🚀 We’re opening 2 fully funded postdoc positions in #NLP! Join the MilaNLP team and contribute to our upcoming research projects. 🔗 More details: milanlproc.github.io/open_positio... ⏰ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026

Wir freuen uns auf Bewerbungen zu dieser Postdoc-Stelle an unserem Forschungszentrum: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/8.... Ein besonderer Aufruf geht an Personen mit Interesse am Wissenschaftsmanagement.

Passend zum 3. Advent Rezept für ein Weihnachtsbrot gefunden, angepasst und ausprobiert. Herrlich saftig und voller Weihnachtsaromen, auch durch die Einlage mit Rum-Rosinen, gerösteten Haselnüssen und Pistazien.

This week, we have another fantastic speaker lined up in our talk series, Martina Heßler from Darmstadt. She will discuss new forms of unknowingness in the context of software bugs. The talk will be in German. Join us on site or online, 20.11.2015, 16 CET Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

Oh, they’re so gonna regret that name when the kids start looking for restaurants. The place came before the meme, though.

Looks like I’m finally back to breadmaking… with a couple of my own recipes on display.

🎥 @barbaraplank.bsky.social, Hinrich Schütze, and I were featured on tv, talking about how AI tools struggle with dialects! www.ardmediathek.de/video/capric...

Took me a while, but here it is: Discourse figures in the Luxembourg language debate (2015-2020) This is a multi-method analysis of the latest wave in the public debate on multilingualism. It focuses on the role of different social groups & recurring linguistic figures for discourse structuation.

VarDial 2026 will be colocated with @eaclmeeting.bsky.social! We're looking forward to your papers on NLP for similar languages, varieties and dialects :) Deadline: Dec 19 (Jan 2 for pre-reviewed ARR papers) sites.google.com/view/vardial...

Watch out for the next talk by @dirkhovy.bsky.social. It approaches the question of the human condition in a digitally enriched lifeworld from a new perspective, considering the role of „AI“ in particular. Join us on site or via Webex, 9.10.2025, 16:00 CEST. Infos: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

This today. Come say hi on Webex to hear me talk about language, technology and cultural regression.

🚨 Are you looking for a PhD in #NLProc dealing with #LLMs? 🎉 Good news: I am hiring! 🎉 The position is part of the “Contested Climate Futures" project. 🌱🌍 You will focus on developing next-generation AI methods🤖 to analyze climate-related concepts in content—including texts, images, and videos.

I would like to announce our upcoming conference “Algorithmic (Dis-)Orders: Law and Culture in Transition”, taking place on 22–23 September 2025 at EHESS, Paris, organized by Jean Lassègue and myself.

The University of Luxembourg opens 4 professor positions via the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme, boosting diversity & gender equality in academia. AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality Apply by 20 October #AcademicJobs #Luxembourg

Today seems like a good day for a shameless self plug of our hallucination article (with @sufo.bsky.social ) where we explain how the term is used in LLM documentation to relieve creators of the responsibility of spreading misinformation, lies and falsities link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We know it’s early, but save the dates for the upcoming CuCo Lab Conversations! We have some fantastic speakers lined up for you, including @dirkhovy.bsky.social, Martina Heßler and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. And then there’s this guy: @questoph.bsky.social. cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

Some seven years ago, when visiting the IDS for the first time as part of the workshop „Desktop oder App“, we left this little note next to the entrance door. Looks like our merch is pretty persistent in the linguistic landscape ✌️

This week, Lingscape is visiting @idsmannheim.bsky.social, where we are exchanging ideas with a growing community of language researchers who are interested in participatory approaches. In this context, @questoph.bsky.social talks about our experiences from already nine years with Lingscape.

Just published! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Wir haben unser Handbuch der soziologischen Theorien Hilmar Schäfer gewidmet. Vielen Dank allen Autorinnen und Autoren für ihre Beiträge -

In the last edition of our talk series for this semester, @seyfert.bsky.social from Kiel will discuss the implications of technology on social relations: A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TAS). Join us on-site or online: Friday, 6 June, 10:15 CEST. Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

Happy to announce our upcoming book Conspiracy as Genre. Narrative, Power, and Circulation Edited by @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social, @aplum.bsky.social & @questoph.bsky.social, it examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation.

Die Luxemburger Nationalneurose in einer Schlagzeile (aus dem Wort): „Internationale Anerkennung | Eilmeldung“

What started as a workshop in the Luxembourg Pavillon at the World Expo in Dubai has now finally taken form as an open access volume: „The Humanities and the Rise of AI. Implications of Cultural and Societal Engineering“ More papers to follow in the next weeks and months.

Laugenbrötchen vollzählig angetreten, dahinter lauern zwei doppelt gebackene Basler Brote; Brunch kann kommen, mein ich.

Join us for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos on Friday morning via Webex.

The Hellacopters in concert at Docks, St. Pauli, last night. Strikes like lightning! 🌩️

Watch out for the talk by Jannis Androutsopoulos in our talk series. Next Friday, Jannis will be „Exploring the online-offline nexus: meaning-making at the interfaces of physical and virtual (inter)action.“ Join us on 25 April, 10.15am (UTC+2), via this link: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

Als jemand, der das Buch schon lesen durfte, kann ich es - und das dahinter stehende Konzept - nur wärmstens empfehlen!

Speaking of news: When working with the app or accessing the website, you might notice some technical hiccups in the coming weeks. We’re currently updating the technical base and moving stuff around on servers. We promise to be as quick as possible and avoid downtime as much as possible.

Looking for a new challenge, e.g., teaching & researching English in a multilingual society & workplace? With a digital twist? Then come & work with us at the Department of Humanities in Luxembourg! We’re looking for a new colleague in English linguistics (Assoc or Full Prof)! #jobs #linguistics

Look at that! Lingscape has arrived on Bluesky. It was about time… We will use this channel mainly for news about the project but will also try and showcase some of the awesome projects hosted on our platform. And post images occasionally. #linguistics #linguisticlandscape #citizenscience

Im Rahmen der Interviewreihe "Bausteine einer empirisch fundierten Sprachtheorie" am Marburger Sprachatlas habe ich Jürgen Erich Schmidt zusammen mit Stefan Rabanus Rede und Antwort gestanden und dabei über einige Grundannahmen meiner "Instruktionsgrammatik" gesprochen.

Looking for a new challenge, e.g., teaching & researching English in a multilingual society & workplace? With a digital twist? Then come & work with us at the Department of Humanities in Luxembourg! We’re looking for a new colleague in English linguistics (Assoc or Full Prof)! #jobs #linguistics

Ein schöner Podcast mit Peter Gilles über viele Dinge, mit denen wir in der Luxemburgistik unsere Tage zubringen: Variation & Wandel, Ausbau und Sprachpolitik, Standardisierung und Folklorisierung, Lehren und Lernen im Kontext komplexer Mehrsprachigkeit und natürliche digitale Tools und Ressourcen.

#JobAlert: Für ein bild- und medienwissenschaftliches Forschungsprojekt zu KI-Bildern, synthetischen Bildwelten und digitaler Bildkompetenz im Rahmen des UFSP «Digital Religion(s)» der Uni Zürich suche ich ein:e Postdoc-Mitarbeiter:in – bitte teilen und bei Interesse gerne bei mir melden!

Eine wichtige Lieferung erreicht mich heute aus der Heimat.

Anyone working with @deckset.bsky.social on Mac and iOS? I wrote a little python script to convert Mac presentations (md file + assets folder) to Textbundle files. I use it with Shortcuts as a Quick Action on Mac. github.com/questoph/lif...

You know things are bad in terms of national identity construction when everything has to be part of „us“ in order to be valorized: „our“ language, „our“ financial center, „our“ fortress wall („our“ precarious self-image, one might add). (via RTL)

The first speaker this semester is Rebekah Larsen from Copenhagen. She discusses the role of conservative rural talk radio in the US media landscape, including methodological challenges in ethnographic fieldwork. Info & a Webex link can be found here: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

Got my hands on this beauty in mint condition. What a catch! One of the best German Hip Hop albums ever.

We are happy to announce the program of our talk series „CuCo Lab Conversations“ for the upcoming semester. All info can be found (and will be updated) here: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers... As always, talks are also streamed on Webex, so feel free to stop by.

D‘Affär Taoufik ass wuel déi däischterst Stonn an der Carrière vum „ale Luc”. De Radio 100,7 rullt déi Geschicht vum Lëtzebuerger „war on terror“ - nei op. An et klengt net nëmmen nom berüümte Podcast Serial, et ass och sou gutt https://www.100komma7.lu/shows/21035054/episodes/21035063?pd=radio

If you’re at #Coling25, make sure to check our two papers at the #VarDial25 workshop on Sunday. They represent some of the latest advancements in NLP for Luxembourgish.

Hello, BlueSky! 🌟 The University of Luxembourg has landed! We’re excited to join this platform to share our latest research, news, events and insights. Follow us for updates and let’s build connections while exploring new horizons together! #uni_lu #BlueSky #Research #University #Luxembourg

Here's a quick recap of my year in music. Not that anyone asked.

Next week we will host the last talk of the year in our series “CuCo Lab Conversations”. Our very own Ruth Reicher will discuss pre-modern literary stagings of “extreme bodies” and their relation to current narratives of influencers. [Talk in German] Info: cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...

This week at TLT24 in Hamburg, we’re gonna present a paper on LuxBank, the first UD treebank for Luxembourgish. We, that is: Alistair Plum, Caroline Döhmer, Emilia Milano, Anne-Marie Lutgen and Christoph Purschke Preprint via arXiv arxiv.org/abs/2411.04813

Semiotics at the limit

Next Friday (22 November), @leoniedejonge.bsky.social from Groningen will visit the CuCo Lab to discuss the evolution of far right ideologies in the 21st century. We’re thrilled to host her talk. You can join on site or online (via Webex): cucolab.uni.lu/blog/convers...