Ira Globus-Harris
@iraglobusharris.bsky.social
Assistant research prof at Cornell, interested in bridging responsible and robust algorithm design and practice.
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📢 In case you missed it: the first-cycle deadline for FORC 2026 is *tomorrow*, November 11. Submit your best work on mathematical research in computation and society, writ large.
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢 In case you missed it: the first-cycle deadline for FORC 2026 is *tomorrow*, November 11. Submit your best work on mathematical research in computation and society, writ large.
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
Too soon? We'll also have a second-cycle deadline on February 17, 2026.
CfP: responsiblecomputing.org/forc-2026-ca...
Reposted by Ira Globus-Harris
Our paper on algorithmic collusion was featured in a Quanta article! www.quantamagazine.org/the-game-the...
The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices | Quanta Magazine
Recent findings reveal that even simple pricing algorithms can make things more expensive.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our paper on algorithmic collusion was featured in a Quanta article! www.quantamagazine.org/the-game-the...
New paper on collaborative prediction just dropped!! This was a ton of fun to work on and the results are ✨nifty✨
Suppose you and I both have different features about the same instance. Maybe I have CT scans and you have physician notes. We'd like to collaborate to make predictions that are more accurate than possible from either feature set alone, while only having to train on our own data.
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New paper on collaborative prediction just dropped!! This was a ton of fun to work on and the results are ✨nifty✨
Reposted by Ira Globus-Harris
The ACLU is looking for trans individuals effected by the recent transphobic Executive Order in order to bring a lawsuit against it. Here is a form if you are comfortable submitting your info to potentially be represented by the ACLU to fight this EO.
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
Microsoft Forms
www.aclu.org
February 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The ACLU is looking for trans individuals effected by the recent transphobic Executive Order in order to bring a lawsuit against it. Here is a form if you are comfortable submitting your info to potentially be represented by the ACLU to fight this EO.
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
I am incredibly baffled why standard reporting agencies (eg NYT) are leading w illegal immigrants in all their articles about this, when by my reading it is a huge swath of people not usually targeted by the "illegal immigrant" rhetoric who are additionally impacted.
I didn't expect that (naive me!). Children of undergraduates (F visa), grad students (J), postdocs (J), and untenured professors (H), as well as people in high-tech industry (H) are no longer getting citizenship. Wow.
Given that a green card waiting list for ppl from India is already decades...
Given that a green card waiting list for ppl from India is already decades...
Interesting and in my opinion under-covered: Trump's EO on birthright citizenship doesn't just end birthright citizenship for illegal migrants, it also ends it for LEGAL migrants who are not permanent residents.
January 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I am incredibly baffled why standard reporting agencies (eg NYT) are leading w illegal immigrants in all their articles about this, when by my reading it is a huge swath of people not usually targeted by the "illegal immigrant" rhetoric who are additionally impacted.
The beautiful irony of this postdoc application I'm filling out that is specifically for minority applicants and which asks lots of questions about my gender identity also being the only one I've submitted thus far to specifically require my legal name all over the form. 😆
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The beautiful irony of this postdoc application I'm filling out that is specifically for minority applicants and which asks lots of questions about my gender identity also being the only one I've submitted thus far to specifically require my legal name all over the form. 😆
Does anyone have any favorite resources about the reliance on precedent in US law? It's something I've never fully grasped. As a silly computer scientist, my impulse is to say that correctness of logical reasoning should be independent of that which came before.
January 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Does anyone have any favorite resources about the reliance on precedent in US law? It's something I've never fully grasped. As a silly computer scientist, my impulse is to say that correctness of logical reasoning should be independent of that which came before.
I regret to report that despite my initial horror of using starch gelation to achieve a good pan sauce, my recreation of this experiment tastes better than any unsuccessful attempt at cacio e pepe I have made thus far.
I’m trying the “scientific recipe” in this paper next week. Will report back with the results. All for science obviously
January 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I regret to report that despite my initial horror of using starch gelation to achieve a good pan sauce, my recreation of this experiment tastes better than any unsuccessful attempt at cacio e pepe I have made thus far.
The fact that you get an AI overview on google before any other links leads to some fun slightly oxymoronic content.
January 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The fact that you get an AI overview on google before any other links leads to some fun slightly oxymoronic content.
Is there a word/phrase for the phenomenon of media disappearing from widespread access because it's only hosted on streaming services and those services can remove it randomly?
January 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Is there a word/phrase for the phenomenon of media disappearing from widespread access because it's only hosted on streaming services and those services can remove it randomly?
Reading a book on regulation in the early internet written in '99 and @globusharris.bsky.social is letting me borrow this excellent Y2K bookmark from the library to go with the theme, advertising the new digital library search technology. Which didn't yet include email support, but says soon will!
December 25, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Reading a book on regulation in the early internet written in '99 and @globusharris.bsky.social is letting me borrow this excellent Y2K bookmark from the library to go with the theme, advertising the new digital library search technology. Which didn't yet include email support, but says soon will!
With @adamsmith.xyz and @thejonullman.bsky.social, we have compiled a set of profiles of 29 people in the "foundations of responsible computing" community ("mathematical research in computation and society writ large") who are on the faculty job market.
Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hyvg... 1/3
Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hyvg... 1/3
December 24, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Hey listen could FORC and FAccT maybe not be overlapping conferences every year? These are the two most relevant conferences to my research interests and I simply do not understand why they need to be on the same or nearly identical days.
December 12, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Hey listen could FORC and FAccT maybe not be overlapping conferences every year? These are the two most relevant conferences to my research interests and I simply do not understand why they need to be on the same or nearly identical days.
How do people organize the research papers they read? My current strategy is a mess of papers in random places. I've tried organizing by topic but there's overlap and it ends up being ambiguous and too annoying to maintain.
December 3, 2024 at 4:51 PM
How do people organize the research papers they read? My current strategy is a mess of papers in random places. I've tried organizing by topic but there's overlap and it ends up being ambiguous and too annoying to maintain.
Has anyone ever had to write a leadership statement for an academic job and if so, what did you include?
November 28, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Has anyone ever had to write a leadership statement for an academic job and if so, what did you include?