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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Aug 1

📩 DM me or email if you have questions, or feel free to share with someone who might be a great fit!

More info: gsu.taleo.net/careersectio...

#AIresearch #Postdoc #NeurosymbolicAI #KnowledgeGraphs #GenerativeAI #JobOpening #MachineLearning #AgenticAI #DataScience #GSU #AcademicJobs

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Postdoctoral Associate AC

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Aug 1

- Contribute to grant proposal development and writing
- Gain teaching experience in data science and AI courses

This role is perfect for someone who wants to do meaningful research while also building skills in grants, collaboration, and leadership.

📍 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA

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Postdoctoral Associate AC

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Aug 1

🔍 You will:
- Conduct cutting-edge research in AI/ML with interdisciplinary breadth
- Collaborate with leading collaborators from academia and industry (e.g., Adobe, Truist, Mercedes-Benz, BBB, Shepherd Center)
- Lead innovation industry sprint projects for real-world problems

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 We’re #hiring Postdoctoral Researchers in AI/ML at Georgia State University!

Join us to work on novel and exciting ideas in machine/deep learning, #agenticAI / #generativeAI, #neurosymbolicAI, and #knowledgegraphs, applied to problems in social, business, and health domains.

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Jul 31

Proud to see my PhD student Trilok @trilokpadhi.bsky.social present our work at #ACL2025. Exciting to see our collaborative efforts recognized w/ Rahul Garg, Hemang Jain, @pkprofgiri.bsky.social

Meet Trilok to say hi if you are at ACL in Vienna.

#NeuroSymbolicAI #CyberSocialSafety
#AdvisorProud

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · May 19

Read the preprint 📜: arxiv.org/abs/2411.12174

Thanks to our amazing team for pushing this forward, and to ACL for recognizing this effort!

with @trilokpadhi.bsky.social, Rahul Garg, Hemang Jain, @pkprofgiri.bsky.social

#ACL2025 #NeuroSymbolicAI #CommonsenseAI #LVLMs #LLMs #SocialComputing

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · May 19

#OnlineToxicity often disguises itself behind sarcasm, dark humor, and cultural nuance. Our approach bridges the gap between implicit signals in neural models and explicit reasoning through symbolic knowledge, improving recall, accuracy, and interpretability.

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · May 19

Our work develops a #NeurosymbolicAI approach, KID-VLM, that combines the #LVLMs and commonsense #KnowledgeGraphs to detect subtle and context-rich cues of #OnlineToxicity.

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · May 19

Excited to share that our paper on KID-VLM has been accepted to #ACL2025 Findings! 🎉

This work is a nice addition to a growing but still underexplored area of #NeurosymbolicAI approaches for complex social issues 🧩 which we believe will advance AI tasks, esp. if nuance and context matter.

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Jan 14

Detecting #OnlineToxicity is a challenging problem because it often hides behind sarcasm, dark humor, and cultural references. 🧩 To address this problem, we need models that capture explicit contextual cues and provide culturally informed decision criterion to separate #harmful from #harmless. 🧠📊

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Apr 8

📣 Deadline is approaching fast, last two days.. We are looking forward to your submissions to #CySoc2025 Workshop and sharing it with our research community!

📅 Deadline: April 10, AoE

#CyberSocialThreats #AIforSocialGood #ICWSM2025

Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Apr 1

📢 Deadline Extended for submissions to #CySoc2025 to ensure broader participation.
💡Share your research on generative AI, online safety, harms and threats, or political conflict in online platforms, with the leading minds in the field. We’d love to see your submissions.

📆New Deadline: April 10 AoE

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Matt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com · Apr 9

🚨Extended CySoc deadline is tomorrow! 🚨

Get your submissions in while you still can and join us at @icwsm.bsky.social!

CySoc 2025 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats

cy-soc.github.io

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Apr 8

📣 Deadline is approaching fast, last two days.. We are looking forward to your submissions to #CySoc2025 Workshop and sharing it with our research community!

📅 Deadline: April 10, AoE

#CyberSocialThreats #AIforSocialGood #ICWSM2025

Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Apr 1

📢 Deadline Extended for submissions to #CySoc2025 to ensure broader participation.
💡Share your research on generative AI, online safety, harms and threats, or political conflict in online platforms, with the leading minds in the field. We’d love to see your submissions.

📆New Deadline: April 10 AoE

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Apr 1

@yang3kc.bsky.social @matthewdeverna.com @frapierri.bsky.social @yelenamejova.bsky.social @mrjimmyblack.com

@emilianodc.com @huanliu.bsky.social @fil.bsky.social @amitsheth.bsky.social

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Apr 1

🔗 Details: cy-soc.github.io/2025/

Join us at the 6th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats at #ICWSM.

#CallForPapers #GenAI #OnlineSafety #CyberSocialThreats #OnlineToxicity #Cyberbullying #OnlineExtremism #AIandSociety

CySoc 2025 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats

cy-soc.github.io

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Apr 1

📢 Deadline Extended for submissions to #CySoc2025 to ensure broader participation.
💡Share your research on generative AI, online safety, harms and threats, or political conflict in online platforms, with the leading minds in the field. We’d love to see your submissions.

📆New Deadline: April 10 AoE

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Matt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com · Mar 26

Join us at the Cyber Social Threats Workshop held at @icwsm.bsky.social !

Want to present your work? Make sure to submit by 🚨next Monday (3/31)🚨!

cy-soc.github.io/2025/

CySoc 2025 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats

cy-soc.github.io

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Mar 21

#CySoc2025 #ICWSM #CallForPapers #GenAI #OnlineThreats #PoliticalConflict #AIandSociety

With: Kaicheng Yang Francesco Pierri Matthew DeVerna Yelena Mejova Jeremy Blackburn

@yang3kc.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social @matthewdeverna.com @yelenamejova.bsky.social @mrjimmyblack.com

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Mar 21

We are looking forward to your submissions! Accepted papers will be published in the ICWSM Companion Proceedings.

📆 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025
🔗 More info: cy-soc.github.io/2025/

Let us know if you have questions and/or are interested in serving as a PC member.

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Mar 21

🛠️ Demo Presentation:

Filipi Nascimento Silva – "Mapping Social Media Networks and their Narratives with OSoMe Tools" @filipinascimento.bsky.social

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Mar 21

💬 Panel Discussion:

Theme: "Political Conflicts in Online Platforms in the Era of Gen-AI"

Panelists:
Luca Maria Aiello (ITU Copenhagen) @lajello.bsky.social
Kathleen Carley (Carnegie Mellon University)
Adriana Iamnitchi (Maastricht University)

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Mar 21

🎙️ Keynotes:
Preslav Nakov (Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI) @preslavnakov.bsky.social
Debora Nozza (Bocconi University) @deboranozza.bsky.social

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Mar 21

🚨 #CySoc2025 Program Shaping Up Nicely! We’re excited to announce key highlights from the International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats at #ICWSM2025 @icwsm.bsky.social

📢 and Call for Papers is still open!

📆 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025
🔗 More: cy-soc.github.io/2025/

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Kevin Yang @yang3kc.bsky.social · Feb 13

ICYMI.

We are also looking for PC members. The responsibilities include reviewing a couple of papers for the workshop. We encourage junior researchers to participate. Please let me know if you are interested.

Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
We’re excited to announce the 6th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats hashtag#CySoc2025 that will be held at hashtag#ICWSM2025 in Denmark! 🎉

🌍 Spotlight Topic: "Political Conflicts in Online Platforms in the Era of Gen-AI."

📅 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Feb 11

#AI #CyberSocialThreats #PoliticalConflicts #GenAI #AIandSociety

@matthewdeverna.com @yang3kc.bsky.social Francesco Pierri Jeremy Blackburn @yelenamejova.bsky.social

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Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · Feb 11

We are preparing a rich program as in the past years. Join us in shaping the conversation around cyber social threats in this exciting times! Please reach out if you have any questions.

Looking forward to your submissions! 🚀

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