC), and Jordan Lee Boyd-Graber (UMD)

School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

🎉 Jonathan K. Kummerfeld's paper "Should I Trust You? Detecting Deception in Negotiations using Counterfactual RL" was accepted at Findings of ACL!

🔗More about ACL: 2025.aclweb.org
@jkkummerfeld.bsky.social

#ai,#nlp,#diplomacy
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Should I Trust You? Detecting Deception in Negotiations using Counterfactual RL

Wichayaporn Wongkamjan, Yanze Wang, Feng Gu, Denis Peskoff, Jonathan K. Kummerfeld, Jonathan May, Jordan Lee Boyd-Graber. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2025. 2025.

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

Co-authors include Maciej Rybinski and Ben Hachey

School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 24

🎉 Yidong Gan and Jonathan K. Kummerfeld's paper "Aligning AI Research with the Needs of Clinical Coding Workflows: Eight Recommendations Based on US Data Analysis and Critical Review" was accepted at #ACL2025!

@jkkummerfeld.bsky.social

#ai,#nlp,#clincial-coding
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Aligning AI Research with the Needs of Clinical Coding Workflows: Eight Recommendations Based on US Data Analysis and Critical Review

Yidong Gan, Maciej Rybinski, Ben Hachey, Jonathan K. Kummerfeld. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). 2025.

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 22

Co-authored with Ben Hachey

School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 22

🎉 James C. Douglas, Yidong Gan, and Jonathan K. Kummerfeld's paper "Less is More: Explainable and Efficient ICD Code Prediction with Clinical Entities" was accepted at #ACL2025!

🔗More about ACL: 2025.aclweb.org
@jkkummerfeld.bsky.social

#ai,#nlp,#clinical-coding
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...

Less is More: Explainable and Efficient ICD Code Prediction with Clinical Entities

James C. Douglas, Yidong Gan, Ben Hachey, Jonathan K. Kummerfeld. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). 2025.

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School of Computer Science, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social · Aug 20

Joint work with Darshana Das K, Krishnahari P, Libna Kuriakose T, Parvathy C M, Ezudheen P (Govt. Engg. College Trissur, India), Abraham Jacob (Mettle Networks, India)