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Bailey 🕸️🕷️🦇

@bkacsmar.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow. Human-centered privacy enhanced data science e.g., ML, MPC, PSI, etc. My group is PUPS, Practical Usable Privacy and Security https://bkacsmar.github.io//

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Wentao Guo@wentaoguo.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'm recruiting grad students to start at the University of Georgia in Fall '27! Open to many research directions, primarily in human-centered security and privacy. For more: wentaoguo.com I'm at #PETS2026 through Thursday this week and would love to chat. Please reach out / share with your network!

Wentao Guo

Wentao Guo is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Maryland (UMD). He researches human-centered security and privacy and is interested unlocking the power of professionals to protect...

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Dr. Casey Fiesler@cfiesler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I've been annoyed by this for many years now, and even inquired about it when I was chairing an ACM conference and putting together the registration site and was told it can't be changed. WHY DOES THIS SAY OPT IN AND NOT OPT OUT

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Dr. Casey Fiesler@cfiesler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Are you AI literate?" If you understand how AI works on a technical level: Do you understand the consequences behind those choices and limitations? If you recognize the consequences: Do you understand WHY those things happen based on how the technology works?

Oliver Haimson@haimson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This morning at #CHI2026, @hibbythach.com will be presenting our paper "The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts," led by Senami Kojah and co-authored with @michaelannephd.bsky.social. paper link: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 4mo ago

When people ask me about "AI" policy, I like to point out that there is policy being made at many different levels and even if our national government is currently a shitshow, local action really matters, like zoning against data centers and "AI" policy in schools.

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A "pause AI" letter that I actually like (and signed)! Because it's not about imagined doomsday scenarios, but rather putting the brakes on the rush to impose synthetic text extruding machines in schools in particular: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"The term “AI” resists definition because it is continually reappropriated by people to mean different things. This, in turn, means that discussions of AI that do not provide working definitions for the purposes at hand risk incoherence. [...]" >>

Alexandra Olteanu@aolteanu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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...

ACM FAccT 2026 Doctoral Colloquium Call for Applications

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Alexandra Olteanu@aolteanu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are hoping to see applications from and bring together a diverse group of students across multiple disciplinary areas! If you are a graduate student and interested in FAccT’s scope, the Doctoral Colloquium is for you! #facct2026 #facct26

blair@blairaf.com · 7mo ago

Canada's federal gov has a new program to bring researchers to Canada & my uni is starting an internal nomination process for chairs. If you are a full or associate prof working on AI/democracy/community engagement/environmental justice and you may be interested in moving to Canada, dm me

Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As a person who does believe capable AI risks are real, it’s frustrating to see the community not exactly behaving responsibly. If you can’t find it in yourself to say or do something about a literal, present, AI harm (Grok being used for abuse) what is the point of you

Bailey 🕸️🕷️🦇@bkacsmar.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are hiring!! University of Alberta in Canada has three faculty positions open this cycle: one in network security, one in theory, and one in robotics/computer vision/graphics. Deadline: January 12, 2026 Happy to answer any questions about UofA or Canada academia!! Please share!! 😁

Neil Stenhouse@nstenhouse.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people," Westwood said in a press release. "With survey data tainted by bots, AI can poison the entire knowledge ecosystem.” www.404media.co/a-researcher...

According to the paper, the AI agent evaded detection 99.8 percent of the time. "We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people," Westwood said in a press release. "With survey data tainted by bots, AI can poison the entire knowledge ecosystem.” Survey research relies on attention check questions (ACQs), behavioral flags, and response pattern analysis to detect inattentive humans or automated bots. Westwood said these methods are now obsolete after his AI agent bypassed the full range of standard ACQs and other detection methods outlined in prominent papers, including one paper designed to detect AI responses. The AI agent also successfully avoided “reverse shibboleth” questions designed to detect nonhuman actors by presenting tasks that an LLM could complete easily, but are nearly impossible for a human.
Josh McCrain@joshmccrain.bsky.social · 9mo ago

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

Miti Mazmudar@dettanym.bsky.social · 9mo ago

As I settle in to Calgary, I am looking to hire one MSc and one PhD student to start in Fall 2026. These positions are fully-funded. My research is at the intersection of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and software engineering, with an emphasis on human-centered approaches. [1/6]

Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If anyone at CSCW is doing or knows about work studying how athletes are dealing with online security/harassment issues or how sports (like the WNBA) become focal points for clickbait, AI slop, or political propaganda… come find me, I want to chat!

Gautam Kamath@gautamkamath.com · 10mo ago

TMLR is looking for additional reviewers and action editors! Please sign up to keep the initiative strong and vibrant.

Transactions on Machine Learning Research@tmlrorg.bsky.social · 10mo ago

As Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR) grows in number of submissions, we are looking for more reviewers and action editors. Please sign up! Only one paper to review at a time and <= 6 per year, reviewers report greater satisfaction than reviewing for conferences!

Gabriela Femenia@gfemenia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is the advice I consistently give people about trying AI: use something you know very well already, so you can actually determine the quality of the output for yourself, and get some idea of how the sausage is being made

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 10mo ago

The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.