Jana Diesner

We @Zoe_LeBlanc @janadiesner @Ted_Underwood @gworthey @profdownie are happy to share our latest journal article “Complexities of leveraging user-generated book reviews for scholarly research: transiency, power dynamics, and cultural dependency” on @ijdl: rdcu.be/didW4.

Congrats to @iSchoolUI PhD student @JeoungSullam for winning the best paper award @trustnlp @aclmeeting for "Causal Impact of First Names on Language Models" arXiv:2306.01117! Takeaway: "To ensure model robustness, augment datasets with diverse first names during configuration".

Exciting to see @iSchoolUI PhD students Chieh-Li "Julian" Chin, Kanyao Han, HaeJin Lee, and Apratim Mishra each presenting their research on science of science @ICSSIConference @KelloggSchool

I’m looking for grad students! Deadline June 30 for Sept 2023 start. You need 2 or 4 page research proposal. Are you interested in studying people & sky knowledge, astrophysicists, observatories consider Edinburgh @UoE_STIS! @4sWeb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospect… @STSeasst @BlackInAstro @sacnas

Congrats to my amazing former student @LyDinh_ , now assistant professor @USouthFlorida, and @yiyunjessica (advised by @ludaesch), now assistant professor @RutgersCommInfo, who both won the Berner-Nash Memorial Award from @iSchoolUI for their outstanding doctoral dissertations!

Join us for a public talk by Keith Hunter from @usfca: "Differences in network perceptions within and across groups”. Fri Apr 28, 9-10am CT, on Zoom bit.ly/441tG5g. More on "Knowledge graphs and semantic computing" series @iSchoolUI at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Join us for a talk by Dr. Erin Leahey, co-author of nature.com/articles/s4158…, on "Papers and Patents are Becoming Less Disruptive over Time". Fri, Feb 17, 9-10am CT, Zoom: bit.ly/3IleRRX. More on knowldge graphs and semantics series @iSchoolUI at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Join us for a public talk by Dr. Jennifer D’Souza, @TIBHannover, on: "Semantic Publishing of Scientific Contributions in the Open Research Knowledge Graph.” Friday, Jan 10, 9 - 10am Central Time, Zoom bit.ly/3RxK07X. @iSchoolUI

Join us for a public talk by Peter Gloor @pgloor: Happimetrics: Leveraging AI to Untangle the Surprising Link Between Ethics, Happiness and Business Success. Fri 1/20, 9-10am, Zoom bit.ly/3IV51Hd. Schedule of Semantic Computing series @iSchoolUI: bit.ly/3DBNXki

Are you a social scientist interested in studying science of science in astrophysics/ big science astrophysics collaborations? Consider applying for the LSSTC Catalyst postdoc fellowship (bit.ly/lsstsocsci) by Jan 15, 2023. @VRubinObs

Introducing PyTAIL tool and benchmark paper from my PhD thesis done in collaboration with my advisor @janadiesner at InterNLP and HiLL @NeurIPSConf workshops. PyTAIL aims to merge active learning, online learning, and human in the loop interface. github.com/socialmediaie/…

Last "Responsible AI" talk, by Dr. Anikó Hannák from @UZH_en: "New Faces of Bias in Online Platforms.” Fri, Dec 2, 9-10am CT, Zoom bit.ly/3UeXBkg. We continue in 2023 with a series on "Knowledge graphs and semantic computing" @iSchoolUI, more at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Everyone is welcome to join us for a talk by Anissa Tanweer from @UW on "Data science ethics: An ethnographic perspective.” Fri, Nov 18, 9 am CT, Zoom bit.ly/3UOlIGU. Abstract & details on "Responsible Data Science & AI" series @iSchoolUI at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Join us for a public talk by @fariba_k from @ceu and @CSHVienna about "Minorities in networks and algorithms.” Friday, Nov 11, 9-10 am Central Time, on Zoom (bit.ly/3hfK6Tt). More about "Responsible Data Science & AI" series @iSchoolUI at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

Signal boost!

Public talk by @manish_raghavan (winner of 2021 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award) from @MITSloan: "Challenge of Understanding What Users Want: Inconsistent Preferences and Engagement Optimization.” Fri Nov 4, 9 am CT, Zoom (bit.ly/3sHzy1W). More at bit.ly/3DBNXki

@paulmkurtz @GhentCDH Thank you! It was a great experience meeting you guys and learning more from your comments and suggestions! Big thank you to @juliebirkholz for making this happen!

Join us for a talk by Ágnes Horvát from @NorthwesternU on "Science on the Web: How networks bias academic communication online”, Friday, Oct 28, 9am CT, on Zoom (bit.ly/3VYdbm8). Schedule of "Responsible Data Science & AI" series @iSchoolUI at bit.ly/3DBNXki.

🚨RT appreciated!🚨 I am looking for Ph.D. students to join my lab @DrexelCCI in Fall 2023. Areas of interest include computational social science, NLP, human-centered data science, and more. #NLProc Email/DM your questions! More about me and my lab: shadirezapour.com

Join our tutorial today at @cikm2022 on "Information extraction from social media: A hands-on tutorial on tasks, data, and open source tools" with . Get hands on session with Social Media IE, and other Social Media NLP tools. Details: socialmediaie.github.io/tutorials/CIKM… #CIKM2022