We're hiring a TT faculty position in Environmental Justice & Information/Technology. I love our interdisciplinary & collegial department - come join us or pass it onto someone who might! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

That Recommender Systems Lab is excited for #RecSys2025. We have 5 papers this year: * Full paper: Integrating Individual and Group Fairness for Recommender Systems through Social Choice. dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.... (Amanda Aird presenting, Session 6: Wednesday)

Congratulations to my student Amanda Aird for her Best Full Paper award at UMAP 2025! 🏆 Here she is with one of her co-authors Luis Pizzato. The paper was based on work she did last summer as an intern at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... #umap2025

🧪 ICYMI: $25,000 bridge funding for terminated NSF grants. Major props for to the Spencer, Sloan, W. T. Grant, and Kapor Foundations for their swift action, even though we (and they) know this is a band-aid fix. Due May 30. Applications are brief: a 2-3 page memo of 6-month plans & other docs.

"Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature."

Let me ramble for 90 minutes about recommender systems and this is what you get: recsperts.com/29

In the music business, 80 is the new 20. www.honest-broker.com/p/in-the-mus...

Perhaps an opportune time to be talking about this topic? 🤔CFP: Workshop on Trust & Responsibility in Recommendation Systems. At WSDM '25 (3/10-3/14). Submission deadline: 2/15. More info here: sites.google.com/view/t-rrs #recsys #cfp

streaming companies are incentivized to create indifferent consumers harpers.org/archive/2025...

Is it just me or has White Christmas turned into a climate change lament?

Two years into the AI boom, it's imperative we understand the true power of "AGI"—as a narrative tool useful for winning investment, talent and headlines. My report for AI Now details how OpenAI used the story of a rising AI that will replace humans to replace the need for an actual business model.

you are not a serious person if your fear of A.I. is “what if scary computer decide 2 extinct humans” and not the health insurance companies using it to sentence people to death

New study predicts that AI will steal almost a quarter of musicians’ income within the next 4 years (Source: CISAC). The gaslighting is over. Artists now fully grasp the AI business model—which is to destroy their livelihood and replace human music with bot slop.

Excited to announce our new project and grant: “DIY Commemoration of the Dead”, a Discovery Project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) 🎉⚰️ Led by experts from #unimelbourne, @ox.ac.uk, and @cuboulder.info. Details in the thread. #deathcare #deathpositive #deathsky #griefsky #research

We've got a pocket full of dreams. We are proud to announce the Final Call for Full and Short Papers for #UMAP2025, June 2025 in NYC. Please spread the word, as it promises to be a unique edition of our beloved conference. Check out the details here: www.um.org/umap2025/cal...

And we have a #Dagstuhl Report! Evaluation Perspectives of #RecSys. Edited by @christinebauer.bsky.social, @evazangerle.bsky.social, and myself. Written by a whole host of fantastic #recsys people. Too many to mention (pic here www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...) drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/doc...

My department has a Bluesky account AND a starter pack!

Launching today at @cuboulder.bsky.social! From planning your digital affairs to navigating a loved one’s digital afterlife, we provide the public with guidance and support to make the process easier. Learn more: digitallegacyclinic.com #DigitalLegacy #TechForGood #EndOfLifeSupport #CUBoulder