Reader in Computational Social Science @InfAtEd, @EdinburghUni. he/him
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined May 2012
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Discussions about AI often focus on what these systems can do. It's equally important to understand how they can be misused, and what this means for safety evaluation. This new paper explores this in the context of child safety.
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One month to the 2026 Men’s FIFA World Cup kick-off ⚽️ and this edition looks set to become one of the most politicised ever. In our latest JQD:DM paper, we revisit the 2022 Qatar edition through the lens of politicisation. A few things stood out: [1/9]
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🎤 Introducing the chairs of #ICWSM2027!
We're thrilled to welcome @bjoernross, @Walid_Magdy, and @clarellewellyn in the organization of next year's conference.
Stay tuned for updates 🚀
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⏳ Reminder: The #ICWSM May deadline is coming up fast!
📅 May 15th, 23:59 AoE
📄 Full submission details: icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#f…
Accepted papers will be presented at ICWSM 2027 in Edinburgh, same submission guidelines as 2026 apply.
I'm super thrilled to be bringing #ICWSM to Scotland with my colleagues @Walid_Magdy and @clarellewellyn
Submit your papers on online social dynamics & human behaviour by the 15 May or 15 September 2026 deadline to present in Edinburgh in 2027! #computionalsocialscience
🚨 Big news! #ICWSM '27 is heading to Edinburgh, Scotland 🏰
❗How submissions work:
• May 15, 2026: accept (→ ICWSM '27), R&R → Sept '26
• Sept 15, 2026: accept (→ ICWSM '27), R&R → Jan '27
• Jan 15, 2027: accept (→ ICWSM '27), R&R → May '27 (→ ICWSM '28)
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Represent! ✌️
The amazing folks at @EdinburghNLP will be presenting a few papers at ACL 2025 (@aclmeeting); if you're in Vienna, touch base with them! Here are the papers in the main track 🧵
If you are looking to hire an excellent AI research scientist who specialises in bias and fairness, my PhD student Eddie Ungless has submitted his thesis and is currently on the job market! linkedin.com/in/eddie-ungles…
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We've 4 papers @icwsm
- Experiences of Censorship on TikTok Across Marginalised Identities
- Cross-Partisan Interactions on Twitter
- Coordinated Reply Attacks in Influence Operations
- Large Engagement Networks for Classifying Coordinated Campaigns
@bjoernross @tugrulcanelmas
🔥 The list of accepted papers (full, poster, and dataset) for #ICWSM25 is now live! Check it out: icwsm.org/2025/schedule/inde…
🎟️ Want to attend the talks and connect with the authors? Registration is now open! Don’t miss the early bird rate — deadline is May 9th!
We are running a summer school in Computational Social Science at Edinburg this year - 3 days left to apply!
🚨 SICSS-Edinburgh is back! 🚨
We’re excited to announce that applications for SICSS-Edinburgh 2025 are now open.
📅 Dates: May 26 - June 6
Apply now 👉 sicss.io/2025/edinburgh/
#SICSS2025 #SICSSEdinburgh
If you're an academic in NLP, come work at Edinburgh Uni! Apply by 31 Jan for an open-ended, research-and-teaching post
The School of Informatics @InfAtEd at the University of Edinburgh @EdinburghUni is hiring a lecturer or reader in embodied natural language processing. Apply by 31 Jan 2025 at edin.ac/4fqgawg
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How do I make sure my LLM research is ethical? Read our whitepaper, or hear about it at #coling2025
arxiv.org/abs/2410.19812
Joint work with @MxEddie_, @NikVits, @ZeerakTalat, @jgarforth, Arno Onken, @Dr_Atoosa and @alexandrabirch1
Notice anything missing? Get in touch please!
So excited that this work was honoured with a Best Demo Award - it was (and is!) great fun to work on!
Huge congratulations to @YoussefHariri1, @SandaChausson, @bjoernross & @Walid_Magdy for having their demo winning the Best Demo Award at @ACM_CSCW #CSCW2024 🎉🥳🎉🥳
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Sitting on a dataset of historical Twitter (X) data? If you're at #CSCW2024, then come to the demo session at 6.15 to learn how to explore it interactively with our TwiXplorer tool 🖥️📊📈 (If you're not at CSCW, stay tuned for more info.)
Including of course the proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Reliable Evaluation of LLMs for Factual Information (REAL-Info)! 📜
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SMASH co-director TJ Elmas (@tugrulcanelmas) just presented his paper on the detection & analysis of follow back accounts on social media at #icwsm24. Read the full paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2403.15856
Are you at #icwsm2024? The 1st Workshop on Reliable Evaluation of LLMs for Factual Information (REAL-Info) is just about to start in room 2120B! sites.google.com/view/real-i…
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1st Workshop on Reliable Evaluation of LLMs for Factual Information (REAL-Info): sites.google.com/view/real-i…
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📢CFP: If you are a researcher of LLM, please consider submitting your work to our ICWSM workshop on Reliable Evaluation of LLMs for Factual Information (REAL-Info). Find details below.
sites.google.com/view/real-i…