Oskar van der Wal

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Oskar van der Wal

@oskarvanderwal

Technology specialist at EU AI Office / AI Safety / Prev: @AmsterdamNLP @AiEleuther Thoughts & opinions are my own and do not necessarily represent my employer

Brussels, Belgium Katılım Nisan 2022

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·24 May

I am happy to announce that our position paper "You Reap What You Sow: On the Challenges of Bias Evaluation Under Multi-Lingual Settings" has been accepted for presentation at the @BigscienceW #acl2022 ☘️ workshop! 🧵⬇️ aclanthology.org/2022.bigscienc…

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Hosein Mohebbi@hmohebbi75·27 Tem

I’ll be on job market in early 2026, looking for research scientist or academic roles in NLP/Speech. I’ll be at #ACL2025 & giving a tutorial on #interpretability at #Interspeech2025; I’d love to chat & connect if there are any opportunities!🤗 Website: hmohebbi.github.io 🧵

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·15 Tem

@vernadankers @tallinzen @PontiEdoardo @sivareddyg @Mila_Quebec Congratulations! 🎉

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Verna Dankers@vernadankers·2 Tem

I miss Edinburgh and its wonderful people already!! Thanks to @tallinzen and @PontiEdoardo for inspiring discussions during the viva! I'm now exchanging Arthur's Seat for Mont Royal to join @sivareddyg's wonderful lab @Mila_Quebec 🤩

Agostina Calabrese 🦋@agostina_cal

Huge congratulations to Dr. @vernadankers for passing her viva today! 🥳🎓 It's been an honour sharing the PhD journey with you. I wasn’t ready for the void your sudden departure left (in the office and in my life!). Your new colleagues are lucky to have you! 🥺🥰 @Edin_CDT_NLP

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EleutherAI@AiEleuther·22 Nis

Like Pythia, but 1234 isn't your favorite random seed? We retrained Pythia 9x using different random seeds to explore how stable analyses of learning dynamics are to randomness. Meet @pietro_lesci @blancheminerva Fri 1500-1730 Hall 3 + Hall 2B #259 x.com/pietro_lesci/s…

Pietro Lesci@pietro_lesci

✈️ Headed to @iclr_conf — whether you’ll be there in person or tuning in remotely, I’d love to connect! We’ll be presenting our paper on pre-training stability in language models and the PolyPythias 🧵 🔗 ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2503.09543 🤗 PolyPythias: huggingface.co/collections/El…

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Pietro Lesci@pietro_lesci·22 Nis

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Ana Lučić@__alucic·2 Ara

🚨 PhD position alert! 🚨 I'm hiring a fully funded PhD student to work on mechanistic interpretability at @UvA_Amsterdam. If you're interested in reverse engineering modern deep learning architectures, please apply: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Po…

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·13 Kas

💬Panel discussion with Sally Haslanger and Marjolein Lanzing: A philosophical perspective on algorithmic discrimination Is discrimination the right way to frame the issues of lang tech? Or should we answer deeper rooted questions? And how does tech fit in systems of oppression?

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·13 Kas

We also presented our own work on testing the validity and reliability of LM bias measures: 📄Undesirable Biases in NLP: Addressing Challenges of Measurement jair.org/index.php/jair…

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·13 Kas

Last week, we organized the workshop "New Perspectives on Bias and Discrimination in Language Technology" @UvA_Amsterdam @AmsterdamNLP. We're looking back at two inspiring days of talks, posters, and discussions—thanks to everyone who participated! wai-amsterdam.github.io

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·8 Eyl

This is a friendly reminder that there are 7 days left for submitting your extended abstract to this workshop! (Since the workshop is non-archival, previously published work is welcome too. So consider submitting previous/future work to join the discussion in Amsterdam!)

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Working on #bias & #discrimination in #NLP? Passionate about integrating insights from other disciplines? Want to discuss current limitations of #LLM bias mitigation? 👋Join the workshop New Perspectives on Bias and Discrimination in Language Technology; 4&5 Nov in #Amsterdam!

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UvA Geesteswetenschappen@UvA_Humanities·8 Ağu

#CallforPapers for the workshop New Perspectives on Bias and Discrimination in Language Technology, which will discuss the state of the art on bias measurement and mitigation in language technology and explore new avenues of approach. Deadline: 15 Sept! go.uva.nl/3Yyw0QD

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·9 Ağu

@Diogo_PH22 @AmsterdamNLP @UvA_Amsterdam @wzuidema Thanks! We didn't plan on doing a publication based on the workshop discussions, but that sounds like a good idea. I'll bring that up with the other organizers.

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Diogo Pereira Henriques 鬼佬 🐯 📚@Diogo_PH22·7 Ağu

@oskarvanderwal @AmsterdamNLP @UvA_Amsterdam @wzuidema Sounds super interesting! Are you planning somekind of publication for/following this workshop?

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·7 Ağu

This workshop is organized by @AmsterdamNLP @UvA_Amsterdam researchers Katrin Schulz, Leendert van Maanen, @wzuidema, Dominik Bachmann, and myself. More information on the workshop can be found on the website, which will be updated regularly. wai-amsterdam.github.io

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·7 Ağu

🌟The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from different fields to discuss the state of the art on bias measurement and mitigation in language technology and to explore new avenues of approach.

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Oskar van der Wal@oskarvanderwal·7 Ağu

One of the central issues discussed in the context of the societal impact of language technology is that ML systems can contribute to discrimination. Despite efforts to address these issues, we are far from solving them.

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@vernadankers @tallinzen @PontiEdoardo @sivareddyg @Mila_Quebec @pietro_lesci @blancheminerva @iclr_conf