Ren, an expert in teamwork skills in CS and AI, is looking for an internship for Summer 2026. He’s at the Doctoral Consortium today. Kaia, an expert in developer cognition, Is going to give a great talk about disclosing ADHD in the software industry on Wednesday. #ASSETS25

Heading out to the ASSETS conference in Denver, CO! Looking forward to seeing everyone again. If you’re there, say hi to my PhD students, Ren and Kaia! See you soon!

Are you working on human aspects of software engineering? Submit your work to the 19th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2026): abstracts by October 16, papers by October 23 conf.researchr.org/home/chase-2...

The Coalition of Autism Scientists have entered the chat: “The data cited do not support the claim that Tylenol causes autism and leucovorin is a cure, and only stoke fear and falsely suggest hope where there is no simple answer.” www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/aut...

Do you conduct accessibility research? We want to hear about your work! Sign up here to be a guest speaker at CMU's Accessibility Lunch Seminar in Fall 2025: forms.gle/KvVRvsLRdgyc...

New course coming this fall where we apply the latest and great AI dev tools to all aspects of development. You know it’s going to be good when there are typos. Taught by the esteemed @abegel.bsky.social and me.

"NSF employees are committed to serving the American people. But they cannot do so under fear, censorship & institutional sabotage. Without immediate oversight & corrective action from Congress one of our nation’s greatest engines for scientific & technological advancement faces irreversible damage.

There are tons of very famous scientists on this list. Congress, please listen to them!

Are you 18+, have ADHD, and have no coding experience? Enroll in our 1-hour long online study called “Enhancing Learning Platforms for Individuals with ADHD” and get compensated with a $25 Amazon gift card! Fill out our eligibility survey by August 1, 2025: tinyurl.com/cmuadhd

I work in the best university in the world, less than 3 hours from my rural hometown, yet superstar students travel here from all over the world… if we keep treating them badly, will centers of excellence move elsewhere? "If my kids excel, will they move away?" jeffreybigham.com/blog/2025/wh...

We published a piece in March saying the real Trump/Vought/DOGE goal was to bring universities to their knees, and now they’re just … saying it out loud. From our blog: altnih4science.substack.com/p/trump-is-a...

The bottom line with the proposed cuts to NSF is to cut the number of working scientists and disappear opportunities to train new scientists. This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

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Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

The idea that this is an efficiency, or that they are just gutting woke programs is horseshit. It's a massive disinvestment in science.

In light of the skinny budget (55.8% reduction), 6 past NSF directors and 7 NSB chairs have sent the House Committee on Appropriations a letter advising doubling the NSF budget. "We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"

Reflecting on course projects as I wrap up another semester. austinhenley.com/blog/grouppr...

Yokohama (and virtual attendance), here we come! ✈️ We're excited to share that @cmu.edu authors contributed to 50+ papers (with 12 award-winning!) at the #CHI2025 Conference. Check out this overview of our involvement here ➡️ hcii.cmu.edu/news/cmu-chi... Stay tuned, more CHI highlights to come.

It didn't make it into my opinion piece, but NIDILRR (which funds disability research and much more) is among the organizations on the list of proposed cuts. We need action on so many fronts right now, within and beyond disability concerns! www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-...

"It would be hard to find a federal investment that has generated larger or clearer returns than the National Science Foundation fellowships." ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social on another senseless and inefficient cut: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-scie...

If you’re comfortable, here’s a form to submit info on terminated NSF grants for greater collective transparency and insight among grantees: Kudos to @scott-delaney.bsky.social for putting together. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

Congratulations, Dr. Rao!

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley Law says he is trying to get a letter signed by other law school deans to call on law firms not to buckle under threats from the Trump administration. He says it has been very hard to get many to sign. (From a conference at UCLA happening now)

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

Voice of America is silent. I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America. Today's the day it happened.

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

Trump admin: we are bringing merit back! Also Trump admin: we are defunding the geniuses

Wtf?!

Spending my Friday night writing up explainers for how research grants work is becoming normal now, I guess. My attempt at explaining indirect research costs and why it should matter to EVERYONE that our federal research funds are being decimated. www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...

I was reading this article written by CRA, wondering "now who *is* CRA?" Wondering if CRA was somehow just ACM, but it turns out CRA is in fact not just ACM and indeed has a very trustworthy executive board of some of the best folks in CS cra.org/nsf-budget-c...

White House budget proposal may slash NSF funding from 9 billion to 3 billion a year.

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Techy friends: If you know federal employees who are afraid to use online resources to speak out, organize, and resist for fear of being tracked down and punished, please offer to teach them to use tools like Tails and Tor. They’re not a panacea but they are useful.

Computing education by non-CS Ed folks: Ben Shapiro (the good one) and I are ready for the second run of CERAMICS (Computing Education Research Advancing Methods for Curricula and Systems). Please see and share the FAQ + app link: docs.google.com/document/d/e...