Reminder: Last chance to apply for our postdoc positions in polarisation + mental well-being: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

We are hiring multiple PhD and postdocs for two newly funded projects at the intersection of mental health and political polarization at the CS Dept at Aalto, Finland. The PIs are Juhi Kulshrestha, Talayeh Aledavood, and Mikko Kivelä. Full call text and link to apply: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

If you're @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 and are looking for a faculty position, get in touch. @uni-saarland.de is hiring. Right now, there's an open call in Computer Science @saarland-informatics-campus.de: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... Soon, there'll be open calls in the Social Sciences.

Dean Eckles starting off the keynotes #ic2s2

Do LLMs represent the people they're supposed simulate or provide personalized assistance to? We review the current literature in our #ACL2025 Findings paper and investigating what researchers conclude about the demographic representativeness of LLMs: osf.io/preprints/so... 1/

Congrats to the best SPCs and the best reviewers of this year! #icwsm

Best paper and honorable mentions 🏆 Congrats to all authors! #icwsm

#ICWSM @icwsm.bsky.social would be nothing without its community. Here are some of the heroes who work hard to guarantee that authors receive useful reviews: @aldayelabeer.bsky.social @chibold.bsky.social @lespin.bsky.social @elaragon.bsky.social @shrutiphadke.bsky.social @tiziano.bsky.social

Organizing #ICWSM is not always easy, but working with such great, dedicated people makes it enjoyable. Thanks @juhi153.bsky.social, Eni, Mathieu, Florian (who's with his newborn), Meredith and others from @realaaai.bsky.social, and the whole community who helped put @icwsm.bsky.social together.

Presented our work with @c0rrad0.bsky.social, @bolozna.bsky.social, and Barbara Keller on user behavior change after cross-party interactions at #ICWSM today! Was a great experience and got a lot of interesting questions 🙌 Also: currently looking for postdoc opportunities - happy to chat!

If you are at #ICWSM @icwsm.bsky.social and are hiring: At the beginning of tomorrow's (= Wednesday's) lunch break, we'll ask people who have open positions to come to the front and mention which level (PhD student/postdoc/prof) they are hiring and where. People can then connect over lunch.

Day 1 of #ICWSM has just kicked off 🥂

Exploring Digital Services Act (DSA) and its implications for research. Exciting panel @icwsm.bsky.social with Oana Goga, Krishna Gummadi, Silvia Merisio, and Francesco Pierri. #icwsm