There is time to urge a change to the current #GRFP solicitation ( #NSF 25-547 ): reverse the eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance in the competition. Feel free to sign and share this open petition: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Our COLM preprint is up! arxiv.org/abs/2507.15715 tldr: we deployed a RAG slack bot and invited astronomers to use it. Through analyzing their usage and conducting follow-up interviews, we recommend better ways to build benchmarks for evaluating AI for astronomy (or science more generally)

I'm super excited to welcome these amazing colleagues!

This framing is all wrong Our international students are not a “crucial funding source” They are our STUDENTS They are the reason we EXIST We teach STUDENTS

Thanks for this nice summary of our recent EMNLP paper! Work with @smfsamir.bsky.social and others at @tsvetshop.bsky.social

I'm super excited about this program and happy to connect if you're interested in working with me through it!

📣 Call for #ICWSM2024 workshop proposals! icwsm.org/2024/index.h... All web + social media topics are welcome! Especially emerging approaches and task areas, bridging gaps between the social sciences and computing, and elucidating results of exploratory research. Due Jan. 12!