Our call for volunteers for #FAccT2026 is now live!
Anyone can apply. Those who volunteer for at least 4 hours will have their entire conference registration fee waived 🌟
Deadline: April 27
Notification: May 6
facctconference.org/2026/cfv.html
New in Nature Health: how might we move towards a world in which race is not used in clinical algorithms? We need (1) careful comparison of race-aware and race-neutral algorithms and (2) systemic efforts to address underlying disparities.
The deadline for the 2026 FAccT DC is next Tuesday, February 24! If you are a student working on topics relevant to the FAccT's scope, this is an opportunity to interact with a diverse set of peers and mentors! #facct2026 #facct26 #facct
Details here: facctconference.org/2026/callfor...
Applications are now live for Cornell Tech’s Summer Innovation Intensives!
This three-week experience invites high school students to explore AI, ethical coding, data science, and product innovation — all on Cornell Tech's NYC campus.
Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/48cr6gy
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Good news: I found your new best friend!! My foster dog Ellie is 60 lbs of pure love with the most velvety ears in the world ❤️ She is smart, friendly, and loves walks and snuggles - and she's officially looking for her forever home!!
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I spoke with @kattenbarge.bsky.social for this @wired.com piece about my research into reddit moderators' experiences moderating AI-generated content. Moderators are working hard to keep Reddit "one of the most human spaces left on the internet," but it's a trying and often thankless task.
Excited to share a new working paper!
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
love this thread from Isabel highlighting some really interesting @codemit.bsky.social talks!!
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No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...
📢 I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!
If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
Applying for a #PhD @ischool.uw.edu? Read 👇
Our student-run application feedback program will be open from October 20th through 1st November 2025.
Everyone applying, especially those from historically underrepresented groups or who have faced barriers in higher ed are highly encouraged to apply.
We’re excited to release the Call for Papers for #FAccT2026 which will be held in Montreal, Canada in June 2026! Abstracts are due on January 8th, papers due on January 13th.
Call for Papers: facctconference.org/2026/cfp
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I am on the job market this year! My research advances methods for reliable machine learning from real-world data, with a focus on healthcare. Happy to chat if this is of interest to you or your department/team.
We are launching our Graduate School Application Financial Aid Program (www.queerinai.com/grad-app-aid) for 2025-2026. We’ll give up to $750 per person to LGBTQIA+ STEM scholars applying to graduate programs. Apply at openreview.net/group?id=Que.... 1/5
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Graduate Application Support Program. Apply by October 13, 2025.
🌟 If you’re applying to CMU SCS PhD programs, and come from a background that would bring additional dimensions to the CMU community, our PhD students are here to help!
Apply to the Graduate Applicant Support Program by Oct 13 to receive feedback on your application materials:
15 days left to submit to the CSLaw '26 main track! (archival and non-archival)!
Join us for NYC Privacy Day 2025 at Cornell Tech, hosted by DLI @nissenbaum.bsky.social and SETS @mantzarlis.com.
We have a great selection of speakers and alongside
talks, we’ll feature student posters + demos.
🔗 Details, registration, and poster submission: dli.tech.cornell.edu/nyc-privacy-...
I'm at Seattle 4S! I'll be part of the "Risks of 'Social Model Collapse' in the Face of Scientific and Technological Advances" panel Friday morning, discussing online community governance of AI-generated content. Would love to meet others studying AI's impact on the info ecosystem!
#STS #4S
Are you a researcher using computational methods to understand cities?
@mfranchi.bsky.social @jennahgosciak.bsky.social and I organize an EAAMO Bridges working group on Urban Data Science and we are looking for new members!
Fill the interest form on our page: urban-data-science-eaamo.github.io
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This is such a great paper and really helps to emphasize how data under specification in ML systems bias our understanding and decision making. Especially in inequitable resource scarce settings. Thanks for sharing @emmharv.bsky.social !
Emma has such good research taste :)
Given the sheer scale of these events, its really helpful to see what caught people's eye at these conferences...
What's super cool to me about this paper is that it does a longitudinal analysis - so many audit studies stick to a single point in time, and this paper is a great demonstration that the data available to you at that time will inevitably impact your measurements.
🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
The authors find that delays in reporting patient demographics are the norm (for >50% of patients, race is reported >60 days after other details like DOB). These delays obfuscate measurement of health outcomes and health disparities, and techniques like imputing race do not improve measurement.
Screenshot of paper title and author list: Bias Delayed is Bias Denied? Assessing the Effect of Reporting Delays on Disparity Assessments Jennah Gosciak, Aparna Balagopalan, Derek Ouyang, Allison Koenecke, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Daniel E. Ho
⏳ Bias Delayed is Bias Denied? Assessing the Effect of Reporting Delays on Disparity Assessments by @jennahgosciak.bsky.social and @aparnabee.bsky.social et al. (incl. @allisonkoe.bsky.social @marzyehghassemi.bsky.social) analyzes how missing demographic data impacts estimates of health disparities.
I love how this paper emphasizes that evaluation != accountability and recommends steps towards accountability: ensuring that tools are open, valid, and reliable; focusing on tools to support participatory methods; and ensuring auditors are protected from retaliation.
🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
The authors analyze 435(!) tools, finding that most focus on evaluation – but tools for other aspects of AI audits, like harms discovery, communicating audit results, and advocating for change, are less common. Further, while many tools are freely available, auditors often struggle to use them.
Screenshot of paper title and author list: Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling Victor Ojewale, Ryan Steed, Briana Vecchione, Abeba Birhane, Inioluwa Deborah Raji
Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling by @victorojewale.bsky.social @rbsteed.com @briana-v.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @rajiinio.bsky.social compares the landscape of AI audit tools (tools.auditing-ai.com) to the actual needs of AI auditors.
