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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · 23d

Link to be included: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Last year's list if you're curious: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hyvg...

FORC Job List 2025-2026

If you would like to be included in the "FORC" job list for graduating PhDs, postdocs and other junior researchers, or if you would like to nominate someone, fill out the form below. The intention is ...

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · 23d

📢Adam Smith, @gautamkamath.com, and I are putting together a list of job market candidates in Foundations of Responsible Computing! Last year's list was a great success so we're keeping it going!

If you want to be included, or nominate someone, see link in the replies!

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 I am co-chairing ALT 2026 this year with Matus Telgarsky. The submission server is open so please submit your best work!

Deadline: Oct 2, 2025 AoE
Confernece: Feb 23-26, 2026 in Toronto!
Website: algorithmiclearningtheory.org/alt2026/

ALT 2026 | ALT 2026 Homepage

The 37th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory

algorithmiclearningtheory.org

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Mar 26

In their defense, I don't remember what my contribution was either 🤷

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Mar 14

I see that you also respond to tweets either immediately or 2mo later.

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · Jan 9

Another thought-provoking* talk by @thejonullman.bsky.social at the #EnCOREPrivacy25 workshop, on auditing differentially private algorithms by designing membership inference attacks(and why we should, and how).
encoredp.github.io

*The thoughts! They were provoked!

A slide titled "auditing differentially private algorithms"

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Gautam Kamath @gautamkamath.com · Dec 24

With @adamsmith.xyz and @thejonullman.bsky.social, we have compiled a set of profiles of 29 people in the "foundations of responsible computing" community ("mathematical research in computation and society writ large") who are on the faculty job market.

Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hyvg... 1/3

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 24

This effort was inspired by a similar list for the EconCS community maintained by @jasonhartline.bsky.social and @gkatzelis.bsky.social

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 24

Adam Smith, @gautamkamath.com, and I compiled this list of FORC Job Market Profiles---faculty candidates who work in the foundations of computing and society, broadly defined. There are 29 awesome candidates for you to check out!

drive.google.com/file/d/1Hyvg...

FORC Job Market Profiles 2024.pdf

drive.google.com

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Gergely Neu @neu-rips.bsky.social · Dec 17

i recently gave a talk about questions like this at a workshop organized by the amazing "learning theory alliance" (let-all.com), and several students reached out to tell me how much my talk resonated with them.
link to the slides here:
docs.google.com/presentation...

let-all-gergo

Research styles: “fast” or “slow”? Some thoughts by Gergely Neu

docs.google.com

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 17

I received a splashy email announcing our new dept website www.khoury.northeastern.edu

Perfect microcosm of NEU: very slick, but doesn't accurately list members of each research area, even though faculty said this was a top priority.

This is what an administrator-driven university looks like.

Home - Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Explore cutting-edge computer science programs at Khoury College. Empower your future with innovative education and research opportunities.

www.khoury.northeastern.edu

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Ola Svensson @algosvensson.bsky.social · Dec 17

Postdoc positions @ EPFL (soft deadline Jan 20) available in vibrant theory group that covers complexity, quantum, algorithms, theory of ML ... and includes faculty E. Abbe, A. Chiesa, F. Eisenbrand, M. Göös, M. Kapralov, O. Svensson, and last but not least T. Vidick.

go.epfl.ch/theory-postdoc

Postdoctoral position in the Theory Group

go.epfl.ch

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Rasmus Pagh @rasmuspagh.net · Dec 13

Interested in a post-doc position in theoretical computer science? Want to find out why they call it "Wonderful Copenhagen"? Look here! Application deadline January 10. Hiring in multiple areas including geometry, complexity, learning, and privacy.
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Postdoctoral positions in Theoretical Computer Science

jobportal.ku.dk

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 13

I didn't know they call it that, but it really is great!

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Mahdi Haghifam @mahdihaghifam.bsky.social · Dec 11

I’ll be at #NeurIPS2024 this week! Looking forward to presenting my joint work with Thomas Steinke(@stein.ke) and Jon Ullman(@thejonullman.bsky.social)

NeurIPS page with video: neurips.cc/virtual/2024...

Link to arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2406.07407

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 11

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 10

Is there a more pointless criticism than "this paper doesn't have a conclusion section" to put in a review?

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 6

I spent a really long time trying to figure out how this was a pun before I read on.

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 5

Show me the rule that says dogs can't drive cars.

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 5

My personal experience is that I spent a year outside of academia before my PhD precisely so that I could experience the boundaries of a 40hr week and not be preoccupied with work I could be doing. I was just as preoccupied, so I figured I should at least be preoccupied with something of value.

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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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 5

Sadly it turns out none of my nonacademic friends have 40 hour work weeks either.

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 3

Totally agree. If you hate pageflipping, Google scholar pdf reader is life changing

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 3

I'm not dogmatic about it and I agree that it depends a lot of I am reading a paper as a relative expert vs reading it as an outsider.

Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Dec 3

Personally I prefer [xyz00] style, but I totally agree that I hate when camera ready formats just ruin papers. This is why the arxiv version is always the "real" paper imo.

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Jon Ullman @thejonullman.bsky.social · Nov 25

Please add me to that bot

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