Michael Sardelic Winikoff

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Happy to announce that this little light has joined our family: Miriam Dinah Sardelić Winikoff, our daughter and Adrian's little sister was born on 16 December at 11.25 AM in Wellington hospital just before Hanukkah season. Wishing restful holidays and light and peace in 2023!

⏰ The clock is ticking! We are entering the “official” last hours of #COP27, but we are still without a strong draft cover document📑 As @UN SG @antonioguterres stated “We are at crunch time in #COP27 negotiations” and we have an important question for World Leaders: 🧵

For people in #Aotearoa #NewZealand (and others who can come here) info on new #postgraduate #study option @WellingtonUni @WgtnBusGov: Governing for the Future, interdisciplinary #research Master: wgtn.ac.nz/explore/postgr… Admissions are open now. #highered #scholarship #Wellington

This!

Dear all, pls nominate! The award will be given at @aamas2023.

For the first time in New Zealand history, Parliament has achieved a 50/50 gender split in the House. October 25 saw Soraya Peke-Mason sworn in — she is the 177th woman to enter parliament, bringing the split to 60 women and 59 men.

At this point, maybe we should ask women for help. #COP27

This is #visualization of the #history of #Europe is superb. Not many periods wen the blobs weren't banging into each other.

Happy birthday to Marie Skłodowska Curie, who was born on this day in 1867! Marie Curie was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice, and is still the only individual to receive the prize in two different science categories. Find out more: bit.ly/2EQeIam

A list of the 113 new projects is here. Congratulations to all the recipients - ka rawe! royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

Hat tip to @otsuki3c for digging up this gem.

One more time. Open offices suck. Why do they spread and persist? Architects like them because they are prettier and greener, which garners them prestige from peers Cheaper to build and sustain, management likes that "Google and Meta have them," a dumb argument that works

Research in Australia's universities should be driven by curiosity, not commerce | Brian Schmidt theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New Zealand's Parliament is now one of only six countries in the world to have 50% female representation.

Following current trends, the next PM will be in office for approximately minus 200 days

Remeber! Remember! ... to register the abstract for AAMAS2023 today!

Hi All! Please nominate your favorite Autonomous Agents Researcher for the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award! More Info 👉 sigai.acm.org/main/the-acm-s… Deadline is Nov. 15! @aihuborg @aamasjournal @aamas2023 @aamas2022

For the first time ever, 70 states from across the world have united in delivering a joint statement on #KillerRobots. This is the LARGEST cross-regional group statement ever made throughout UN discussions on the issue. #UNGA77 #TeamHuman

Today's joint statement at @UN by 70+ countries bodes well for future negotiation of "internationally agreed rules & limits" on autonomous weapons systems reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documen… High # of endorsers is unprecedented - shows growing strength of @BanKillerRobots campaign @hrw